It’s a very good thing that most of our days doing TNR work (trap/neuter/return) are successful ones. The colony we tackled in February was incredibly gratifying, knowing that we got to the group in time to prevent 13 cats from turning into 50 or 60 or more by year’s end. Successes like that help keep…Read more »
A little Spring…finally
Posted by in Spring flowers Winter has taken her sweet time departing. Punxsutawny Phil, that groundhog, has been cursed up one side and down the other around Pennsylvania. Wanted posters have been issued for him for deceiving all of us. Six weeks more of winter was closer to ten. But finally, there are signs of spring, like the Lenten Rose…Read more »
Yellow Gums
Posted by in cats “I think JoJo’s gums and ears look yellow,” said P, when she called me this morning. Yellow isn’t a good color for gums or the insides of ears, so I suggested she call the vet and see if we could get an appointment. Being Monday they were full up until tomorrow, so we decided to…Read more »
JoJo
Posted by in cats I first read about JoJo on Next Door late last December. He was wandering around a neighborhood with an injured foot and a collar that was much too tight. He was fairly friendly however, so someone else on the list got involved and was able, with help, to cut the collar off. Our program (Derry…Read more »
The Straggler
Some of you read about the colony we were working on most recently. There were 13 cats in this colony and, in the end, we only got twelve of them. Now, 12 was great, especially with 8 of those cats being females. But still…it is so much more satisfying to finish the job. The colony…Read more »
Teamwork
Posted by in cats I’ve been enjoying watching some of the Olympics. Figure skating is my thing, and I especially loved watching the team figure skating event. As each skater got their scores, the entire team sat together, a wonderful show of support and unity. Our TNR team has been the same way all week. We’re working on the…Read more »
Always We Begin Again
Sorry to be so silent lately. Seven weeks of a cold that became walking pneumonia left me pretty flattened, but I’m back in the land of the living now. And just in time. We’ve got our first colony of the year to TNR (trap/neuter/return). We were planning to do this group in a few weeks,…Read more »
