Thread: Welcome to the Furkids Corner!

I forgot to mention my other furkids yesterday. The area around my townhouse has a lot of feral and wild kitties. On Thanksgiving I put out a huge bowl of kibbel for them, (this did not sit well with Isis who was not amused at seeing "her" food walk out the front door!).

Anyway I watched as all these scrawny, half-starved, kitties scarfed up the food. It was heartbreaking. So now I put out food and water on my stoop for 2 hours in the morning and @ 4hours at night. I go through @ 8-10 cups of kibble a day.

It's amazing-I was afraid of cat fights and problems-but there's been none. I guess knowing that the food dish is always full and there's no need to fight for it keeps them calm. We have a huge colony of black cats-mostly feral, but one or two don't run when they see me and are more than likely abandoned and wild now. There were 2 cats that were very friendly and with a little digging around I found that they were lost and their owners were looking for them-I got them back home.

I'm going to look up the feral cat coalition here and see what I can do about trapping them and getting them neutered. I already see that some of the cats are pregnant-what a life to be born to. It stinks.

Anyway-I figure I have about 10-14 other furkids. And, oh yeah, one great, big, festively plump racoon who scared the bejeesus out of me one night when I went to bring the food in. He didn't even move-just stared and continued eating. Rude creature.

Nita-Thank you for your concern about the legal ramifications of feeding stray cats, as it is something that a lot of folks don't realize.
As someone who suffered through 2 years of law school before regaining their wits and quitting, I did wonder about that and looked into it. I'm okay as these are (mostly) feral animals and our county laws won't hold me responsible.
I did hook up with the feral cat coalition after I posted yesterday, and I'm going to get some help in trapping them and getting them some basic health care and neutering. They have a big van that goes from neighborhood to neighborhood to perform the surgery.
I'll then be responsible for feeding them which is okay by me.
I'm sure that no matter what I do though, there will be more cats abandoned around here and left to fend for themselves. I live smack up against a park and a wetland area and idiots are always dumping their pets here. I just don't understand why people get pets when they are unwilling to properly care for them. Ticks me off something fierce.