Peets for Treats

05/05/2024

Great infographic!

I originally had a mixture but they have all become okay with me over the last four years. Gramps, Skittles and Bebe are still ‘no-touchy!’ (But they have no trouble letting me sit a plate in front of them! 😹)

Leave it to Scooter The Neutered Cat to come up with an awesome graphic explaining the differences between the kitties seen outside.
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How to Tell Who’s Who:

🐈‍⬛ (Feral)/Unsocialized Community Cats: These cats are skittish, may watch you from a distance, and will most likely run away when approached.

🐈‍⬛ (Semi-Feral)/Socialized Community Cats: These cats are friendly with their feeders but not all humans, and they’re happy outside. You’ll see them around often.

🐈 Lost Pet/Abandoned Cats: These cats are typically friendly (but may hide/be skittish if scared), will be hungry, and may hang around your back door hoping to get inside.

🐈 Outdoor Pet Cats: You may see these cats less frequently, depending on when their owner lets them outside. They’re friendly and well-fed.

Not sure what to do about a cat in your neighborhood? Learn more: https://www.givethemten.org/how-to-help-a-found-cat/

28/04/2024

Rainy days are made for snuggles! 😻

10/04/2024

We lost one of our FIV hospice Kitties last night. Rest in Peace Gizmo 😓

08/04/2024

I usually feed at dawn and just before dusk. I’m very curious how many 🐱 will show up at my house confused at the sudden darkness, expecting dinner. 😹 just a few regulars atm.

28/03/2024

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22/03/2024

Just putting a prayer out to the universe for sweet NotDot to check in I haven’t seen her since last weekend and she usually doesn’t go this long 😓

01/02/2024

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30/01/2024

A bandit has defeated the fortifications 😹

24/01/2024

Punkin and Dot (brother and sister) trying to stay dry. We’ve been in drought for the last several years so the rain is needed but everything is wet.

Punkin and dot were part of one of the first litters born in my backyard, both had treatment for upper respiratory infections while they were small but both insisted on staying wild and covid had made resources scarce.

Dot got pregnant while she was still a kitten herself. 😩 Need tamed her and TNR allowed respite from constant pregnancy and harassment by toms. I was able to get her kittens into the Humane Society 🤗

Punkin tamed quickly after neutering.

24/01/2024

Plotting 😘

23/01/2024

Daphne is staying dry in the greenhouse 😎

21/01/2024

Meet Smudge 💜

He’s a sporadic visitor.

His life got a lot easier after TNR but the others still chase him off with varying degrees of effort.

We’ve seen Smudge sporting a collar before, pretty sure he’s just playing stray.

19/01/2024

Mother and Son enjoying a cozy nap spot. 😻

19/01/2024

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📚 Our BACK TO BASICS SERIES: spaying and neutering

Let's continue our discussion on reproduction.....

SNiP Now shared this very informative post regarding female fertility and reproduction. They wrote:
"We have had a few calls from people worried their cats are in pain as they are exhibiting symptoms of yowling and other unusual behaviors (rubbing all over items). What these individuals are describing is their female cat having heat cycles which can occur in females as young as 4-months of age. Yowling, rubbing, raising the behind up in the air (lordosis reflex), spraying, the desire to go outside and find a mate...are all symptoms that can occur during a female cat's heat cycle. Sometimes females can appear more loving and other times females can have more aggressive tendencies during this cycle."

Remember that spaying a cat will eliminate these behaviors as well as help control the cat population. Please have your cat spayed by 4 months of age!

Content and graphic shared from SNiP Now.

18/01/2024

Gramps came creeping out of shelter 2 this morning! 🤯

Gramps was almost totally feral when we first met. While he knew what people were he stayed well away and mostly out of sight. He is the obvious father and grandpa to many of the neighborhood cats. Before neutering he’d often show up injured from fighting but he was always sweet and patient with all the littles and played with the adolescents.

Gramps was trap savvy and had perfected the art of eating in the trap without springing it. I just happened to see him go in one day and threw a soda can by the trap, making him jump and spring it. He spent the entire ride ramming his face against the end of the trap. 😩

Gramps is still no-touch but sometimes he will sit still as I slide a plate his way. He no longer shows up torn up from fighting. 💜
I’m so happy he’s taking advantage of the warm spot! 😻

17/01/2024

It’s a good day for second-breakfast 💜

17/01/2024

Here’s where Punkin spent the last 3 nights. 😅 He avoids conflict and usually won’t come in because of our cats. He apparently makes exceptions for cold weather and fireworks. He is definitely guilty of hogging the brain cell. 😹

Punkin is one of Boss’s kiddos from her pre-TNR litter, siblings are Rizzo, Dot and NotDot.

16/01/2024

Sitting right above freezing outside. A ceramic heat bulb and seedling mat is keeping shelter 2 nice and cozy. Boss and Daphne say the real bonus is the nice warm place to nap.

15/01/2024

15/01/2024

It looks awful but was appreciated. It got down to 23 last night. I have styrofoam shelters scattered about the yard and have one larger heated cat house but wanted to set up as many extra warm spots as possible.

I wrapped a large kennel in plastic and fabric, sat it on layers of cardboard & foam floor pieces then filled it with containers of straw. I hung a reptile heat lamp from the roof with a ceramic heat emitter and pushed everything together to slow down winds and heat loss. The entrance is through the table.

At breakfast I saw cats coming from both heated shelters. Daphne is mia for breakfast though and I am worried. 😓

10/01/2024

Danger prone Daphne took a bit of time for play today.

It’s getting ready to turn cold, I’m convinced they know it, they’ve been voracious the past few days. 😅

07/01/2024

Lots of cute cat stuff to make! 😻

Sew Help Me! If you have sewing or knitting skills, we have some projects that we need some help with. Thrift stores and yard sales are great places to pick up fabric and yarn, but if you’d like us to provide them for you, please email or call us and we’ll be glad to provide you with supplies. L...

31/12/2023

Had a rough start at this. I spoke up on behalf of TNR in a group and actually felt like I may have put my cats in danger when things got personal. 😓

(This will be a consideration going forward.)

Happy new year! I have a new camera in my feeder and lots of pictures to share!

21/10/2023

Welcome to our little grassroots operation.

When we lost our last old pup we suddenly found neighborhood cats trying to reenact the tribble episode from Star Trek. It was the year 2020, Covid was rampant and resources for TNR were largely unknown to us at the time, scarce and had hard to navigate rules. When a friendly neighborhood cat appeared at our door heavily pregnant with snovid 2020 headed our way and the husband was the one to take pity enough to bring her in it kinda seemed our course was set. 😅 over the following months we had 15 surviving kittens born and I shed many tears for all the littles I found and buried that didn’t make it. We became quick studies out of need. Even with TNR intervention there were at least 15 more by the end. This year we had no unwanted kittens born. 🤗

These are the stories of those cats and kittens and the tips and tricks we have found to be helpful in managing their little colony.

The cute little fury animals called the Tribbles have multiplied all over the ship. (The Trouble with Tribbles)

21/10/2023

What is TNR you ask?

Learn about TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return) programs for cats. Sometimes called catch and release, Trap-Neuter-Vaccination-Return, or Trap-Neuter-Release, TNR saves cats' lives.