RE: Off topic - rescuing feral

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:48:41 -0800

Is there anywhere 'up high' you can put the food for the cats where the dogs can't get to it?

"Gloria B. Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You need an animal organization involved....sounds like. Who's in your area?

Gloria

>I know the problem is that I hardly see them, and I can't be there all
>the time as the gate closes at night - and I can't just set a trap and
>leave it over night because dogs will be there, too.
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gloria B. Lane
>Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 4:00 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: RE: Off topic - rescuing feral
>
>Is there a group that can help you there? Not sure where you're
>located. But someone needs to trap them and get them out of there...
>Sounds like a dog problem too!
>
>Gloria
>
>I know - I am in the process of trying to trap Ginger's mom - I have
>been feeding her and other ferals who are left there behind my
>company's back (I am not allowed to feed them any more, but I am
>anyway, if they find out, I could be fired). Recently, I have seen
>many vicious dogs roaming around (pit bull, rotwiler, and chows,,) in
>the parking lot where I feed Ginger's mom and other kitties. I am so
>worried about them as these dogs pack and hunt and they are very
>dangerous - I don't even know if Ginger's mom and others are safe -
>they can hardly come eat the food anymore - besides I think someone
>at work must have found the food plates that I put out as there were
>gone today. I am freaking out because I could be fired - I don't
>know what to do! I just want to get them out of there - I should
>have done so long time ago!
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tamara
>stickler
>Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 2:48 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: RE: Tip is Gone-Kathy
>
>Oh absolutely...uhm...either that or he has already reincarnated into
>an orange tabby with a big head that as recently shown up at my
>parent's house. Same body shape...just different color! While this
>one doesn't hiss, he won't allow himself to be touched or caught yet
>either, yet he lays in Hisspuff's spot. My mom's freakin'
>out...she's afraid she'll become a crazy cat lady! She can't help
>but feed them...but she doesn't even really like cats and certainly
>doesn't want to have to think about it outside in the cold and
>wet...esp. when it refuses to come in, but lays infront of the
>laundry room window shivering. Everytime we rent a trap to catch
>him....he's a no show. So she is just going to keep feeding him in
>the hopes that he'll come around like the other two, Tom & Jerry,
>that she refuses to admit are hers, but they have trained Mom & Dad
>to let them in the house at will....they even have their own beds
>downstairs....For that matter, Mom's dog used to HATE cats...Jerry
>took two and a half years, but won her over too!
>
>What idiot human ever coined the phrase "dumb animals"?
>
>Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
>Every feral cat story I hear, I just can't stop crying - there is a
>book called "Livings in shadows" - it's a book about how to take
>care of feral cats - the title itself makes me cry because it
>represents so much of how their life is - I had a feral who used to
>hisses and growls as she ate - I just love my ferals -
>
>I am sure that your big puffy head boy is in heaven -
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tamara
>stickler
>Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 7:10 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: RE: Tip is Gone-Kathy
>
>We had a feral for about 3 years that we fed...a burmese mix, all
>black, big puffy head with a small body and stubby legs. Everytime
>he saw us he'd hiss....so of course we named him Hisspuff. After
>about a year we could pet him while he ate, but he'd still hiss when
>he first saw us. We tried to get him to come into the house...but he
>never would, just prefered the straw we put out for him in the bushes
>out front. He got sick, nose stuffed up and eyes running - but
>wouldn't ever let us catch him. He showed up at the back of the
>house one day...just to say goodbye...again we tried to catch him,
>but he wouldn't have it and went off to die...but he'll ALWAYS be one
>of my favorites!
>
>Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>I know what you mean, some of my feral hisses and spits at me
>whenever I am near them - but I still love them as much if you know
>what I mean - There is this poem some one of the FIP list sent to the
>other list member a long time ago when they lost their love one - and
>I found it very soothing and am trying to find it so that I can share
>with this list member -
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 10:21 AM
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>Subject: Re: Tip is Gone - Kathy
>
>Thanks Kathy, Seeing them all again will be wonderful. Like you I
>have had pets of all kinds and I loved them all (even some that were
>not so lovable.)It makes it easier knowing that they will be there
>for me when it is my turn to go.
>
>Love, Sheila
>
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