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I guess I started something now

I love cats and have always had one up until the last couple of years since it’s just not in my budget. So a few months ago I noticed a calico cat in my backyard a couple of times . I bought a can of food for the next time I saw it.
I saw it in my backyard again and set some food out for it. It’s very feral and runs if I go near it.
This time it had two kittens with it- the looked to be several months old, so I am assuming the calico is the mother.
I put a can of food out today when I saw them in my yard and they ran to the fence but watched me put the food out and they took turns eating a few bites.
A few hours later I looked outside and saw 3 more kittens- same colors- a calico a few months old, and then two more kittens much smaller than the first 3.
Apparently it’s a cat running around the neighborhood and obviously not fixed.
It’s fun feeding them occasionally but I can’t feed a whole litter of random kittens every day.
I have started something for sure.
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carpediem · 61-69, M
I guess I’m the grouch here. I catch feral cats and find a shelter to take them in, or release them far enough away where they can’t come back.

Why do I do it? Feral cats are an ecological nightmare. Besides crapping all over my lawn furniture, they’ve been catching and killing native birds like crazy. They sit by my bird feeders and pounce when seed falls and birds retrieve it. So no more wild bird feeders.

They’ve been breeding unrestricted and are the new masters of the area. Correction….were.