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Yvonne G

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I love them, Yvonne!!! How's Misty getting along with them? She's a smart girl though, so I guess she'd ignore them most of the time :D
She appreciates her space, so she snaps if they come too close. But she's so much bigger than they are that they hold her in awe. When they are getting really rambunctious, and running back and forth, tackling each other like otters, she wants to join in, but as soon as she does, they run and hide.
 

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I've copy/pasted it for you:


Yesterday my daughter called me in the afternoon and asked if I'd like to ride with her on a short trip. As I don't spend as much time with her as I'd like, and I enjoy her company, I said yes. Oh lordy, lordy, how I wish I had said no. We went one town over, to Sanger, to see a woman who had placed an ad for free kittens on Craig's list.
My dream cat is a wildly colorful calico, and I've wanted one for a very long time. You may or may not know, that I live "out in the country", so when people don't want their cats anymore, they drive "out in the country" and dump them out of their car. So I have no need of going out and getting a cat because they just automatically show up on my doorstep - frequently. At the moment I only have 4. This is real light weight for me. I've had upwards of 10 in the past.

My cat regimen is to chase them away. If they come back and stick around for a couple weeks, I trap them, take them to the vet to be spayed or neutered, then release them back onto my property.

So I rode with my daughter to this gal's house in Sanger. When we pulled in, there were two pit bulls in the front yard. We drove around back as we were told to, and went into the house with the lady. There were cats all over the place. She had two litters that she had advertised. One litter was three months old and the other were 5 weeks old. And because the mothers were orange tabby, the babies were all very colorful. And, wouldn't you just know it, there was a calico in each litter. The older calico was very shy, and I couldn't get a good look at her, but the little one, Patch, was very friendly and purred when I picked her up. Well, I knew right away I was going to take her home. But I didn't want to have to spend my day entertaining a very young kitty, so I also took Rusty, an orange tabby with white paws and a white bib.

Truth be told, I THINK these kitties are younger than 5 weeks. They don't really know how to use the litter box, just pooping in their bed whenever the spirit moves them. And sometimes the poop is left half in and half out. I'm having to "wipe" them to make them go.

They are used to eating ONLY dry Purina kitten chow. And they are good eaters. I've only seen Rusty drink water. I don't want to upset their tender digestive tracts, but come on folks. . . only dry Purina Kitten Chow?

They both have goopy eyes - dry goop, not runny, and dried poop under their tails. My daughter (who took one of the older kittens) and I are going to the vet with the kittens this afternoon for a check-up. I don't want to clean up their eyes and tails until the vet has seen them. And after they're cleaned up, I'll take pictures of them for you all to see.
Our humane society is trying to do the trap and release also. We have so many ferral cats here. It's kinder in the long run.
 

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A neighbor on my Nextdoor app told of a cat she was transporting to a new home in the country that escaped his crate around the area of my house, so I've been on the look-out for him. Most stray cats end up here at my house because I keep dry cat food out at all times for my outside cats. So about a week or so ago this new tiger striped cat showed up here. He's very shy, feral, and run whenever I go outside, which, naturally, makes Misty chase him. If they don't run, she pays no attention, but running cats is a big game to her. So that makes the poor kitty extra scared. I haven't been able to get a picture, but he's Spencer's double. Spencer:

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It's been a couple weeks, and he's still hanging around, so I'm going to name him (with your help). What's a good name for a neutered male tiger striped wild cat?
I think you should call him Bagheera :)

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Kristoff

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She appreciates her space, so she snaps if they come too close. But she's so much bigger than they are that they hold her in awe. When they are getting really rambunctious, and running back and forth, tackling each other like otters, she wants to join in, but as soon as she does, they run and hide.
Haha, so they know who's the boss!
 

EllieMay

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Good morning! I hope every one has a great day .
its pretty warm here ( high 50’s f) and going to be rainy all day... I need to go shopping & finish a last few Christmas gifts and I’m dreading it:)
husband & I went and looked at a couple different properties nearer to the kids school yesterday. Both were lacking something... we are considering or planning to make a move soon. We need more acreage. Lol.
Pop in later!
 

Yvonne G

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Woke up this morning to find that out refrigerator quit working. A good bit of the food is probably ruined. I guess we will be shopping for a refrigerator today:(
Just the kind of thing that needs to happen this time of year. I'm sorry! Refrigerators are pretty well insulated. The food may not be spoiled.
 

Kristoff

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Good morning! I hope every one has a great day .
its pretty warm here ( high 50’s f) and going to be rainy all day... I need to go shopping & finish a last few Christmas gifts and I’m dreading it:)
husband & I went and looked at a couple different properties nearer to the kids school yesterday. Both were lacking something... we are considering or planning to make a move soon. We need more acreage. Lol.
Pop in later!
That's some Christmas shopping! o_O
With your family constantly expanding with four-legged members, I can guess why you need more space :D:<3:
 

Yvonne G

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Good morning! I hope every one has a great day .
its pretty warm here ( high 50’s f) and going to be rainy all day... I need to go shopping & finish a last few Christmas gifts and I’m dreading it:)
husband & I went and looked at a couple different properties nearer to the kids school yesterday. Both were lacking something... we are considering or planning to make a move soon. We need more acreage. Lol.
Pop in later!
Lots of space in Texas. You shouldn't ave too much trouble finding just the right place.
 
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