Inflation - I guess the cats are going to have to go on a diet

[Rorey]

18. That's going to be a big problem for us

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The matriarch of my little cat family showed up in the neighborhood last summer. She had a collar on, so I coaxed her to me and called the number on the collar. They guy wouldn't return my calls. Then I looked him up on Facebook where I actually saw a picture of the cat. He wouldn't reply to me there either when I messaged him. Before I knew it, she had three kittens on my back porch. As soon as she realized that I knew where they were she moved them. She started bringing them around to eat when they were two months old, but by then they were quite wild. I finally trapped them and locked them in my office until I could get them spayed and neutered. They were not happy. They were in for about a month, and as soon as they were healed from their procedures I let them go, but I continued to feed them inside. They can come and go as they like now, but I do lock them in at night. I still can't touch the kittens, who are now 10 months old, but they let me walk right by them and they walk right by me and sit and watch me with fascination when I'm getting their food. I feel like one of these days they'll take a cue from their mom and rub up against my leg. She's very tame. It's a slow process to gain their trust.

So at some point they're going to need some more shots and to get wormed because they hunt. It's not going to be easy.