QueenScoopalot
10-15-2004, 08:03 PM
I got a call two days ago from the new animal control officer in the next town over. Mike must have got my number from the former ACOs, who I worked with several years ago initiating a TNR program for the large feral population that had been building. Mike left a message on my answering machine stating he had a semi-emergency with a 'feral' he had trapped the night prior. This cat is actually an abandoned one that I had spotted last winter, but was unable to get her at the time. She had a litter early summer, and three kittens were grabbed up by the neighbors around there, the fouth unaccounted for. I wasn't going to trap the cat until I knew what had happened to her 4th kitten, but no one was talking. To make a long story short...she's here now at long last! Carla (catfamily) knows this girl as well. :D Here's the ACO's emergency situation! :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/QueenScoopalot/SweetNahantcalico.jpg
He had no idea she was pregnant! And he caught her (in a horrible 2 door Havahart) just the night before. He went to check on her and voila' four brand new babies were in the crate he set her up in! He thought she was feral, but I knew differently. ;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/QueenScoopalot/Nahantmamaandherfournewborns.jpg
A very contented mama and her sweet little newborns.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/QueenScoopalot/Nahantbabiesdinnertime.jpg
I told this kitty (in my head anyway) that I wasn't going to let her stay out during this coming winter. It's amazing she made it through last winter especially when one night it dropped to minus 8 degrees! Now she's safe and secure. The so called feeder I'm sure is pitching a fit because she's gone now, but tough! All she did was provide a crummy dish of dry food once in a while! :rolleyes: Gorgeous and happy mama.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/QueenScoopalot/SweetNahantcalico.jpg
He had no idea she was pregnant! And he caught her (in a horrible 2 door Havahart) just the night before. He went to check on her and voila' four brand new babies were in the crate he set her up in! He thought she was feral, but I knew differently. ;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/QueenScoopalot/Nahantmamaandherfournewborns.jpg
A very contented mama and her sweet little newborns.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/QueenScoopalot/Nahantbabiesdinnertime.jpg
I told this kitty (in my head anyway) that I wasn't going to let her stay out during this coming winter. It's amazing she made it through last winter especially when one night it dropped to minus 8 degrees! Now she's safe and secure. The so called feeder I'm sure is pitching a fit because she's gone now, but tough! All she did was provide a crummy dish of dry food once in a while! :rolleyes: Gorgeous and happy mama.