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| Mama and kitten at our back door |
This video is of the mama cat and her kitten outside the back door. (Remember to hit the arrow twice and enlarge the video by clicking on the square on the bottom right side.)
These two videos are of baby coons that come with their mom to eat on our back porch...
and I have a few pics of the possums and box turtles:
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| looking in kitchen window |
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| helping himself to cat food |
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| also comes to eat the cat food and any strawberries I throw out |
And I do have this pic of Shadow (grey feral cat) that is chittering at a squirrel up on the roof...
Guess that's about it for today. I will close with a pic of granddaughter holding a crab while on their vacation at the beach last week.
Hope you all have a good weekend! Stay out of the heat if you can.
Hugs (virtual),
Rian
Such cute backyard visitors, we have a baby possum visiting each night looking for cat food. What a beautiful granddaughter, and so very brave holding that crab :)
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Hugs,
~Jo
Backyard visitors keep us entertained. I know some think they are 'nuisances', but we enjoy them. And yes, that child is fearless... almost (she doesn't like roaches or June bugs she tells me).
DeleteI do envy your wildlife. It seems there is a male Siamese cat around...
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your weekend.
We do enjoy the wildlife. As for the Siamese kitten. Some black cats do carry the Siamese gene.
DeleteRian, I loved that top photo and it's mini video--what a sweet feral baby! Of course I enjoyed seeing all your critters, including that possum and the one of your granddaughter holding a crab--I bet she's your favorite one ;^)
ReplyDeleteDug, no favs with grandchildren, but she is the youngest of 4 so she definitely gets my attention, but they are all great kids and all have my heart!
DeleteBTW, that 'Joe Pickett' series you recommended is a really good show. I had no idea that a game warden had such a difficult and dangerous job!
Rian, I am really flattered you took the time to check out that show. I know it's not a very happy one, but there's something so decent about the main character I just really like him.
DeleteYou have such a wonderful menagerie of critters out there! Thanks so much for sharing all the good stuff you do. I consider you a good friend and enjoy "visiting" you virtually. :-)
ReplyDeleteYou know, DJan, I would love to have lived on a couple of acres where we could have horses and chickens, etc., but living on the creek here does give us an abundance of wildlife... and we like that. And I too consider you a good friend even though we may never see each other in person... but visiting virtually is enjoyable.
Deletesharon...you are feeding half the population, it seems the critters know where to go!! your granddaughter is adorable!!
ReplyDeleteIt's true, Debbie, we spend a lot (a lot for us) of money feeding the ferals (and there are people who would say that our money could/should be directed elsewhere), but it's something we have always done and we feel it's worthwhile. (It's a little thing, but Mother Teresa said, "Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love"... right?
DeleteYou certainly have the critters. That wee kitten appears to have some Siamese in him/her.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, Mae, he/she definitely has some Siamese in him/her. But the black cats around here do carry the Siamese gene. It pops up every now and then.
DeleteI'm always amazed at the wonderful wildlife you have there, though I also always feel sad when I see pics of your ferals. I wish you had a TNR group in your area, but the problem is just so overwhelming. Not enough humans to help, not enough resources. I'm glad that at least they have your care.
ReplyDeleteYour granddaughter is far braver than I am! LOL.
Kim, the life of a feral is sometimes sad and may be shorter than a domesticated cat, but for years we did the trap, neuter, and release... and sometimes just took the kittens to the local Animal Shelter where they had an adoption room. But I've seen mama cats hang around and cry for days looking for their babies... and I have to say it's heart-breaking. But now at our age, we don't do either anymore. We just try to help make their lives a little easier. It's not perfect...
DeleteRian you have quite the wildlife selection just out the back door. That Kitten is adorable, looks like the Daddy was Siamese? We used to have a lot of Feral and Alley Cats at the Historic Property since it was Acreage too with lots of Outbuildings. Many of them Adopted us and some got to be Pet Quality over Time, we got them all fixed and let them live out their lives there. The Man who bought the Property was Proud to show us he's doing the same, which warmed my Heart, since, most of those Animals have no place to go and Shelters don't take Ferals and would just euthanize the poor dears. We have a huge Raccoon here, Tyson once chased it up a Date Palm, so now it doesn't visit our Acreage anymore... I think it was stealing his kibbles when he lived here with us. *LOL*
ReplyDeleteBo, almost all of our cats we took in as inside cats came from the feral population. The first 5 were left in our yard and the mother never returned. They were only about 4 weeks old (not old enough to run away). We took them in and they made the best family cats we ever had. We found homes for 2 of them and kept the other 3 for 15 years. If you ever read any of my past blogs, that's Jack, Tux, and Julie. Loved those babies! Rose and Ghost were also found in our back yard. Rose lived to be 23 and Ghost (who was diagnosed as having a genetic kidney disease and not expected to make it through her first year) lived to be 14. The feral mamas learned not to bring the babies around here until they were 6 weeks or older... and could run really fast. They are smarter than people give them credit for.
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