How quickly can a feral colony assemble?

For those of you unfamiliar with St. Paul, Minnesota - it's a very
wooded city. There are few urban areas very far from large parks or
wild train-track areas. Five blocks away from my house is several
dozen acres of wild wetlands, and a lake park. Lots of room for a
colony to establish, hide and hunt.

Tonight I saw the sixth new cat in my neighborhood in the last two
weeks. All of them untagged, young-looking and for the most part
healthy.

I'm beginning to wonder whether I'm seeing the teenagers of a few
litters starting to spread out. If it's a feral colony, there's dozens
more secreted away somewhere that I haven't seen.

This is so frustrating. Tonight driving home I saw a dead cat at the
side of the road, and craned my eyes to see if he looked like our
little tabby visitor of the other night. He wasn't - but nonetheless a
casualty of cats wandering without owners. God I hate that.

BLink

"Brian Link" wrote in message
...
For those of you unfamiliar with St. Paul, Minnesota - it's a very
wooded city. There are few urban areas very far from large parks or
wild train-track areas. Five blocks away from my house is several
dozen acres of wild wetlands, and a lake park. Lots of room for a
colony to establish, hide and hunt.

Tonight I saw the sixth new cat in my neighborhood in the last two
weeks. All of them untagged, young-looking and for the most part
healthy.

I'm beginning to wonder whether I'm seeing the teenagers of a few
litters starting to spread out. If it's a feral colony, there's
dozens
more secreted away somewhere that I haven't seen.

This is so frustrating. Tonight driving home I saw a dead cat at the
side of the road, and craned my eyes to see if he looked like our
little tabby visitor of the other night. He wasn't - but nonetheless
a
casualty of cats wandering without owners. God I hate that.

BLink

Oh just shut up Brian. No one cares about your drunk ramblings.

cyberferalcats wrote:

Oh just shut up Brian. No one cares about your drunk ramblings.

*snicker*

SS

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:11:55 -0400, "cyberferalcats"
wrote:

"Brian Link" wrote in message
.. .
For those of you unfamiliar with St. Paul, Minnesota - it's a very
wooded city. There are few urban areas very far from large parks or
wild train-track areas. Five blocks away from my house is several
dozen acres of wild wetlands, and a lake park. Lots of room for a
colony to establish, hide and hunt.

Tonight I saw the sixth new cat in my neighborhood in the last two
weeks. All of them untagged, young-looking and for the most part
healthy.

I'm beginning to wonder whether I'm seeing the teenagers of a few
litters starting to spread out. If it's a feral colony, there's
dozens
more secreted away somewhere that I haven't seen.

This is so frustrating. Tonight driving home I saw a dead cat at the
side of the road, and craned my eyes to see if he looked like our
little tabby visitor of the other night. He wasn't - but nonetheless
a
casualty of cats wandering without owners. God I hate that.

BLink

Oh just shut up Brian. No one cares about your drunk ramblings.


rofl

Brian Link wrote:

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:11:55 -0400, "cyberferalcats"
wrote:

"Brian Link" wrote in message
.. .
For those of you unfamiliar with St. Paul, Minnesota - it's a very
wooded city. There are few urban areas very far from large parks or
wild train-track areas. Five blocks away from my house is several
dozen acres of wild wetlands, and a lake park. Lots of room for a
colony to establish, hide and hunt.

Tonight I saw the sixth new cat in my neighborhood in the last two
weeks. All of them untagged, young-looking and for the most part
healthy.

I'm beginning to wonder whether I'm seeing the teenagers of a few
litters starting to spread out. If it's a feral colony, there's
dozens
more secreted away somewhere that I haven't seen.

This is so frustrating. Tonight driving home I saw a dead cat at the
side of the road, and craned my eyes to see if he looked like our
little tabby visitor of the other night. He wasn't - but nonetheless
a
casualty of cats wandering without owners. God I hate that.

