Group will help put out cat shelters
A woman in Rosemont has started a group to build winter shelters for stray cats. There are details on how to access the Facebook group for instructions and suggestions.
I think it’s a kind practice but I won’t be doing it. I have a cat, and my tiny back yard is her personal domain. I don’t want cat fights or to expose her to unpredictable ferals.
Blork 09:51 on 2019-11-12 Permalink
We have a number of feral cats around our place and we built one of those a few years ago. It’s been out there for two winters and in that time I only saw one cat go in it, and he was a neighbourhood tough guy who (AFAIK) is not even feral. He spent about a minute in there, came out, and launched a Herculean quantity of cat spray over the entrance. That was that.
Kate 11:14 on 2019-11-12 Permalink
One of your neighbours keeps an unaltered tomcat? Yuck.
Tee Owe 12:06 on 2019-11-12 Permalink
Not sure that spraying correlates with being unaltered. We have 2 male cats, both neutered, they both spray from time to time (usually outside, luckily). We had a neutered female cat she would also (occasionally) spray. I am no expert but my guess is they never lose the territorial instinct (why they are doing it outside) – what changes is the hormonal content of what they spray (Yuck factor).
Kate 12:07 on 2019-11-12 Permalink
Ah OK. I’ve only ever had one male cat, and he was neutered young so didn’t take up spraying. None of my female cats has ever done it.
jeather 12:17 on 2019-11-12 Permalink
I’ve had lots of male cats, none has ever sprayed. (Two were, for various reasons, neutered after they went through puberty, the rest were neutered earlier.) None of my female cats has either, though they were all spayed quite young.
Tee Owe 13:15 on 2019-11-12 Permalink
Y’all are lucky-I guess our cats are just badly brought up ☹️
Blork 13:38 on 2019-11-12 Permalink
Yeah, my cats aren’t sprayers, but there’s a virtual kitty autobahn through our yard, and plenty of the passers-through are sprayers. They spray the cabanon, the patio windows, the BBQ cover, you name it. Fortunately it’s often just the motion of spraying (pointing the butt, a quiver, but noting comes out) but too often it’s a full load.