Frosty Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 When we were still keeping livestock and there was hay in the barn the local stray cats thought it was a maternity ward, nursery, condo. We picked hay off the field so it was never dry enough to stack tight and we left space between bales when we stacked in the barn. This was perfect for cats, it was warm and only accessable through narrow passages with back door passages going all directions. Kitty heaven you betcha. Anyway, we put out food and water and Deb spent a lot of time sitting in the barn talking to kittens. After a short while she was hand feeding the kittens but momma cats were a LOT more wary. I forgot to mention, the food bowls were in live traps and wire kennels. Animal control lends live traps and only charges a fee if you have them more than a week IIRC. We had quite the "clowder" cats don't herd up, groups are called a "clowder" or bunch is as far as I read the list. As the kittens got older and tamed down the mommas started eating while Deb was sitting there playing with the kittens and we trapped them. Not while Deb was there but we got all three in one night, two in one trap. Animal control ran, maybe still does, neuter and spay clinics for reasonable. We got them all: health checked, vaccinated and spayed and turned them loose in the barn with the food, water and safe housing. The kittens all got the same treatment except we rehomed all but one very VERY wary kitten lived in a wire kennel in our bedroom for months till he got used to the idea we weren't going to eat him. Eventually he'd come to the wall and ask for ear scritches and jaw rubs so we opened the door so he could come and go. He was just too wary to rehome, he's our upstairs closet cat but getting more relaxed. The momma cats we released back in the barn stayed and defended it against new strays till eventually there were none. We don't have livestock anymore and don't have hay or put out food or water so it's not so attractive to strays. Anyway, I don't recall what the local animal control calls the spay/neuter and release strategy but it works a treat. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 "TNR", for "Trap-Neuter-Return". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 1 hour ago, JHCC said: "TNR", for "Trap-Neuter-Return". I once dated a girl that did that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 TMI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 As my eldest Daughter is a Veterinarian; I will just say; my the sun is bright today! Going to be fun demo'ing tomorrow: 30 degF at set up and 59 degF at tear down and me in my funny medievalish clothes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacLeod Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 If Jetta knew what my cap said on it, I don’t think she would be happy to wear it. She doesn’t dislike them she just doesn’t understand why they don’t want to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Such a pretty girl there. I guess being in Scotland that would be such a pretty lass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Jetta is a bonnie lass. Is I believe closer to what you wanted to say Billy. Of course I could have it wrong, my inner Scott doesn't give language lessons. <sigh> We have a cat that'd be happy to play with her if she doesn't bite and shake that is. That is a GREAT picture! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 I dated a "lovely lass", back with I was a strappin' young buck, who was from Scotland. She always called me her "bonnie laddie". Always thought that was cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CtG Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Midnight approves of the hat. I could only find half of mine... oh well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 "Sort sin a cailin deas" in my Irish Gaelic would be "such a pretty girl". Anywho i always thought bonny meant nice not pretty, i would bet she is a bonny lass though. CtG i got that same exact knife on my dresser. Very pretty cat there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CtG Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 He is quite regal. His grey undercoat gives him quite the look. His older "sister" was hiding, she's a gorgeous tortoiseshell calico. Then there's the Yorkie and the Bullador... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CtG Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Milo - Yorkie Rocky- American Bullador (50/50 Chocolate Lab/American Bulldog) Catlin- Tortie Calico. Wife's dog, Son's dog, Daughter's cat, and Midnight is my boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMD Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 (edited) Molly is my pup she doesn't like the shop but she love to play ball. This was the coldest day this winter, so far -44. Edited February 23, 2020 by Mod30 Resize large photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 15 minutes ago, KMD said: coldest day this winter, so far -44. Burrrrr... Welcome aboard. Where in the world is that? I always suggest reading this to get the best out of the forum. READ THIS FIRST Molly looks like she loves the snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMD Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 I will go read that thread, thanks. I am up in North western Canada just South of Alaska it was sunny and just above freezing today so we are all good but that week was pretty miserable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 this is Ona. We just got her this last summer she likes huckleberry almost as much as I do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 We have wild blueberries and blackberries around our place and our old dog Daisy would always beat me to them and she really really loved the wild strawberries. Here she is after raiding a patch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 That’s the same look I have on my face when I just finished raiding the berry patch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 That's one happy looking dog, sure the berries weren't starting to ferment? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 My lab/Catahoula picks and eats figs. We had to put our cat down Friday, cancer got the best of him. The dog walked around in the shop Saturday crying and looking for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CtG Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Hate that feeling. Sorry you have to go through it Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Thank you for loving your pet enough to do what was right for it. My Daughter's a Veterinarian nd we get to hear way to many stories about folks wanting to keep a pet alive way past the time when it should leave the pain and humiliation and go to the land of freedom and gooshy food. I still cry my eyes out every time I have to do it. I've started brushing our cat regularly as she is getting old and not able to take care of her coat as well as she used to. I use a stainless steel welding brush which seems to work very well and she loves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Make sure to passivate the brush before you use it on another cat. We had to put one of our dogs down a few months ago, after treatment for an abdominal cyst gave him an autoimmune disease. Extremely difficult, but as a friend of mine put it, "When you take on the responsibility for an animal's life, you take the responsibility for providing it with a good death." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 I would also suggest cleaning the fur out of the brush before use on a hot weld. May get a little smelly. Just saw this on the news and thought it was a good story so i will share it. A man who is blind from multiple gun shots during a car jacking had his service dog stolen. It was by some teenagers. One of them was feeling bad about it so he walked up on the guys porch told the man who he was, what he had done, and that he was sorry for doing it, then returned the mans dog. May be some hope for that kid. With all the doom and gloom in the world, we all need a feel good story sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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