If you have been reading this blog, you know we recently moved from an urban area into a rural one. Our city neighborhood had a large feral cat population. One spring a young cat showed up in our yard. For a while I thought nothing of it as it was typical for cats to pass through. However, she stayed around for a while. I noticed her left ear was clipped. At the time, I thought it was an injury and it was not until I came across a local Trap-Neuter-Return article I realized she was indeed a TNR cat.
She stayed on the property all summer and through the fall. Seems she had left her colony (or her colony dispersed) and she had taken up with our 2 indoor/outdoor cats. (I think the older lady in the neighborhood who had been feeding everybody either passed away or was moved into assisted living).
That fall we were faced with a dilemma. We were moving and what were we going to do with this cat? We are fortunate to have a veterinarian in the family and after LONG discussions on what would be best for the kitty, we decided to bring her with us.
And so we did. Bowtie now lives on a 12 acre farm. She has 3 barns to explore and a heated/cooled building
she stays in at night. She has been with us for almost 2 years now. She still does not like to be handled and is not comfortable in a house but she always comes when we call her and receives regular veterinarian care. We interact with her everyday. She's part of the family now :-)