BLink

Oh just shut up Brian. No one cares about your drunk ramblings.


rofl

Now who does that sound like to you? Think maybe for some reason your
good buddy Megan has gone underground? And is still ****ed
at you?

"Gladrags" wrote in message
news:aHlwYXRpYQ==.563aa5348ae2c018b96649553c3bc550 @1128136410.nulluser.com...
Brian Link wrote:

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:11:55 -0400, "cyberferalcats"

wrote:

"Brian Link" wrote in message
.. .
For those of you unfamiliar with St. Paul, Minnesota - it's a
very
wooded city. There are few urban areas very far from large parks
or
wild train-track areas. Five blocks away from my house is
several
dozen acres of wild wetlands, and a lake park. Lots of room for
a
colony to establish, hide and hunt.

Tonight I saw the sixth new cat in my neighborhood in the last
two
weeks. All of them untagged, young-looking and for the most part
healthy.

I'm beginning to wonder whether I'm seeing the teenagers of a
few
litters starting to spread out. If it's a feral colony, there's
dozens
more secreted away somewhere that I haven't seen.

This is so frustrating. Tonight driving home I saw a dead cat at
the
side of the road, and craned my eyes to see if he looked like
our
little tabby visitor of the other night. He wasn't - but
nonetheless
a
casualty of cats wandering without owners. God I hate that.

BLink

Oh just shut up Brian. No one cares about your drunk ramblings.


rofl

Now who does that sound like to you? Think maybe for some reason
your
good buddy Megan has gone underground? And is still ****ed
at you?


NancyMaryS, two times in the last half hour you've seen Megan in two
posts. Are you obsessed? Do you see Megan everywhere? Is she living in
ur head?

Hint: "good buddy" gives you away. But your not hiding, your avoiding
the google archives, rncha.

"+L" wrote in message
news:1128137508.5b03fc162186a171f9b575f9679fb809@t eranews...

"Gladrags" wrote in message

news:aHlwYXRpYQ==.563aa5348ae2c018b96649553c3bc550 @1128136410.nulluser.com...
Brian Link wrote:

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:11:55 -0400, "cyberferalcats"

wrote:

"Brian Link" wrote in message
.. .
For those of you unfamiliar with St. Paul, Minnesota - it's a
very
wooded city. There are few urban areas very far from large parks
or
wild train-track areas. Five blocks away from my house is
several
dozen acres of wild wetlands, and a lake park. Lots of room for
a
colony to establish, hide and hunt.

Tonight I saw the sixth new cat in my neighborhood in the last
two
weeks. All of them untagged, young-looking and for the most part
healthy.

I'm beginning to wonder whether I'm seeing the teenagers of a
few
litters starting to spread out. If it's a feral colony, there's
dozens
more secreted away somewhere that I haven't seen.

This is so frustrating. Tonight driving home I saw a dead cat at
the
side of the road, and craned my eyes to see if he looked like
our
little tabby visitor of the other night. He wasn't - but
nonetheless
a
casualty of cats wandering without owners. God I hate that.

BLink

Oh just shut up Brian. No one cares about your drunk ramblings.


rofl

Now who does that sound like to you? Think maybe for some reason
your
good buddy Megan has gone underground? And is still ****ed
at you?


NancyMaryS, two times in the last half hour you've seen Megan in two
posts. Are you obsessed? Do you see Megan everywhere? Is she living in
ur head?

Hint: "good buddy" gives you away. But your not hiding, your avoiding
the google archives, rncha.



Oh please. Megan might as well have signed that. It is her typical
venomous, humorless style.

Otherwise, it's just PKB all over the place, "cyberferals", as you seem
to see NancyMaryS everywhere now don't you? Have something
against "hiding," do you, "cyberferals?"? snicker back at you.

Happily, it doesn't matter who you are. Well, except sometimes. Know
what I mean?

