(best viewed with a monitor resolution of 1024 x 768) "FERAL CATS" "This is page #2 of our feral cats and some rescued" *Some cats have been here awhile so they now trust us, some we can even touch* "All of these cats we have had neutered or spayed" (It's the only way to stop over population of homeless felines) A sad story with a happy ending.... We had a situation here where a lady would come by at night and feed the feral cats dry food. One night my son talked to her, what she was doing was trying to trap them to take them to be neutered/altered. Now we appreciated that, however, their was a pregnant cat and she knew it and was waiting for her to pop. The cat had her babies and at one day old brought 6 very tiny kittens to our enclosed patio. That night she never came home, the next morning my son and I couldn't understand what had happened to her, we put the kittens in a warm box upon seeing she wasn't going to return, we took the kittens in. I bought baby formula, little bottles w/nipples and began to feed them. Of course they had no ears or eyes opened yet. Must say my son did all the work. He read everything their was to read on the internet on "how to hand raise kittens." On the third day she was back, seemed disoriented, didn't recognize the kittens and just seemed lost, could not sit still anywhere. The lady had taken her away to be fixed, we know cause her tummy was shaved and the ear was marked. I hope that lady never comes back here again, cause we will give her a piece of our minds. She knew this mama cat had the babies and how could she take her away just like that, she didn't care that her babies would not survive without her. Well the laugh is on her, we lost two of them but we saved the other four and not only that but we are keeping them for ourselfs. They are almost three months now and just precious, of course they think my son is their mama.....they are healthy, strong and enjoying our home. No Longer Feral... This is the feral mother the day she brought the kittens here We survived! Kittens are born blind, deaf and weak; they can crawl only a few inches at a time. Shorthair kittens begin to open their eyes at 5-8 days. Longhair kittens do not open their eyes until 10-14 days. At three weeks, the ears will be completely erect and they can hear a little bit, but they do not orientate to sound yet. They also will have the newly-found ability to purr. Their baby teeth are starting to come in, which will make the mother cat increasingly more reluctant to feed them. Weaning should begin at four weeks of age. At twenty-five days, they will be walking on all four legs Squirrel feeder works extremely well My son feeding another baby Look how proud he looks, only 2½ months They are healthy and strong Play, play and more play We lost this little one Salem just sitting in the patio. Yoyo tired after playing with the kittens all day One of the new feral kittens Update 2011: She has stayed with us and is now here all the time.. Feral cat enjoys napping in this pot. 2010 Update 2011: Still comes to eat here. Update 2013: He has now disappeared. We befriended Junior and Jersey and now they even come in the house sometimes. I love these two cats. We had them fixed, shots and Advantage applied for fleas We consider them our cats. This is Jelly the third kitten we befriended, she follows me around. Special needs kitten. These pics 8/2010 Jelly was born with a birth defect. She cannot jump, wabbles when she walks, only sits or lays down. Condition got worse, she went to kitty heaven. This is Tom Cat, he has been here for awhile now. No other Tom is allowed, he chases them away. Waiting for food. A mama cat brought her two kittens and made herself at home in our back patio. She is friendly but not the kittens. Just look at these gorgeous kittens. Gold one stayed the other disappeared.. She is a sweet kitten. 12/10 Isn't Pixel cute? We had him fixed and he get's along perfectly with the other two cats. He has such a pretty color. Took awhile for him to make friends with us. Don't know what happened to their mother. This cutie we call Oreo. This is in our back patio. Somehow they find us. Pixel was younger here, I just found this picture and had to put it up. He knows his name very well. Here we have Sasha. 2013 He just appeared here age 3 months hiding in our backyard. We soon became good friends, since he was so little and now we are one happy family. Spider came as a little kitten, age about 3 months. 2013 His mother brought him and disappeared. He is so friendly with us again, we are a happy family. Of course I, Yoyo, have to be in every page! I'm spoiled "2016" No updates because we have had no new cats and no new kittens since we had all of the cats that came here fixed six years ago. All the cats are living happily here, they get fed breakfast and dinner, they also get treats. We have bedding for them in places where we know they like to sleep and a couple of cat towers that they like to climb and sleep in. We apply Advantage for fleas. All are beautiful healthy cats. "2017" Still no new cats, same cats still come to eat and some sleep here in our patios, especially when it's raining. Please support the Humane Society of the United States Humane Society Also please visit and help our little friends at the following website, they really need our help. Animal Rescue click here "Cats leave paw prints on your heart" Home Cat Themed Gifts Handmade Cat Lover Gifts Feral Cats Cat Gift Cards ~ All photography copyright 2004-17 letspurr.com ~ Site updated Jan, 2017 © 2004/2017 Trident Design Group