ThomasPowers Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 My wife feeds the local "barn cats"; but they are kept strictly away from our indoor cats. On the other hand the incident of mouse damage in my smithy has gone way down with them occupying our yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 My old lady feeds the barn cats also... All couple dozen of them now it seems. May be time to thin the herd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolFisHunt Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 You could thin the herd at my place as well...just not the one currently occupying my lap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 My daughter the vet suggests livetrapping and spaying. Neutering toms is a lot cheaper and easier but doesn't cut down on the number of kittens produced as one wandering tom can father kittens on a lot of females. What will cut down on the numbers will be one of the common fatal cat diseases that pets are vaccinated against. I hear horror stories---generally over the dinner table... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Yep, spaying the females insures an "outlaw" male from down the road or the next farm over doesn't show up and get any females pregnant. You may want to check and see if there's any organizations near you that will supply you with live traps and spay/neuter the cats you catch and then return them to you. In the greater Cincinnati area there's a place called UCAN spay/neuter clinic that will come to meet you at the local Library and pick up feral cats alter them notch their ear so they can be identified as spayed or neutered and meet you back there the next morning and drop them back off to you. They do all of this free of charge. I have used their services a few times. The last time was to get Basil Bob altered. Unfortunately he's been MIA for a few weeks. I was surprised that they came out this far as I'm about forty miles south of Cincinnati. I send them a donation at tax time every year. Pnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Billy, there are groups out there that will spay and neuter ferrals for free if you can live trap them and take them in. Not sure about all areas of the country but it's worth looking into. We had a large growing population but got them all fixed this way. So far no new cats have showed up. They nip an ear so they can identify the ones that are already fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caintuckrifle Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 This is Zorro the shop coon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Cruelty-free coonskin cap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I did not see him at first. Cool little guy. I used to have an old single shot 12 gauge that the brand was a Kaintuckian. As far as the barn cats i was thinking of a tad different solution. P-nut hope your buddy shows back up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Naw raccoons can be quite cruel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 My brother and I had a raccoon named Ricky. We raised him from a baby and when he grew up and got the urge, he became very mean. We had to release him where we knew other raccoons were prevalent and he took off, never looked back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Billy, gatta do what you gatta do. Just throwing options out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dax Hewitt Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Not sure if I have posted a pic of this guy before. My best pal Spud. He travels all over the place with us in the tank bag on the bike, it has a flap so he can get his head out and air vents for summer that can be closed for winter. A better pal a man could not ask for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 The guard is awake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowllife Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 The picture of the steer was actually somewhat of a joke. It’s good to know he was still welcomed though. He took a ride to freezer camp a couple weeks ago, and the new guys in the pen aren’t nearly as curious. Max is the dog that spends time out in the shop with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 My wife has a huge dog bed in front of the woodstove for our little scottie---and sometimes the cats will even allow her to use it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 The dog, or your wife? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 John; you are treading into dangerous territory---even for a Friday! Just remember that my Wife has managed to put up with me for over 35 years and is in training to poke needles into me if I'm unresponsive, (Blood glucose testing and glycogen injections). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowllife Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I'm not as brave as John, I want no part comment on the "her" TP was referring too...... That second picture was taken the weekend we moved into the house down south, Max was a tired dog. He has always had a habit of squeezing into the small beds instead of laying comfortably in one of the bigger beds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 My biggest dog is like that. She is a Cane Corso ( Italian mastiff) and she tries to take over the little bed that belongs to my doxie. And she can barely fit in it. I don't get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Bed??? who needs a bed. This is Merlin our Russian Blue who crossed over the rainbow bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 My mom had a Russian blue that was a rescue from hurricane Katrina, found him in a drainage ditch as a kitten. He has also crossed. Beautiful cats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 We named ours Merlin because he was magic when he walked in and adopted us and that was the name he responded to. Definitely ruled the roost, none of our three dogs would give him any guff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 My mom called hers Fred, after some Prince Fredrick. She actually rescued 2 after Katrina, the other which is still with us, is a black long haired she named Mary after some Queen or Princess or some such non-sense. She names all her pets after royalty of some sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virusds Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 We currently have a little heard of cats that aleeps on our doorstep as well. Only one of them is allowed inside because he came first. And befor he was neutered he also fatherd another litter for our calico cat. We also almost fell victim to one of those cat plagues you all were talking about. That only ended up killing one though. Then we foumd that an antibiotic would help them. The most unfortunate thing is that out of the two litters of 3 kittens our mama cat had only one of them was a boy. The rest of them are girls and are almost to maturity. I do have a pic of one of the little kittens we saved from the sickness. This ones name is princess and is our inside cats daughter (we think anyway, no way to know with cats) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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