Feral for life

Then there is the Tux Guy who shows up around ten at night. Have no idea what his condition is.

I hope you can catch the orange one very soon, if he has worms he could literally eat all day and still starve to death slowly. Poor guy.

I would love to catch Orange Dude but he refuses to get with the schedule.

Any luck catching him yet Sue?

I'm going to start trying at the end of the month. I've got to cover the dinner shift for the next two weeks. I don't want one more thing on my plate.

I understand how that is....

Now that I'm in a position to start trapping everyone is off schedule. Tux was here tonight, late meal he almost missed. We have a major light show going on. He did something odd tonight, he approached my front door and stood up, looked in to see what was going on.

Uh oh! He is trying to be a pet. He might need to get in that trap and go to a rescue to find a family.

I don't think so, it's as feral as they come when you try to approach him. GW and Sport do that at the backdoor. They learn to associate the door with food.

Ah... Still... Very cute.

The Rodent Patrol is doing well. Tux who is the newest member had a dead mouse in front of the Lair today. When I saw him I went and said good kitty, hoping to spook him off his kill. Instead he took off with it, the reason I wanted to get the dead mouse was it could have been poisoned. Rodentcides are a gift that do keep on killing.

They are. That worried me when I had to put some out for our rodent visitors. Fortunately, the visitors all went elsewhere after they nibbled the bait. The company says that if a kitty does find one that ate the poison, they probably wouldn't be too interested. Apparently, it leaves some kind of trace (odor?). But... Most places don't look for "safe" rodenticides, and ferals are at risk. I hope Tux's kill was fresh and clean.

I think it was. Still, I worry even it it's save for the ferals what about the raptors and others that will make a meal out of it.

Definitely... The only good thing is that we don't find many raptors or other predators dying, so there must be some kind of warning that all but the hungriest can smell (or feel or something).

Just came back from feeding the Away Groups. They were starved, I don't think they were fed last night. The weather was just filthy and depending on the wind direction the porch were they are fed will be flooded. Same for the other station. The Rodent Patrol I can feed up next to the house.

It's sad when the weather is so nasty to them. I know they do not want to be pets, but it is sad that they can't be sheltered and dry.

It is. Still both groups look dry and clean. So they must have some place safe to den up.

The colony here goes to abandoned houses. Some are still in pretty good shape, and crawl spaces offer good shelter as long as the ground water stays out.

I think den up under someone's garage but I'm not sure.

I saw one of our colony the other day when I left early for work. The people in the corner house were feeding, so I know the colony is being taken care of. I asked the people if they were interested in TNR. They're thinking about it. Apparently, these cats began with the grandmother's cats who were never neutered, and the family is attached to her memory. I didn't feel right trying to convince them in the interest of the kitties since they were kind of emotional about grandma.

Hopefully they will come around. Maybe in their grandmother's memory.

That's a good idea. I'll try again. It might be easier to do in the winter since the kitties will be wanting more food and they will need to spend more to keep them all fat and happy. I have a feeling a couple of the kitties are actually pets that just hang out with grandma's ferals. It's all kind of weird the more I learn.

Sounds like it.

Hi, I'm Sport one of the original surviving members of the Rodent Patrol. I dictated this to Antonio. I want to say that I and GW are thankful to the Food Lady. She has stood by us and made sure we had full tummies for the longest time. Life is hard on the streets and she has done her best by us, even had us s/n We are truly thankful. There are new cats coming to the feeding station now and she will do the best she can by them Sport.

Hi Sport! I am glad you have a full tummy, and that you have a safe place with the Food Lady. Life on the streets is hard, and I think you have it all figured out. I am glad you are happy and safe.

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