Comments on: Friday Cat Blogging

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:32:52 +0000

The kittens must be young, because doesn’t come out very often. She probably has them under a house somewhere nearby.

By: oldwhitelady

oldwhitelady — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:37:43 +0000

KT is quite the pretty kitty. She’s hiding out from the kittens to get a rest, it looks like:)

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:25:02 +0000

The bigger hawks will go for rabbits, so they are definitely a threat to cats.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 14:29:43 +0000

that would be curmudgeon cat’s view of kittens. fortunately for them, he’s a bird specialist and considers rodents beneath notice.

we’ve had reports of hawks trying to carry off chihuahuas. far be it from me to belittle any dog for its size [anything smaller than a wolfhound and calling itself canid is suspect in my view] but honestly, so many of the toy breeds do look like rodents.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:07:04 +0000

The hawks may be scavenging from local highways, although there are plenty of small rodents around. I think they view the kittens as rodents.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:48:39 +0000

true of the raccoons and possums, especially in my old neighborhood, but i’ve seen more coyotes and some foxes on this side of town.

we’ve got one pair of hawks [that i know of] nesting in the neighborhood, but there’s lots of trees and not much open space, so i’m not sure what they’re eating. small birds, maybe, or perhaps they’re catching fish.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:43:18 +0000

Hipparchia, for kittens you can add raccoons and possums, as well as an occasional hawk.

For ferals it starts every four months, Andante, a two month pregnancy followed by two months of lactation [which may be shorter] followed by pregnancy.

By: andante

andante — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:58:54 +0000

Man, I sure sympathize with the poor kitty.

My baby may be an adult now, but I distinctly remember feeling the same way when she was minus-one month old.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:13:08 +0000

you can add coyotes, cars, and animal control to the list here.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:01:01 +0000

KT is extremely skittish even for a feral, and has been paranoid since a kitten.

Having kittens just wears them out, but some will never get close to a trap or anything else that smells of man. With all of the food that I and my neighbors leave out, most of the feral kittens succumb to dehydration from parasites or fireant bites when they pick the wrong place to sleep. Something as simple as cold is just too debilitating for them to deal with.

You feed them all, and capture and fix those you can.