This is what happened. My coworker asked me if i wanted kittens. I said no. Then she asked me if i knew anyone who wanted kittens. I said actually my neighbor is looking for barn cats. I agreed to take the litter for my friend/neighbor as barn cats. He then said he has enough barn …
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Kitten Season
Every year when it stops being so cold that it freezes at night and it hasnt yet become so hot that you can cook food by leaving it on the dashboard of your car and locking the doors…the feral barn cats have babies. Now, out here we have the large 50 lb wolf- like coyotes. …
Cricket gets Rehomed
I love Cricket and i know she loved me, but there were reasons i did not have a cat on the homestead and Cricket was quickly growing out of our living space. The plan was to keep her as an outdoor cat, before she started sleeping in the car engine. As in indoor cat, she’s …
Cricket Gets Spayed
This is what it has come to. Last night i slept in increments of 15 minutes for about six hours so that i could get up and stop her from taking the cone off, alligator death rolling, or swinging from the crate like a monkey on acid. It was really a two person job. One …
Building a Cat Run
Cricket was the most affectionate cat i had ever met. She really enjoyed cuddles, being held like a baby, and her most notable trait was licking my face, hand, or fingers non-stop while i held her. I had grown quite fond of cricket due to her cuddly and affectionate nature. However, i knew there were …
Cricket’s Emergency
I took Cricket to the vet and got her a rabies shot. I told them about the sneezing and asked them to treat her. They said she was 18 weeks, she would always be a small cat because her growth was stunted when she was starving, and that she was only 3 lbs. we all …
A Major Problem with Cricket
So i began noticing that Cricket was not interested in spending time with me any longer. She would demand rather urgently to have her food immediately upon me pulling up and then disappear under the car as soon as it was eaten. One night i became fed up with this screaming and clawing to get …
A Ringtail Visits
This is a ringtail, the lankier cousin of the more commonly known raccoon. It looks like something straight out of Madagascar. contrary to popular belief, it can and will eat small cats and chickens….of which i have both right now. I spotted it in a cedar while doing the evening chores. I did not grow …
Sunbathing with Cricket
Cricket was unlike the rest of my animals. She came and went as she pleased and she sort of made her own schedule. She decided what she was doing when and if i wanted to spend time with her i kind of had to join whatever she was doing. Cricket stretched out in the sun …
Weatherizing Cricket’s Bed
All day today the icy wind was pummeling people, pushing them this way and that and making it difficult to breathe as well as drive on flat stretches of highway. it was a mess. The high was in the fifties today and the wind gusts made it feel much colder. The low is scheduled to …