Just When You Think You Have Things Under Control.....

[K & L]

A few weeks ago we discovered 3 kittens in the park, and were unsure who the mom was. We have TNR’d all cats there and have had no kittens for about 2 years now. After observation for a few weeks we determined, or at least guessing, mom cat is Hemi (I had posted her picture months back when we discovered her). So here we sit, still 105 degrees at 8:30 p.m., in the car with drop trap set! It wasn’t 5 minutes that we didn’t have Hemi in the drop trap! We transferred her to the regular trap, covered it, reset the drop trap, and proceeded to try and catch the 3 kittens. As were sitting there, sweating profusely, I just happened to glance behind me and there stands a solid black cat! OK, my thought here: remember the 3 black kittens that someone had dumped a few weeks back, we caught, and turned over to the no-kill shelter? We’re wondering if this is mom and all were dumped there! We tried getting her to go in a trap, but failed. In the meantime, we did get one of the 3 kittens. So now we have 2 kittens, and one black adult to catch. AND….this morning I set a trap up in our yard, and lo and behold I caught JETSON!! So Kevin is off to the spay & neuter clinic this morning with 3 cats. Not as successful as we would have liked it, but successful making that 3 less cats in the breeding pool!!