Farrah is our resident feral cat. She is a torti colored cat with long hair and a nick out of one of her ears.
I watch her daily hunting the back field and in the evenings she makes her way to my house for her bowl of water and supply of cat food that I provide for her. In the last month or so I have built a bond with her that has now led me to be able to pet her and I picked her up twice now. She is still very nervous about it, but allows me.
Last week she followed me into the kennel to get her food. She marched right in and followed me around till I had her food then she followed me back outside.
It is my hope to be able to catch her and get her spayed and perhaps give her a part time home in the kennel this winter. It gets so cold that I am afraid she will freeze so if I can't bring her in then I will rig up some shelter for her with a heating pad in it.
This fall Farrah got pregnant. I hadn't seen her kittens till just recently as they have grown old enough to venture to my house to get the food and water I put out. They are VERY wild and at the sight of me they race off. There are 4 of them. Two orange ones and two grey ones. Three long haired and one short. They are so very cute and fluffy. I am not sure I will ever be able to tame them.
Today, it was a nice crisp fall day and the sun was out. The kittens gathered by the trees out back and were racing around, playing and jumping and climbing the trees. I was able to get some photos of the orange fluffy one through the house windows.
They are really fun to watch. I really wish I could do more to get them spayed and neutered and I will continue to work on them. Meanwhile, I will get Farrah spayed and continue to feed her and her kittens and the other two ferals that come around.
Oh the joys of living in the country next to a dairy.. never at a loss for wild cats!
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We had an old feral cat when we moved to our new place. She lived in the barn all winter...and came to the front door for food. She did a decent job of keeping the rodents away, but it was more by what she looked like, than actually catching any...as she was deaf! We could use another but don't think I want to ship one in! Good luck with your wee guys.
Probley would do well getting shipped anyway!
Wow,, a deaf feral. I would think that was a hard life for that kitty.
I sure feel bad for them,, but there isn't a lot I can do except feed them and give them shelter and try to get them fixed.
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