I did the evening cat feeding today, before checking on the garden.
We’ve had so many cats disappearing, but sometimes coming back, I have been asking my daughter which ones she sees when she does the morning feeding. Sprout and her daughter Sprig, the two calicos, were ones I have not been seeing much at all, though Colby, Sprig’s brother, has become quite socialized and stays near the house.
Colby is very happy to stay nearby and often begs for pets.
My daughter had been telling me she has sometimes seen Sprout – and yesterday mentioned that she’s looking pregnant.
This evening, I saw a calico. It was not Sprout. It was Sprig.
And yes, she looks pregnant.
Sprout and Sprig look very much alike; especially as Sprig got older, and can be hard to tell apart. I’m starting to think Sprout has disappeared completely, as we’re only seeing the one calico.
She is quite feral, unfortunately. Not quite as much as Sprout, in that she will sometimes come into the sun room looking for food.
*sigh*
I am not sure how to get her. We need to get that white and grey kitten that’s left, of course. That kitten is also Sprout’s, making her Colby and Sprig’s baby sister.
I’ve put the wire trap with a back door inside the catio as something to get used to, and the other one that’s the same size but doesn’t have a back door on the table under the canopy. They are just open, not set, so cats can go in and out freely. I’ve not put bait in them. I really don’t want to use those traps because we are far more likely to get a skunk or some other cat than Sprig. Sprig prefers to eat on the tray under the water bowl shelter, where there is no room for any sort of trap at all.
This is so frustrating. We were finally able to get the 6 kittens to the rescue today! Now we have another cat that’s pregnant, very late in the season. We need to get her. If she has those kittens, they will not survive the winter.
Crud.
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 