Seeing ghosts
Jan. 2nd, 2010 04:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mmymoonI nearly had a heart attack just now because I opened the door to my porch and there was a big black cat sitting there. Spooky returned from the grave!
I'm pretty sure Black Cat is one of a litter of ferals in the neighborhood over the summer; it's a pretty distinctive litter since unlike most of them, they're all black and white cats -- no orange tabbies. They're old enough to start prowling...
I think I'm going to start taking a more active role caretaking for the local ferals; the old man who lived here before me took care of them before he died, and I really ought to honor both his and my dead kitty's memory.
We've had several grey feral cats (including one semi-friendly one) and now these siblings make it a big bunch. They all hang out in my yard because of all the abandoned ancient houses and sheds right along the edge of the woods. Mostly they're just hungry, so I figure if I feed them, the local wildlife actually stands a better chance. My local humane society also has a TNR (trap-neuter-release) program, which I'm going to see if can trap and take in some of these -- particularly the siblings, as they still hang around together, and I imagine that's a population explosion waiting to happen. Plus, it could cut down on the potential fights.
Kitties.
Besides, the blue jays apparently love catfood, too. Heh.
I'm pretty sure Black Cat is one of a litter of ferals in the neighborhood over the summer; it's a pretty distinctive litter since unlike most of them, they're all black and white cats -- no orange tabbies. They're old enough to start prowling...
I think I'm going to start taking a more active role caretaking for the local ferals; the old man who lived here before me took care of them before he died, and I really ought to honor both his and my dead kitty's memory.
We've had several grey feral cats (including one semi-friendly one) and now these siblings make it a big bunch. They all hang out in my yard because of all the abandoned ancient houses and sheds right along the edge of the woods. Mostly they're just hungry, so I figure if I feed them, the local wildlife actually stands a better chance. My local humane society also has a TNR (trap-neuter-release) program, which I'm going to see if can trap and take in some of these -- particularly the siblings, as they still hang around together, and I imagine that's a population explosion waiting to happen. Plus, it could cut down on the potential fights.
Kitties.
Besides, the blue jays apparently love catfood, too. Heh.
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Date: 2010-01-03 04:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-03 06:37 am (UTC)Although they were born feral, so we'll see if he actually warms up to me -- most of them already are moving into my sheds, so I'm going to resolve to feed this colony. Even feral, if I can keep them fed and speutered, that's a big improvement. And... I'm a sucker, I do love the little kitties. Even the crazy-eyed evil grey one who lurks around. But particularly the big black poofy ones.
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Date: 2010-01-04 12:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-22 07:26 pm (UTC)This is why I theoretically understand, but don't really get people looking for cats... cats just show up around me, constantly. ;)
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Date: 2010-01-04 04:53 pm (UTC)Most of the ferals and strays in our condo neighborhood disappeared once MomCat was gone and our neighbor stopped feeding them... but lately we've started seeing kitty footprints and a slender black cat dashing away.
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Date: 2010-01-22 07:27 pm (UTC)