Lion’s Secrets
It was in the summer when Lion showed up. I had recently moved to a rural area and having lived there before, I knew that unwanted cats were often dumped… Read more »
What, Exactly, Is A Feral Cat?
The usual description of a feral cat is: a cat that has reverted to living wild after being domestic, or the offspring of such a cat. But there isn’t anything… Read more »
Bullying & the Halfway House
This past summer I lost two of my older cats, Ember to cancer and Gunther to diabetes and kidney insufficiency. Ember had arrived at my house as a feral kitten…. Read more »
Right Hand Man without A Job
It was back in 2004 I think when I was relocating a feral cat colony because the land where they lived was being developed. Four of the old timers —… Read more »
What Happens to Your Animals if Something Happens to You?
At times I think the spirit of the Wild West lives on in my neighbourhood. Typically I think this when I have a Twit in a Truck Tailgating me. A… Read more »
Life of a Feral Cat
Meet Tattle-no-Tail. She lived at the Navy base during the six years I was doing trap/neuter/return for the feral cats there. The video shows her checking out my new trail… Read more »
Can Animals Enjoy Music?
Just recently, this past February, the journal Applied Animal Behavior Science published an article titled “Cats Prefer Species-Appropriate Music”. The authors of this article included Dr Charles Snowdon and… Read more »
Visiting the Animals’ Rainbow Bridge
The Rainbow Bridge Recently I have seen several posts on social media wishing for “visiting hours on the rainbow bridge”. The rainbow bridge is of course, a name for the… Read more »
Cats Who Go Home Hunting
Every so often when I write about feral cats someone will tell me about their experience. And sometimes it seems that cats will deliberately go home hunting. Jaye, for example,… Read more »
Keeping the Old Cat Comfy
Parker is an old cat now. One never knows for sure the age of a stray cat, but when I brought him home around 2004 the vet estimated him to… Read more »