02/07/2024
UPDATE: Mr Wild Whiskers did not go in the trap, he stoically wandered off and I recovered his body in a shelter rarely used hours later. My solace is he was home and warm, and went in his sleep. My heart aches that I could not help him sooner. That haunt hurts. I use trail cams and monitor, and scheduled a wellness appt so he could be seen asap.
💔❤️🔥I thank you “Whisky” for teaching me so much about you, outdoor cats in general, your seasons of life, and that respectfully caring for you from a distance was what made you feel safe. Over time he realized he could be at my house and on all our things and we would not chase him, in exchange he gave us soft eyes.
He was one of my first TNR cats at my house. There turned out to be 8 tuxedos, I thought there was 1.
I’ll miss you buddy, every morning, until I see you at the bridge 🌈🖤🤍🐾
Please spay and neuter every one you can.
Praying today that my target kitty, Mr Wild Whiskers, will go into the trap 🙏🏽🖤
“Whisky” as he has come to be called is my oldest male in my colony, I TNR’d him 5 years ago and he was an adult then. I’ve noticed this last year he is slowing down, he prefers to lay under the trailer and watch me from 5’ deliver breakfast every morning then he saunters over to eat- he use be on tippy toes glaring at me from at least 25’ away. He lays in the sun a lot, hangs around more, he is a gentleman with the spayed ladies and let’s them eat with him.
The last couple days I haven’t seen him waiting for breakfast, I’ve been calling him, walking around looking for him….At 5am this morning I was looking at my trail cameras and he came out of his shelter and there’s something wrong with his face 🫣😢 my heart dropped.
He was gone for an hour while I set up a vet wellness appt for asap, then he got back in his shelter so I went out and prepped a trap and got it set up for him just a few steps away.
Now I wait and pray he goes in today🤞🏽
😢🐾🖤🤍
He is a good boy.
