I just wanted to post a few pictures of some of the cats during the daylight to show how many there are living on the campus. Everytime I go there, I feel like there are all these eyes on me.....probably because there are:
Here are some pics that show the little orange ones.
So far, I've caught 2 of the 4 younger orange kitties. The other 2 are proving harder to catch! Probably because they've watched the others go in the trap and won't fall for the same thing. We'll see though.
Lastly, here's a pic of one of the orange kitties I got before. I can tell by its right ear, which has a V notched into it:
Happy to see they're doing well :)
This is my blog for describing my experiences in doing TNR (trap-neuter-release) activities for feral cats near my house. Sometimes they are too smart to be caught, though!!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Ferals #3 and #4
Last week was a busy week. I caught one cat on Tuesday night and took what turned out to be a "her" to get spayed. This time I had caught a black kitty.
This one was really subdued compared to the others.
The next one I caught was on Thursday night. When I took it to the SPCA the next day, it was full of ferals! They were overloaded that day and I was turned away with a feral cat in my backseat. I really didn't want to release it without having it fixed because odds are that I wouldn't be able to catch it again. I called a few local vets to see if they worked with ferals and I found one that is around the corner from my house. Luckily they had an opening and they offer a discounted rate for spaying/neutering ferals. I dropped this one off, and it was actually a boy!
It's so hard to tell them apart. There are SO many black cats at the school. The vet notched his ear and I tried to get a picture up close:
You can see the little V taken off the right ear so that people can tell this one's been fixed already. When this one was done recovering, I took a quick video of me releasing it. I think releasing them is my favorite part because they always run away and seem happy to get back to their home.
This one was really subdued compared to the others.
The next one I caught was on Thursday night. When I took it to the SPCA the next day, it was full of ferals! They were overloaded that day and I was turned away with a feral cat in my backseat. I really didn't want to release it without having it fixed because odds are that I wouldn't be able to catch it again. I called a few local vets to see if they worked with ferals and I found one that is around the corner from my house. Luckily they had an opening and they offer a discounted rate for spaying/neutering ferals. I dropped this one off, and it was actually a boy!
It's so hard to tell them apart. There are SO many black cats at the school. The vet notched his ear and I tried to get a picture up close:
You can see the little V taken off the right ear so that people can tell this one's been fixed already. When this one was done recovering, I took a quick video of me releasing it. I think releasing them is my favorite part because they always run away and seem happy to get back to their home.
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