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Maru ([personal profile] yakalskovich) wrote2011-09-07 08:35 pm
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Fluffy little black animal



He's allowed to do that, it's the cat chair in the kitchen. Picture taken on Sunday by the Nazgul.-

[identity profile] idylchild.livejournal.com 2011-09-07 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
It's funny. The colony is Siamese (I have lived here for years and still the kittens come out Siamese -- must be inbreeding).

But all of the sudden these Persian looking ones showed up. They still have the blue eyes, but they are fluffy like Persians. Crooks came in a litter of 3 (the 4th one died) and two look like him and one is white (Siamese). Go figure.

[identity profile] idylchild.livejournal.com 2011-09-07 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah there are people who PAY for Siamese and Persian kittens! That is why it is so easy to get them adopted out. I have successfully placed about 50.

[identity profile] idylchild.livejournal.com 2011-09-07 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I know! And Siamese cats after so many generations should not look Siamese, but these do! Even the black ones look like Oriental shorthairs.

It makes no sense.

[identity profile] idylchild.livejournal.com 2011-09-07 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Moreover, as inbred as they are -- if you catch them early on and domesticate them, they make fabulous pets.

Now that's just nonsensical!

[identity profile] idylchild.livejournal.com 2011-09-07 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
If only I could turn that into $$$$. *sigh*

[identity profile] idylchild.livejournal.com 2011-09-08 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
The new owners pay for the shots, neutering/spaying -- which can run as much as $300 depending on the clinic. When the economy was better, Emancipet would come and neuter/spay for free. I did it for awhile (the clinic gave me a discount) but am too broke to continue. I am just grateful they have homes so that we do not have to pick their little bodies up off the road. I live near a major thoroughfare. :(

[identity profile] idylchild.livejournal.com 2011-09-08 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
The colony lives on the 60-acres JCC lot (it used to be empty woods until they moved the JCC there and started building -- which is what pushed them to the edge of the woods, eg, my back yard!).

The ladies at the JCC feed them and try to find them homes as well.

[identity profile] idylchild.livejournal.com 2011-09-08 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
It's hard to tell. This is the city and we are surrounded by businesses on two sides and then large sprawling houses on the other. Some estimates put it at 250+. I rather doubt that since the coyotes (desperately hungry with the drought) moved in and have settled in the woods on the campus.

The Austin Humane Society recently captured, neutered/spayed, and released some 650 cats. Other organizations also work to prevent growth.

That said, one reason we feed even the ones we can't get near to catch is because they keep the rodent population at bay. When Round Rock exterminated their feral cat colonies, they were overrun with black "roof" rats. It was pretty awful!

We have no rodents even with the huge dumpsters outside the fast food locales full of rotting food.

Thanks to the feral cats!

[identity profile] idylchild.livejournal.com 2011-09-08 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I remember reading that! The medical community in Round Rock came out and said not to kill the feral cats because the rats carried diseases!

Sure enough, Austin did not kill their population and our city is all but rat and snake-free.

When I first moved here and saw the business owners feeding the cats (I was charmed to see Siamese cats in the wild), I asked them about it and they told me the story.

I am a firm believer in feral cats but the kittens just deserve a better life! Every cat can produce something like 50 kittens in their short lives. I would rather have them fixed so they can get back to rat hunting. *grins*

[identity profile] idylchild.livejournal.com 2011-09-08 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Blessings on your household!

I went in search of an article and found out they are doing free neuters/spays. <3

I am off to pick up some live traps to bring them in.

http://network.bestfriends.org/2956/news.aspx

[identity profile] idylchild.livejournal.com 2011-09-08 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I know! Now if they will only go in the trap...

Will need tuna for that.

[identity profile] idylchild.livejournal.com 2011-09-08 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
This is even cuter! The Siamese one (she's all white right now, they grow into their markings) is skitterish (the Siamese ones tend to be that way). I can handle her but she doesn't come willingly (I have to catch her). So this morning I woke up and looked down --

and she was curled up on my German Shepherd's tail!!! (My dog sleeps right beside my bed). I guess she decided the bigger creature was her mamma. :D
Edited 2011-09-08 15:23 (UTC)

[identity profile] idylchild.livejournal.com 2011-09-08 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I know. <3 Keeper is such a good nanny. She takes care of all the kids at the barn and then comes home and watches over the kitties.

She's old now -- with glaucoma and arthritis but the most faithful companion in the world. I brought her with me from Canada (she was going to be euthanized there).

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