I took the week off to get some big projects done. One of them entailed trapping feral cats in the neighborhood. The population has exploded. We managed to trap 4 adult cats, 2 of which had given birth recently. Lo and behold, look at what walked into the traps...2 baby kittens.
They are too small to have neutered so I agreed (reluctantly) to foster them until they reach 3 lbs.
The black and white managed to escape the cage. I bent down to grab him and he bit me 12 times...yes, 12. Off I had to go to the doctor for a tetanus shot and Augmentin.
I guess no good deed goes unpunished or is that unrewarded?
Those feral kittens are fierce little critters. I picked one up once and it turned into a fluffy ball of spinning razor blades. My hand was shredded and dripping blood in the one second before I put him down.
OMG!?🐈🐈🐈We had this same problem in an apartment building we use to live in several years ago. It was awful because they were starving and I couldn't feed them all the time. My boyfriend and a neighbor started trapping them and dropping them off in different parts of town. That sounds bad but they want $25.00 at the shelters for stray animals even if they aren't yours?!😞
@sciguy18: hey my friend. well i was on augmentin for a staff infection in the sinuses and i needed augmentin for the cat bites so i am good now...and i still have the kittens...sigh
@Harmonium1923: i was never a cat person but i have adopted 3 feral cats and i love them dearly..wish you lived closer. these 2 need a home...and you are def an exception. the men in my neighborhood have been harassing me over them
Cats are slow to trust.. they probably don't know how to tell the difference yet. I hope they are grown now and better? It breaks my heart for feral animals. It seems weird but I worry about abusive people and the weather when it comes to them.
@greenmountaingal: oh gosh...one lady has 60 ferals in her yard. she is relocating them to a refuge she is buying. i would love to give you some kittens..our center for spaying has 115 kittens and 805 adult cats. we neutered over 20 the past few months
