How to Help a Stray Cat
THIS. This is perfect. If you determine that the cat needs an indoor home, FIRST check to see if s/he may already have one and is just lost. THEN try to adopt him/her out. Here’s how.
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Some Indoor Cats are More Trapped Than Outdoor Cats
Such is the case of the Stealers Wheel Colony stuck in the hoarder home in my neighborhood that I wrote about in December. When I was there I counted up to 16 cats, 2 birds and a chihuahua. My original plan was to help this house get all of the cats fixed, and ultimately adopted… Read more »
TNR’d Troika Include Canned Cat Food in List of Demands
Kriser’s gave another cat food donation to our pet food pantry this week to help feed the colony cats. This time it was cans of wet food from California Natural. If possible, colony cats should be fed wet food in the winter to help them bulk up on protein while staying hydrated. The James’ Gang… Read more »
How EveryBlock Helped Me Keep Track of Free-roaming Cats
I found another cat that visit colonies across a major street. Last fall I saw Star visiting the Eleanor Rigby Colony. I tried trapping him but ended up trapping Gracie and Blackie again instead. I took the girls to get checked out at the clinic and re-vaccinated because it had been three years since they… Read more »
Fosters to the Rescue
Remember Knox? Well, actually her name is now Maddox. She was brought by someone to Anti-Cruelty Society, ACS. ACS brought her to Chicago Animal Care and Control, CACC, where her paperwork was filled out as “per ACS, feral not able to touch, will bite.” Because she was assessed as being feral, she was scheduled to… Read more »