Life as a feral cat in Taiwan is rough. I've been keeping an eye on the ones in my neighborhood. They are most definitely leery of people. One female has produced 3-5 kittens every 6 months, but at most one kitten in each litter has survived more than a month past weaning: starvation or hit by cars or drowned in sewers. This particular female is about 3-years-old now. Since I've not seen her for a month or two, she may have died. The life-span is really short. These cats (the female and her offspring) spend most of their time rooting through the neighbor's garbage, but do hunt small mammals, birds, and lizards. They may even eat a spider or two. For about one year, the top predator in the neighborhood was a free-ranging domestic female. Even though her food dish was always full, I saw her 1-3 times a week with a bird or small mammal.
CL Please note my new-old email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cara Lin Bridgman P.O. Box 013 Phone: 886-4-2632-5484 Longjing Sinjhuang Taichung County 434 Taiwan http://megaview.com.tw/~caralin/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
