Amy Sumida's Blog - Posts Tagged "neutering"
Catastrophe Averted
Finally I can breathe a sigh of relief. It's been months since this whole cat ordeal began with the simple feeding of a stray cat, which led to her having babies and bringing them around to eat. Oh, the terrible and evil cuteness of kittens. I wanted to round them up and take them to the Humane Society so they could be adopted but their mother had other plans for them. She hid them and taught them to be wary around us and now they're too feral to adopt, though they are starting to warm up to me. So instead of adopting them out, we decided to catch them all and have them neutered. Easier said than done, and if you've read my past blogs you know how much hoops I had to jump through with the Humane Society to get these cats fixed.
We caught all but the mother, some of the kittens being stupid enough to get caught numerous times, and I despaired that we'd never catch her and she'd go and get herself knocked up again, thus starting the cycle all over. I had nightmares of being smothered in an ever growing tide of kittens like the episode of Star Trek with the tribbles(is that even spelled right? I'm not a trekkie).
Anyway, last Saturday was our last chance of catching mama cat as our rental of the cat trap is up tomorrow and the only appointment they had left was Sunday. I had previously stayed up till 6am trying to catch mama cat to no avail so I was not hopeful in my endeavor but I'm happy to report that finally, at 2am, I was successful and caught that willy kitty. She has been fixed and the cycle has been stopped. Though she gave me an angry glare when I released her, she had no problem coming back five minutes later to eat the food I put out for her. I am so relieved, I can sleep once more. Now I get to name the kittens, we have four boys and a girl...I was thinking Dexter.
We caught all but the mother, some of the kittens being stupid enough to get caught numerous times, and I despaired that we'd never catch her and she'd go and get herself knocked up again, thus starting the cycle all over. I had nightmares of being smothered in an ever growing tide of kittens like the episode of Star Trek with the tribbles(is that even spelled right? I'm not a trekkie).
Anyway, last Saturday was our last chance of catching mama cat as our rental of the cat trap is up tomorrow and the only appointment they had left was Sunday. I had previously stayed up till 6am trying to catch mama cat to no avail so I was not hopeful in my endeavor but I'm happy to report that finally, at 2am, I was successful and caught that willy kitty. She has been fixed and the cycle has been stopped. Though she gave me an angry glare when I released her, she had no problem coming back five minutes later to eat the food I put out for her. I am so relieved, I can sleep once more. Now I get to name the kittens, we have four boys and a girl...I was thinking Dexter.
