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Two new kittens show up
Espy was staring at something on the shed in the next yard. At first I
thought it was a squirrel, but it was two tiny black kittens. I have no idea how they got on top of the shed. Between the dog in the next yard barking and Espy and me staring at them, one fell off, panics, and runs through the chain link fence into the yard behind us. So tiny that it runs through a chain link fence. I'm already feeding two cats from an earlier litter. I just can't deal with any more. Even worse, the lady two doors down from me died recently, and I think most of the cats are living under her deck. I don't know what's going to happen when the house is sold but the new owner is very likely to rip up that deck since it is only 6" high and covers the whole yard (the lady was too frail to want to do any gardening). I think my neighbors and I will have to get someone in to fix this group. Things are getting out of hand. |
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Two new kittens show up
On Jun 23, 7:00*am, dgk wrote:
Espy was staring at something on the shed in the next yard. At first I thought it was a squirrel, but it was two tiny black kittens. I have no idea how they got on top of the shed. Between the dog in the next yard barking and Espy and me staring at them, one fell off, panics, and runs through the chain link fence into the yard behind us. So tiny that it runs through a chain link fence. I'm already feeding two cats from an earlier litter. I just can't deal with any more. Even worse, the lady two doors down from me died recently, and I think most of the cats are living under her deck. I don't know what's going to happen when the house is sold but the new owner is very likely to rip up that deck since it is only 6" high and covers the whole yard (the lady was too frail to want to do any gardening). I think my neighbors and I will have to get someone in to fix this group. Things are getting out of hand. I feel for you. As well as our 3 indoor cats, we now have 8-12 outdoor cats for 2 canned meals a day. We have, in the last 6 months, singlehandedly, had 5 neutered/spayed (2 who had their kittens aborted). One was then homed with one of the vet techs. Another kitten who showed up we placed with friends of ours who have had her spayed now. Then about 3 weeks ago, I trapped a feral female who we had been unable to touch by putting her 4 tiny kittens in a carrier butted up against a trap and placed the kittens with a kitten rescue organization (for a fairly hefty donation from us but I am very grateful they took them because they were full). As soon as the kittens are weaned, they will be fixed, and put up for adoption, and the mamacat, Edie, will be spayed and returned to me to go back outside with her neutered, tamer siblings. This has all cost us approx. $2,000 of our own money. Meanwhile, another feral cat we feed now has 2 maybe 3 month old kittens she is bringing around. She--the mom--has been impossible to trap over the last few years and is the mom of several of our outdoor neutered cats. I feel happy about those we have had fixed but--cripe--it never freaking ends. People have been dumping cats here recently. I often feel overwhelmed and really depressed about it all. In addition, I know being an outdoor cat is not the safest thing in the world so I worry about them all the time. If one of the regulars misses a meal, I go up and down the alleys hunting for him/her. Sometimes I truly feel crazy and I know other people think I am. Fortunately. we are both still gainfully employed and can afford a little (not much more, tho) but it's so stressful--I'm on break from it again for a month or 2 especially since this AZ and we are now heading into the most miserable part of summer--I'm not going to be setting traps in this kind of weather. There are times when I feel my whole life revolves around cats and the weird thing is--I have a lot of other interests I like to pursue. This is not my calling!!!!!!! So, I feel for you. None of my neighbors helped at all other than bitching at me like it was all my fault that cats keep showing up. Half of them are unemployed now anyway and the rest are ****-sucking riffraff so they wouldn't be the helpful sort. Hope yours are more helpful. Candace (whew, thanks for the venting opportunity!) |
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Two new kittens show up
On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:17:52 -0700 (PDT), Candace
wrote: On Jun 23, 7:00*am, dgk wrote: Espy was staring at something on the shed in the next yard. At first I thought it was a squirrel, but it was two tiny black kittens. I have no idea how they got on top of the shed. Between the dog in the next yard barking and Espy and me staring at them, one fell off, panics, and runs through the chain link fence into the yard behind us. So tiny that it runs through a chain link fence. I'm already feeding two cats from an earlier litter. I just can't deal with any more. Even worse, the lady two doors down from me died recently, and I think most of the cats are living under her deck. I don't know what's going to happen when the house is sold but the new owner is very likely to rip up that deck since it is only 6" high and covers the whole yard (the lady was too frail to want to do any gardening). I think my neighbors and I will have to get someone in to fix this group. Things are getting out of hand. I feel for you. As well as our 3 indoor cats, we now have 8-12 outdoor cats for 2 canned meals a day. We have, in the last 6 months, singlehandedly, had 5 neutered/spayed (2 who had their kittens aborted). One was then homed with one of the vet techs. Another kitten who showed up we placed with friends of ours who have had her spayed now. Then about 3 weeks ago, I trapped a feral female who we had been unable to touch by putting her 4 tiny kittens in a carrier butted up against a trap and placed the kittens with a kitten rescue organization (for a fairly hefty donation from us but I am very grateful they took them because they were full). As soon as the kittens are weaned, they will be fixed, and put up for adoption, and the mamacat, Edie, will be spayed and returned to me to go back outside with her neutered, tamer siblings. This has all cost us approx. $2,000 of our own money. Meanwhile, another feral cat we feed now has 2 maybe 3 month old kittens she is bringing around. She--the mom--has been impossible to trap over the last few years and is the mom of several of our outdoor neutered cats. I feel happy about those we have had fixed but--cripe--it never freaking ends. People have been dumping cats here recently. I often feel overwhelmed and really depressed about it all. In addition, I know being an outdoor cat is not the safest thing in the world so I worry about them all the time. If one of the regulars misses a meal, I go up and down the alleys hunting for him/her. Sometimes I truly feel crazy and I know other people think I am. Fortunately. we are both still gainfully employed and can afford a little (not much more, tho) but it's so stressful--I'm on break from it again for a month or 2 especially since this AZ and we are now heading into the most miserable part of summer--I'm not going to be setting traps in this kind of weather. There are times when I feel my whole life revolves around cats and the weird thing is--I have a lot of other interests I like to pursue. This is not my calling!!!!!!! So, I feel for you. None of my neighbors helped at all other than bitching at me like it was all my fault that cats keep showing up. Half of them are unemployed now anyway and the rest are ****-sucking riffraff so they wouldn't be the helpful sort. Hope yours are more helpful. Candace (whew, thanks for the venting opportunity!) Ok, well, I guess I can feed a few more. My neighbors are pretty good about things and one knows someone who does the TNR thing, so perhaps we can get it done. I'd set up a feeding station and hostel for the outdoor cats but my backyard is fenced in to keep my three in the yard. They would not appreciate my entertaining guests. |
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