Is our colony larger than estimated?
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008I’ve been thinking about the cats trapped earlier this month, and I’m a little concerned. 3 of the 4 cats trapped were unknown — I hadn’t seen any of them before finding them in the trap. This could just be a coincidence, or it could mean that the colony is much larger than I had estimated.
I identified approximately 40 adults over this past winter, and I had hoped that was the extent of the colony. The fact that I managed to trap 3 totally unknown adult cats seems to indicate that I was indulging in a little bit of wishful thinking. Here’s hoping that my original estimates were correct, and the “newbies” were just the few that I missed last winter.
Donna joined Carol on her trip to the Humane Society. As you can see from her picture, Donna is a woman of mystery. She is completely black, with a short, smooth coat. Her most impressive feature is her very green eyes. Donna’s tatoo number is UA1716.
Brenda joined Abby on her trip to the Humane Society to be spayed. More assertive than Abby, Brenda managed to get out of the trap during transfer to a kennel. She spent about half an hour flying around my front porch (literally) before she was coaxed into a crate.
