Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Operation Doctor Moreau

After last year’s successful Operation Slim Pickens, I was hoping that we wouldn’t need to implement any more attempts to trap cats at my work-place. But, as every rescue-group and individual rescuer knows, there always seem to be more cats.

The feral colony behind my work-place had been reduced to five or six regulars. Now, there are, in addition, five youngsters. They are actually quite large now, and may be about four months old. I wish I could have captured them earlier, but they have been extremely shy, and are only now emerging in a predictable pattern. At the same time each day, they eat breakfast, provided by the feral colony’s care-giver, at a specific spot, away from the older cats. This regularity and their relative isolation, as well as the facts that they are both now more accustomed to humans moving about the vicinity and are unused to traps, will, I hope, allow me to capture them. I would also like to trap an adult, whom I have named Bauble, who may or may not be their mother; she may already be spayed and, in truth, may be a male, for all we know.

Where did the kittens come from? If Bauble is not their parent, then they were dropped off at the site. They did not make their appearance until they were fairly advanced into their kittenhood; unlike Beulah, from last year, Bauble is uninterested in being their mother, and has never been seen in their company, which encourages me to think that she is unrelated. In any case, the attempt to trap them starts tomorrow.

12 comments:

  1. Am praying that the trapping gods look with favour upon your new endeavour! Maybe a piece of that chocolate cake left out as a peace-offering would help...?!?

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  2. I hope you can trap them. That is so kind of you to do.

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  3. That's so sad that there's a new group of wild kittens there. Good luck with this latest round!

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  4. Good luck trapping your newest group of kittens. Hopefully all will go smoothly and everyone will get trapped, "fixed" and vaccinated with no problems.

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  5. We're keeping all fingers and paws crossed, and wishing you the very best of luck in trapping them all.

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  6. Oh can we relate to that and we wish you best of luck getting them all.

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  7. best fishes on this endeavor; it's not easy by any stretch of the imagination and I hope operation doctor moreau is a complete success.....☺☺♥♥

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  8. Oh the best of luck and I am anxious to know how this goes.

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  9. I hope you are able to help the youngsters. It is so sad
    to see the kitties on the loose instead in a good home. Good luck.

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    1. Thank you. I left a comment on your first posting but it hasn't shown up. Do you have filters operating?

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  10. We wish you a lot of luck in this very important endeavor

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  11. Misleading name. Indicates vivisection.

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