Henry's (Almost) Last Trapping
We trapped 6 cats last Thursday. 4 of them were females. One was pregnant and aborted. When we went to pre-bait last Friday, we found another litter of 4 cute as button, quadruplet grey tabbies about 3-4 weeks old. We got them and their mama. All are now in foster care. Read more about them in the blog 'Boo Boo & Friends Henry. They're cerebellar hypoplasia babies.
There are still at least 2 cats at the house. Henry's been a bit 'non-compliant' about putting food in the traps only - probably confusion. "They're eating the hard food but aren't going into the traps for the canned".............
The good news is, we haven't killed any cats! We may be returning many of them to Henry's. Some have been socialized enough and are about ready for adoption. We'd always planned on returning some to Henry's, we may be returning as many as 11. The house is big enough to support 11 cats and Henry and his son are ok with that. The important thing is there will be fewer cats and less stress due to overcrowding.
The wierd news is that most of the cats we've caught have been about 1-2 years old. One's about 9 and another is about 6. We don't know what happened to the older ones, the ones we saw through the basement window during the second big trapping. Henry said Brownie disappeared about a week ago. I can only imagine he's in his final resting place somewhere in the walls.
Another wierd thing is that the last batch of 6 (including the new mom) were all relatively healthy. No alopecia, no dental problems, no URI. Go figure.
All cats we've previously trapped are flourishing and should be on petfinder soon. Isabelle, who we thought was a gonner, is healthy and purrs up a storm when cuddled. Paul is thriving and doing just fine since he had his eye removed. He's always been blind so he's adjusted well to the removal. Ilsa has turned into a very affectionate cat and has had no problems since her dental surgery. Kasha is still hiding in her foster home and is never seen. She recently joined her cousin, Athena, who lets herself be seen but not touched. Her foster mom, Sue, was recently delighted when she played with a sock toy. Agnes & Hades are very playful and bring their foster mom toys to play with. Their cousin, Louis is still wild and totally non-responsive to human interaction. Lynx is incredibly playful and ready for adoption. Peter is still a bit shy but going to foster tomorrow for intensive therapy. Sister Mary Franchesca is also still shy - we're looking for intensive therapy mama for her too.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Henry's Cats
Henry's (Almost) Last Trapping
We trapped 6 cats last Thursday. 4 of them were females. One was pregnant and aborted. When we went to pre-bait last Friday, we found another litter of 4 cute as button, quadruplet grey tabbies about 3-4 weeks old. We got them and their mama. All are now in foster care. Read more about them in the blog 'Boo Boo & Friends Henry. They're cerebellar hypoplasia babies.
There are still at least 2 cats at the house. Henry's been a bit 'non-compliant' about putting food in the traps only - probably confusion. "They're eating the hard food but aren't going into the traps for the canned".............
The good news is, we haven't killed any cats! We may be returning many of them to Henry's. Some have been socialized enough and are about ready for adoption. We'd always planned on returning some to Henry's, we may be returning as many as 11. The house is big enough to support 11 cats and Henry and his son are ok with that. The important thing is there will be fewer cats and less stress due to overcrowding.
The wierd news is that most of the cats we've caught have been about 1-2 years old. One's about 9 and another is about 6. We don't know what happened to the older ones, the ones we saw through the basement window during the second big trapping. Henry said Brownie disappeared about a week ago. I can only imagine he's in his final resting place somewhere in the walls.
Another wierd thing is that the last batch of 6 (including the new mom) were all relatively healthy. No alopecia, no dental problems, no URI. Go figure.
All cats we've previously trapped are flourishing and should be on petfinder soon. Isabelle, who we thought was a gonner, is healthy and purrs up a storm when cuddled. Paul is thriving and doing just fine since he had his eye removed. He's always been blind so he's adjusted well to the removal. Ilsa has turned into a very affectionate cat and has had no problems since her dental surgery. Kasha is still hiding in her foster home and is never seen. She recently joined her cousin, Athena, who lets herself be seen but not touched. Her foster mom, Sue, was recently delighted when she played with a sock toy. Agnes & Hades are very playful and bring their foster mom toys to play with. Their cousin, Louis is still wild and totally non-responsive to human interaction. Lynx is incredibly playful and ready for adoption. Peter is still a bit shy but going to foster tomorrow for intensive therapy. Sister Mary Franchesca is also still shy - we're looking for intensive therapy mama for her too.
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All of Henry's cats that we were able to take in are responding tremendously well to socialization, though it occurs slowly. I have made great progress with Agnes this week alone; last night he rolled over time and time again so I went in for a brief belly rub and he loved it! This is my first foster and when Agnes is ready to solicit potential adopters, I will definitely take on another foster. We could really use the services of a photographer for an hour or two to get some good pics of all the cats for petfinder. I would come and facilitate the work, they would only need to take pics and give us a DVD. If you know someone, not necessarily a professional but someone with some experience in capturing candid pics of pets,please refer them to us.
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