My outdoor ferals

[bobmorr1]

Jaguar


Cody


Duke


Happy and Cody


White Paws

[MissHoneychurch]

1. The look rather content in your garden

:D

[stuntcat]

2. wow they're beautiful!

Jaguar's closeup is especially adorable! :loveya: :loveya:

I have three ferals now, this is the first year I ever TNR'ed any wild kitties but there was this little tabby family in my neighborhood who I knew no one would take care of. It's taken a long time and I've been worried sometimes letting the girls out after their operations, but now I've seen all three of them out there, looking bright-eyed and wild as ever.

Thumby (she has thumbs):


Dolly (because she's a doll lol):


Bootsy (she has white boots):


They won't let me near them but after I feed them for a couple of years and they grow up some then maybe they'll chill out. Dolly kinda follows me around the yard when I'm gardening but she keeps her distance.


A old acquaintance of mine on Facebook posted a picture of a cat she 'rescued from abuse' and brought home. The abuse the cat suffered was the vicious cut across his ear! She didn't know that that was just a mark to show animal control people that the cat was neutered and probably being watched out for.. or maybe even BELONGING to someone who loved him!! So whoever this big pretty boy belonged to probably thinks their cat got killed :*
I taught her about the marking and what it means, but now she's had the cat for 2 or 3 years, telling people all along how she rescued him from the abuse.

[bobmorr1]

3. beautiful cats

Your cats look great. The cats in my pictures have become as tame as domestics with us. They are strictly outside cats. We have one indoor only cat (Max). We have about 15 ferals, all neutered and inoculated. I treat them for worms occasionally and also for fleas. They all have a left ear clip for identifying that they have been neutered. They live in a heated greenhouse in the winter. They don't wonder to far. They sleep most of the day and go out at night. Here is a picture of the greenhouse in the winter. Its more of a pads for cats then a greenhouse for plants. The benches have beds for the cats. They have a nice life.

[stuntcat]

4. great house!

those are some lucky lucky cats!

I think my ferals will chill out some with age. Mostly they live in the hill in our neighborhood but I built them some shelters to sleep in under our porch too.. hopefully when it really gets cold they'll decide to stick closer to our house.

[Gormy Cuss]

9. So that's what the ear notch means.

I noticed that in the OP's photos and though it was odd.

[TZ]

5. Cute kitties.

Good on you for taking care of your ferals....They have a better life than some indoor cats I think..:)

[raccoon]

6. What lovely creatures! And kudos to you for taking care of them.

Great pictures.

[Bertha Venation]

7. They're beautiful, and you have a lovely garden.

Every garden should be graced by such wonderful creatures.

Thank you for taking care of them. :hug:

[hamsterjill]

8. Love to see those left ears!

Thank you for taking care of these guys! Bless your heart. And THANK YOU ever so much for practicing spay/neuter.

[applegrove]

10. Your garden looks like heaven and your ferals obviously agree.

[Critters2]

11. Boy, your's look much healthier than mine.

The extremely cold, long winter was hard on mine. They still haven't bounced back. Very thin. Are yours spayed/neutered?

[bobmorr1]

12. spayed and neutered

Yes, they all have been spayed or neutered. They also have had distemper and rabies vaccinations. I also treated them with drontal for worms. I give them lysine at any sign of a sneeze. I treat them for fleas with a natural spray. I give them a high protein diet along with there Purina kibble. They're lucky cats.

[bobmorr1]

14. garden pics

Some pics from the garden.

[DeepBlueC]

13. sweet

I have those chairs, often accessorized with cats. Aren't they wonderfully comfortable? The chairs, that is, well, the cats too, but not for sitting on.