On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 15:13:30 +1200 (NRT), "Gladrags"
wrote:

Brian Link wrote:

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:11:55 -0400, "cyberferalcats"
wrote:

"Brian Link" wrote in message
.. .
For those of you unfamiliar with St. Paul, Minnesota - it's a very
wooded city. There are few urban areas very far from large parks or
wild train-track areas. Five blocks away from my house is several
dozen acres of wild wetlands, and a lake park. Lots of room for a
colony to establish, hide and hunt.

Tonight I saw the sixth new cat in my neighborhood in the last two
weeks. All of them untagged, young-looking and for the most part
healthy.

I'm beginning to wonder whether I'm seeing the teenagers of a few
litters starting to spread out. If it's a feral colony, there's
dozens
more secreted away somewhere that I haven't seen.

This is so frustrating. Tonight driving home I saw a dead cat at the
side of the road, and craned my eyes to see if he looked like our
little tabby visitor of the other night. He wasn't - but nonetheless
a
casualty of cats wandering without owners. God I hate that.

BLink

Oh just shut up Brian. No one cares about your drunk ramblings.


rofl

Now who does that sound like to you? Think maybe for some reason your
good buddy Megan has gone underground? And is still ****ed
at you?


I'm sure Megan is still ****ed at me. That doesn't detract from the
fact she's still a great resource for us cat-lovers. She is ****ing
brilliant.

I hope she posts here again someday. I've ****ed up my own
relationship with her, but that doesn't mean she's not an incredible
resource for those of us who love cats.

I really doubt she's gone underground. From what I've learned of her
she's more likely to have just stopped reading this group.

Personally, I wish i could re-open a conversation with her. But there
are other folks on this newsgroup who can help me out. So I keep
posting.

Btw- give me ONE example where Megan was proved wrong. You can't do
it. Thanks for playing.

Now help me with my cat questions...

BLink

Brian Link wrote:

I really doubt she's gone underground. From what I've learned of her
she's more likely to have just stopped reading this group.


FYI, she has posted within the last week on the thread, "Help - cat
keeps licking her back."

SS

On 2005-10-01 00:48:41 -0500, Brian Link said:

On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 15:13:30 +1200 (NRT), "Gladrags"
wrote:

Brian Link wrote:

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:11:55 -0400, "cyberferalcats"
wrote:

"Brian Link" wrote in message
...
For those of you unfamiliar with St. Paul, Minnesota - it's a very
wooded city. There are few urban areas very far from large parks or
wild train-track areas. Five blocks away from my house is several
dozen acres of wild wetlands, and a lake park. Lots of room for a
colony to establish, hide and hunt.

Tonight I saw the sixth new cat in my neighborhood in the last two
weeks. All of them untagged, young-looking and for the most part
healthy.

I'm beginning to wonder whether I'm seeing the teenagers of a few
litters starting to spread out. If it's a feral colony, there's dozens
more secreted away somewhere that I haven't seen.

This is so frustrating. Tonight driving home I saw a dead cat at the
side of the road, and craned my eyes to see if he looked like our
little tabby visitor of the other night. He wasn't - but nonetheless a
casualty of cats wandering without owners. God I hate that.

BLink

Oh just shut up Brian. No one cares about your drunk ramblings.


rofl

Now who does that sound like to you? Think maybe for some reason your
good buddy Megan has gone underground? And is still ****ed
at you?


I'm sure Megan is still ****ed at me. That doesn't detract from the
fact she's still a great resource for us cat-lovers. She is ****ing
brilliant.

I hope she posts here again someday. I've ****ed up my own
relationship with her, but that doesn't mean she's not an incredible
resource for those of us who love cats.

I really doubt she's gone underground. From what I've learned of her
she's more likely to have just stopped reading this group.
Personally, I wish i could re-open a conversation with her. But there
are other folks on this newsgroup who can help me out. So I keep
posting.
Btw- give me ONE example where Megan was proved wrong. You can't do
it. Thanks for playing.

Now help me with my cat questions...

BLink

Try writing alley cat org. http://www.alleycat.org/