Clear Creek Kittens
Most of our kittens this year have come from the area adjacent to the
Clear Creek Deli in Redding, where cats have been an uncontrolled population,
added by newly dropped off members, sometimes reduced by being run over by
vehicles, and even poisoned. We have
been feeding in the area regularly, and were finally able to trap two very
productive feral moms, a seal point Siamese and a younger dilute calico. Several days after spaying the Siamese it was
discovered she had had kittens under a trailer in the park adjacent to the
deli. We were able to catch 3 kittens
about 6 weeks old lured out.
Weighing one kitten on
our new scale
When Kittens are rescued, they are monitored in their
growth, provided with immunizations, neutered at 4 months old, tamed and
hopefully adopted. Scale was purchased
at the Kitchen Shop, Redding,
and they were delighted to exhibit two photos of our kittens next to their
merchandise.
A Spayed Momma Cat?
This is a rare, amazing incident. The aggressive feral female grey tabby was
trapped in Anderson
for a second time. She had a tipped right ear which indicates she had been
previously spayed, and she was vocal and unhappy with her human contact. We
determined a better home for her would be at a farm near Fortuna on the Pacific Coast.
After a veterinary check and several weeks in our caging in the garage
before the move could take place she presented us with 6 new born kittens,
August 24, 2011, on a blanket in her litter box! They were all moved into a larger cage in the
house where momma continued hissing at us whenever we approached. Now, December 2011, she only hisses at
strangers and she is free to roam the house along with her 5 remaining kittens.
The sixth kitten has been adopted, and hopefully the rest will find good homes
too. When this momma was taken in for
her spaying, the veterinarian reported a normal scar indicating a previous surgery,
but all of the spay organs were in place and had not been removed!
