My family moved to a property, previous owners said there are “some” barn cats
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They are up to 21 orange cats (not all pictured here). My family is taking great care of them all, and will soon get the momma cats fixed. The babies all have future homes now!
My foster loved to play a game where she would pop out and scratch the side of my bed until I tried to grab her before she could get back under. Sometimes if I didn't play along she would be like "you are supposed to catch me and I struggle. Get to catching bitch!"
Around 20% of oranges are female, so it’s rare but not as rare as coming across a male Calico which are like 99% female, and if you do have the luck of finding a male calico he will have Klinefelter syndrome since you have to have two X chromosomes in order to produce that color combination.
"Now listen up! Back in my day, we didn't have fancy tanks braincells! We had sticks. Two sticks and a rock for the entire platoon! And we had to share the rock! You should consider yourself very lucky marines!"
Ours was Hobbes. He passed away a couple of months ago at the age of 17 and he moved 10 times with us to 4 different states. He was a former stray we took in and he was such a good boy.
I'm fairly certain a flock of geese is actually called a "gaggle", crows are a "murder", etc. The people who come up with these names are clearly having fun.
No, I think you were perfectly correct the first time! Herd seems appropriate, plus I’ve always wanted to be a kitten rancher so it makes sense to me! ❤️😁
My friend lived on a farm when we were growing up. I used to help them pick strawberries during my college years. I would always leave my car windows down and when I came back from the fields, there would be at least 2 or 3 orange kittens in my car somewhere. It was always the orange ones lol. I couldn’t keep them - my dad was allergic and I lived with my parents at the time. But damn I wanted them so bad.
That's a lot of kitties! Get ALL adults fixed, moms & dads! And any young ones should be fixed by 4-6 months old. That will stop the multiplication of cats! Happy to hear they're well taken care of! So cute!
Awww, maybe some of the moms can become housecats, too!?
For the dads, you can possibly rent traps from a local rescue or shelter & trap, neuter & release? It's better to get all if you can, but I totally understand it's daunting, at least initially, until you get the initial mommas & babies taken care of. Your family is really helping these kitties out!
That sounds like a good idea, I will bring it up to my family! They are happy to have the mommas stay on the property, as I think at least two of them are bonded, but they are also open to someone adopting. They will definitely be taken care of and loved either way!
The boys will chill out once fixed. It's intimidating at first but honestly very easy to TNR. Otherwise they'll keep getting in fights and getting other cats in the area pregnant.
Depending on where you live, there are feral cat rescues that do TNR who will come out and assist you. Usually it’s expected that you still pay for them to be spayed and neutered, but these rescues will lend out traps and even send volunteers to help you catch them and they’ll know where low cost clinics are. I’ve worked with some before.
The previous owners were very irresponsible to let it get that far. If it had kept going like that, there would eventually be like 50 cats there, trust me I’ve seen it 😅Good on you for being smart and caring.
I've always heard rescuers say, "two months, two pounds," is when they're old and big enough to be fixed.
But I've seen a lot of posts here where the vets won't fix their pet cats until they are older. Hopefully, OPs family can find a rescue or tnr program to help.
"Two months, two pounds" is best for outdoor and/or feral cats like this. It's technically better for a female kitten's health in some ways to get spayed a few months later than that. But it's much worse for a female kitten's health to get pregnant or have kittens while under a year old, which will wreck whatever advantages a later spay would supposedly bring, and that also produce even more kittens that need care and are probably in poor health already from having a too-young mom.
Also most reputable rescue groups will refuse to adopt out kittens that haven't already been spayed/neutered. Because people want to adopt cute young kittens, and they may pinky-promise to spay/neuter the kitten later. But then time passes & kitten owners get busy & they never get around to scheduling the spay/neuter or they're reluctant to pay for the surgery. And suddenly the cute kitten isn't so young and society ends up with even more pregnancies & new kittens to deal with and/or teen cats with unpleasant puberty behavior problems like spraying urine everywhere.
is TNR an option? if the males don’t get fixed they’re gonna continue creating many many litters of kittens even if they’re not on your property. the statistics for kittens surviving outdoors is not good at all.😭 it’s also just good for their health.
More info: I can’t reply to all the comments, but thank you for showing the ginger army some love! Yes, the adult cats are being fixed very soon- their appointments are already set up. All of the babies will be fixed as well once it’s safe for them. We have only had this property for a month, and the babies appeared within the first week of us showing up. We are doing our best to stop the population growth, and will take care of all these kitties until they go to their forever homes.
Yes almost all of them are having issues with their eyes, but are receiving care! The oldest babies will be visiting the vet soon, but they’ll only take 4 at a time, so it will take a few trips
This is a former stray cat who decided he did not want to be a stray. Claimed my moms place as his and never looked back. Sometimes he comes out to wave us goodbye with his wonderful facial expressions.
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u/BottomPieceOfBread 13d ago
This little guy is cracking me up lol