HAPPY HALLOWEEN

 Happy Halloween, it would have been my parents 70th anniversary.  

And not only is it Halloween, but the Dodgers won the World Series, sorry dad your team lost.  

 

 

 

National Cat Day

 I am on feral #12 now with Grayson in the house.  All my cats have been ferals.  It just takes time for them to trust you so you can bring them in.

I have one feral Licorice who may never come in but that is ok, he gets food and shelter and knows I love him.

RIP Charcoal

 Today is the 4th day I had not seen Charcoal.  Of course I feared the worst and unfortunately my fear came true.  I got a message from a neighbor that a small black cat was by the pool.  I went and looked and sure enough, she had been there a day or two.  I have no idea what happened.  So I came home and asked a neighbor to help me and she is buried in one of my flower beds under the deck.  

I am sad for her loss and the fact that she never would get close to me and let me pet her.  I wanted to eventually bring her in as well.  But that was not to be. I hope she did not suffer too much.  

Like my dad said in my dream I can't save them all.  So out of 5 kittens I have the 2 boys and Lila.  

RIP my sweet girl, I loved you even though you kept your distance.

1/2 Birthday

 The kittens are 6 months old today, already.  It has been fun watching them grow and change.  The boys are tight, one does not make a move without the other and they are very whiny.  If they are out and do not see me they freak out.  I know it will get better but their life has been one change after another.  The other day they got out of their room before I could catch them.  They immediately ran to Lila like mommy there you are and she was like oh no, she hissed and smacked at them.  They both stopped and looked at me like what was that about?  So they recognize her but she does not recognize them?  Or is she just done with them, but no reason to be rude.  

BigBoy is not sure about any of this. His world has been turned upside down and he looks at me like ok time for them to go. I keep reminding him he invaded his sisters space when he came in and he needed to deal with the fact that they are staying and not going anywhere.  

Chunky is my shadow, he needs to be held and loved and when I walk he is in between my feet, hard not to trip or step on him, but....

Charcoal comes up in the morning for breakfast and is getting that whiny mew that the boys have.  She is getting a bit closer. I feel bad cos she is outside by herself.  The other day I had the front door open and the boys were out of their room and she was on the porch and they were all 3 at the door mewing at each other.  It will be 2 weeks this weekend they have been in and I have to wonder if they will forget who she is.  

It has been 20 years since I have had kittens and how much work they are.  Also the boys are quarantined until they get all their shots.  

Chunky Monkey, Charcoal and Lila Grey

Grayson

The Boys Are In The House

 I got Chunky Monkey in last night and tonight I got Grayson.  They have their own room because I need to get them their FLV shots which is a 3 week process with 2 doses.  They are both fixed and have their rabies shot.  Then the introductions can begin.

Lila gets her 2nd dose Wednesday and can be introduced to BigBoy.  Not sure how he is going to react to 3 new cats in the house because it has been almost 3 years since he had sisters.  I told him he needed to remember he was a feral that invaded his sisters space but I doubt he remembers that.  

I need to figure all this out and make sure they do not get out and they all get along.  

Charcoal will be by herself outside now and she really does not do people at all.  Her dad is there too so maybe he can hang out with her and she won't be lonely.  I am not giving up on her just some ferals never will be tamed.  I have had some ferals for over 10 years that would never let me touch them but they came for food and shelter and they knew I loved them.  We have to remember we live in the feral world and have to abide by their wishes.