Today we watched this mama cat move her kittens around from an abandoned garage, to outside of a basement, and back again. Joann and I talked to the restaurant owner who feeds the cats, other neighbors, and the grocery store owner where some of the kittens are now. There are estimates of up to 12 kittens within… Read more »
Kim and Joann trapped last week with great success: fifteen cats and kittens trapped so far, and there’s a lot more. Kim reached out to me this year about her neighborhood. Joann and Kim started trapping and working through her area in Avondale last week. Kim trapped two kittens and a male feral cat. Once… Read more »
Funny Face is napping the day away in my yard. A few weeks ago I planted seeds for a butterfly and hummingbird garden on the left, and a wildflower garden on the right. Both are a seed mixture of annual and perennial flowers. The rain brought a carpet of green that will hopefully grow into… Read more »
Caring for feral cat colonies means continuing to TNR any new intact cats that show up. That’s the basis of colony management for all caregivers. Kim V. has been caring for her Big Daddy Colony in Avondale for years. She TNR’d about a dozen cats there so far. Most of them hang out in… Read more »
Some cats will go in traps over and over again. When you need to trap specific cats from your colony for TNR or for ongoing medical care, it’s easier to have a trap set for every cat you may have. When you trap your TNR’d cats that don’t need to be taken to the clinic, you… Read more »
We trapped again at the Pallet Colony this week. As usual with TNR, there were a few surprises. But we think now we have a good relationship to make this an established, well cared for colony. One of the places that feeds the cats there is an assisted living center. In preparation for trapping, Joann called… Read more »
Nico, a long-haired declawed pet cat, ran out of his home on February 20th. Two weeks later I saw the lost cat fliers his owner, Katarina, put out in our neighborhood. Not only was Nico more in danger because he was declawed, but also because Katarina had moved into the neighborhood just two weeks before… Read more »
Pacifica and Montara spent about three weeks on PAWS’ adoption floor and are now adopted as of April 2nd. We’re not sure if they were adopted together, but we are ecstatic they are now safe indoors. We trapped them in January from outdoor drain pipes at the Pallet Colony. Joann refused to put them back… Read more »
Getting bonded cats from the same colony and kittens from the same litter adopted into indoor homes TOGETHER is always a dream for animal rescuers. Joann and I were so excited to hear that these orange twin siblings, Hunky Dory and Stardust, went together into their new forever home, courtesy of PAWS Chicago. … Read more »
We trapped these kittens finding cover from the snow in outdoor drain pipes two months ago. Joann and Robin fostered them ever since. Pinky and the Brain are now admitted into PAWS Chicago! Their new names are Pacifica and Montara. Stay tuned for adoption updates about them. We trapped 20 cats so far from… Read more »