On Sunday 20 Feb, *Denise and I went through to Lifestyle to trap the two long hair feral kittens that 'arrived' at my (100% sterile) DustbinCats colony. We met up with Francois and discussed the next steps once we'd trapped the little cherubs.
Francois set the trap and the baby boy's hunger led him straight in. Little sister followed - almost forcing big brother to step in further. As the boy stepped forward and onto the plate, he triggered the trap door and both kittens were trapped. <-- This is the fastest trap I've ever been involved in -- less than 1 minute!!
These two cherubs are still very young and stand a good chance of being tamed and finding loving homes.
If you give a shit about animals and this planet, please act like a responsible human being and sterilise your pet/s. To all the awesome people who dedicate their time, money and lives for the betterment of those who cannot speak for themselves, I salute you!
*Denise, neighbour and friend, who was bitten by Prince DustbinCat in July 2010 is alive and well and has recovered 100%.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Kittens and the permanent state of being semi pregmant...
11 Feb 2011
Golly, how do I explain this? Someone who really loves cats is always semi pregmant. *Some* of the *many* reasons for these 'phantom' pregmancies is because we either need a cat in every colour, or we need to save a life or we need a long-hair / short hair / psycho / ran-into-a-putco-bus-face / surprise (sad/squint/blue)-eyes / short-crooked-or-no tail / lemme-see-if-I-can-tame-it / have-you-ever-seen-anything-this-cute-in-your-life / *add your own reason here* cat.
I'm ALWAYS semi pregmant (aka willing to adopt another little cherub < multiply the 'another little cherub' by X). The (awesome) company that I work for has merged with another (awesome) company and we've moved into (awesome) new offices. My feral colony lives behind our previous office block and its a huge schlepp to travel from the new office via the old office and then home. The property owners (where my colony resides) promised feed and water my kitties during the week and I will resume the position of "butler/doctor/mom" every weekend to sort out whatever needs sorting, medicating and spoiling... May I remind you at this point that I pride myself in the fact that my entire colony is sterilised.
Two weeks in the new offices and irregular visits to my colony during the weekdays (because I don't necessarily trust many people and ultimately, the colony's health and existence is my responsibility), I suddenly have two long hair kittens - no older than between 6-8 weeks. Its hard to tell a feral kitten's age because of malnutrition.
I arrive home to my tamed feral, Jemima (Mau-Mau, Moo) and my dumpster-hand-reared, Gremms (Niss (short for Naughtiness) or 'the-little-one') and declare: Mama's pregmant... Two LONG haired cherubs need a loving home. They're a little wild but young enough to tame. And cute as a bag of monkeys :)
Anyone willing to adopt one or two feral kittens?
Golly, how do I explain this? Someone who really loves cats is always semi pregmant. *Some* of the *many* reasons for these 'phantom' pregmancies is because we either need a cat in every colour, or we need to save a life or we need a long-hair / short hair / psycho / ran-into-a-putco-bus-face / surprise (sad/squint/blue)-eyes / short-crooked-or-no tail / lemme-see-if-I-can-tame-it / have-you-ever-seen-anything-this-cute-in-your-life / *add your own reason here* cat.
I'm ALWAYS semi pregmant (aka willing to adopt another little cherub < multiply the 'another little cherub' by X). The (awesome) company that I work for has merged with another (awesome) company and we've moved into (awesome) new offices. My feral colony lives behind our previous office block and its a huge schlepp to travel from the new office via the old office and then home. The property owners (where my colony resides) promised feed and water my kitties during the week and I will resume the position of "butler/doctor/mom" every weekend to sort out whatever needs sorting, medicating and spoiling... May I remind you at this point that I pride myself in the fact that my entire colony is sterilised.
Two weeks in the new offices and irregular visits to my colony during the weekdays (because I don't necessarily trust many people and ultimately, the colony's health and existence is my responsibility), I suddenly have two long hair kittens - no older than between 6-8 weeks. Its hard to tell a feral kitten's age because of malnutrition.
I arrive home to my tamed feral, Jemima (Mau-Mau, Moo) and my dumpster-hand-reared, Gremms (Niss (short for Naughtiness) or 'the-little-one') and declare: Mama's pregmant... Two LONG haired cherubs need a loving home. They're a little wild but young enough to tame. And cute as a bag of monkeys :)
Anyone willing to adopt one or two feral kittens?
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