This trapping story was in Connecticut just before I moved to Michigan.

My daughter made friends with some ladies who worked at the post office. In conversation, Amy (my daughter) mentioned that I had experience trapping feral cats. She gave them my phone number.

I got a call from one of the women, Priscilla, who wanted to know if I'd be interested in trapping 3 feral cats, one was a mama with 3 kittens.

Priscilla got a trap from a rescue organization. I set the trap and went to work (I worked 1-10 p.m.) . Another woman said she would keep an eye on the trap till I got outta work. Well, she called me at work saying 3 kittens were in the trap!!! I picked them up after work and took them home. There were 3 males. Two orangies and a black. I named the 2 orangies Deke, Grumpy Dave and the black one Ozzie. I set them up in a cage in my back room and began the socialization process. They came around VERY quickly. I then took them to the clinic and had them neutered. The girls took up a collection to pay for the neutering. I found homes for Ozzie and Deke. Unfortunately, Grumpy Dave, after being fixed, reverted back to his feralness. He is now on a farm in upstate New York living a wonderful life with his other colony buddies.

Even though I've moved, I still get updates from the two people who adopted Ozzie and Deke. It was the most challenging thing I ever did.

We then trapped the mama and had her fixed. Unfortunately, she couldn't be tamed so we released her behind the post office. She's doing great! One of the adult males was trapped, but we made the mistake of trying to transfer him into a carrier and he got loose. The other adult male was very sick and had to be euthanized.