19 August 04

All We Do Now Is Wait

I’ve set the trap to try and catch the two new kittens while Numenius is out at Spanish. I ran to buy smelly cheap catfood and a robust carrier. This evening I spotted their mother, a bright orange tabby. I’m hoping we catch her; the kittens will stay near her (though they are now coming up to the back door and exchanging hisses with Diego and Charlie) and should be easy enough to catch.

I’m guessing, having seen them this closely, they’re about two months old. Tamable. What a relief.

Numenius already has names for them: Carlos and Blake. I’m assuming the orange tiger’s what inspired the latter…

Postcript, 10:10 pm: both kittens are caught and in a carrier in the carport. We found a new use for the Honda Element, aka Nellie: use as a place to transfer kittens from a trap to a carrier without fear of their escaping when your bathroom’s no longer an option.

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  1. Congrats on a successful kitten trapping! Having read your bear story, thought you might appreciate this story from the BBC News website:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3580626.stm

    — richard    19. August 2004, 20:29    Link
  2. Ditto that congratulations.

    Where are you taking them? I’m morbidly tempted to ask about the second . . . who wouldn’t want an orange kitten named Blake? I think the sinews of my heart have already been twisted.

    (Please, someone save me from myself. I can’t adopt a feral kitten.)

    — Siona    19. August 2004, 20:44    Link
  3. Wow! Is this mother cat Charlie’s and Diego’s mom or another cat altogether? Well, you are certainly into an entirely new phase of cat stewardship taking on two feral babies: Carlos and Blake… You’re awesome.

    — virginia    20. August 2004, 05:33    Link
  4. The mother cat is definitely a different one. The trick will be to catch her: she must have heard that trap go off twice last night and is probably AWOL.

    Siona: Blake spent this morning under the passenger seat of Nellie until I finally caught him. He’s a burning orange. Sure we can’t persuade you? Eyes still blue, starting to turn…

    We’re going to deliver them to the fabulous Debbie of Feline Lifeline at some point today, I hope. She has a great network of kitten foster homes. They will get tamed, attended to medically and gonadally, and adopted out.

    — Pica    20. August 2004, 05:44    Link

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