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Location: Okla | I kept mine locked in the tack room for a few weeks. then in the barn with doors closed. They have a itter box. And I feed them may once very two or three days to encourage them to hunt. They are still young but they both are HUNTERS. they have brought in field rats, birds, etc..But they know barn is home, they don't wander up close to the house. |
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  Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Nita - 2014-09-26 12:08 PM Be sure to keep a close eye on them until they get bigger. Around here, if there is anything little running around, the hawks will start to hang around stalking them. Owls are also a problem for very small kitties. I sooo want a kitten, but things around here aren't right for moving one in. LRQHS, I would take a few, but I'm afraid my own dogs will kill them. They are very dangerous around anything small and prey like. Maybe a tough older cat that will stand its ground. But, I would feel bad if I brought one in here only for it to get attacked. I was hoping a stray would maybe move in on its own. Every time one shows up, I put food out for it. But, I have a crazy neighbor cat who won't stay over here and kill any mice, but goes crazy when another cat shows up and comes over to run it off.
Well, I sure appreciate the thought lol. I do have one called Scrapper (for a good reason), but he is my pit bulls favorite and that cat really makes me laugh. |
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Location: North Dakota | I also suggest a female for a hunter. I love my boy cats because they sure are friendly but the one is worthless. He is the happiest go lucky cat in the world and just wants to be a lover. He would probably adopt a mouse as a friend. The other male though is pretty handy. He hunts down gophers and snakes (though I like snakes and wish he would leave them alone). I call him our fourth dog because I honestly believe he thinks he is a dog. My females on the other hand love to mouse. They are both friendly cats but they have more of a mind of their own while the males are more obedient like dogs and actually come running when I call their names. I did have one female cat though that was the coolest cat ever. She was just like a dog...came when I called, followed me out to fix fence or whereever I went, jumped up to ride on the back of the horse with me, I even taught her to sit. Oh and she got rid of all the pigeons in the barn! When we moved in pigeons had taken over our barn and sometimes you could hardly even hear yourself think over their chatter but as soon as miss Sour Patch got old enough to head outside (we found her when she was about 4wks old) those pigeons didn't stand a chance. She patrolled the rafters daily. Sadly she disappeared this spring and I'm afraid a coyote got her. :( I still hope that maybe she just ran off with a tom cat and she will find her way home. That's not like her but I would rather think of her on her way home then being eaten by some stupid coyote.
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Location: Never in one place long | Wow, awesome of your friend to practice spaying and neutering! that can make an amazing difference! I've adopted 6 cats from the humane soceity and they have made amazing barn cats! I think cats adjust JUST fine to being outside cats, its natural for them unless they're had their claws removed. Just thought I'd state my experience with "rescue" cats! Our shelter also has a feral cat program where you can adopt a feral and let them loose at your house. It works amazing for providing farmers with cats! :) |
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Location: Kansas | I have two male cats that since moving back in with my mom are mostly inside cats. She spoils them- they have access to dry food all day and get canned food every night. They still kill every single thing they can get their paws on. There is actually feild rat guts all over my back step that I'm waiting for something else to eat so I don't have to clean it up....  |
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Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Love the cat in the bath tub lol! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | LRQHS - 2014-09-26 1:25 PM Love the cat in the bath tub lol!
Hey I thought you would be on the road by now?  |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | HarlanLivesOn - 2014-09-26 1:23 PM I have two male cats that since moving back in with my mom are mostly inside cats. She spoils them- they have access to dry food all day and get canned food every night. They still kill every single thing they can get their paws on. There is actually feild rat guts all over my back step that I'm waiting for something else to eat so I don't have to clean it up....
LMAO That sounds like me. When they leave body parts laying, if I leave them a day or 2, they will almost always go away. All of mine are boys btw and they all 4 hunt. The one girl I've had was freaky shy and I accidentally killed her because of it (hid under my truck and didn't come out). |
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Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Southtxponygirl - 2014-09-26 1:46 PM LRQHS - 2014-09-26 1:25 PM Love the cat in the bath tub lol! Hey I thought you would be on the road by now?
lol...I leave tomorrow morning. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | LRQHS - 2014-09-26 2:03 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-09-26 1:46 PM LRQHS - 2014-09-26 1:25 PM Love the cat in the bath tub lol! Hey I thought you would be on the road by now?
Oh heck I thought it was today, lol... |
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | Love the pic of the cat and dog in the tub! |
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| If I were you I would post an ad on craigslist, on the local Facebook page requesting farm kittens or full grown cats this way hopefully they have the instincts to catch, and are used to not being in the house.
Also I would ensure my horse blankets hay bags, horse boots out of the cats domain, as it seems they like to urinate on the blankets
I would also discuss with the vet about distemper vaccines, as my one aunt had all of her 20 some cats die from distemper about 20 years.
And LQRS too bad you don't live closer to me, my other aunt I swear will become the crazy cat lady, I always joke with people if you want to get rid of their cat drop it off at my aunts, she takes all strays into the vet for medical care and spay or neuter, she probably has about 25 at the current time.
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | Lol, so hubby says he only agreed to one cat. Poo. But we will see what happens..... We don't do Facebook. So I'd be unable to post, or whatever its called, on there. I may look into seeing if the humane society has a feral cat program. I don't think we would have much of a problem with hawks. We do have hawks and big black birds, but they've never bothered the chickens.... The kittens that the neighbor has are about 4 weeks old right now. So we will have to wait a few weeks if we decide to go that route. I really just want to have all my ducks in a row before jumping in.Sorry about any typos, I'm posting from my phone. Blech. |
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