Big Fat Furry Catpuss

All of a sudden, the feral tom cat who resides on campus who previously spawned the kittens we had to get rescued a few years ago, has gone from being a wary sod who wouldn't let anyone get within 20 metres of him, to being a super sweet boy who lets the smokers rub his tummy by their shelter and gets titbits from anyone who has any.

I've suddenly had loads of e-mails about him, to the extent that people are wondering if it is even the same cat. People want him rescued, castrated, rescued and castrated, scanned and rehomed. A busy car park is not the safest place for a cat after all.

Today I managed to get a little pet with him, and he let me take a picture of him. The suspicion is that he lives on an adjoining farm; he's certainly in good condition.

Not sure what to do for the best!

Si

All text and images copyright CreamCrackeredNature 23.09.19

Fred the Kitten

Well, we have only caught the one kitten at work so far, but what a cute one!

Fred is named after our facilities worker who has been here a million years doing all sorts of things and is rather a legend. He helped the cat care lady when this feisty little fellow tried to make a run for it out of his trap.

He's now being fostered and accustomised to human handling so he can be rehomed. He is very lucky. We've not caught any more, and the cat care people on site have been told by night staff that there is also a vixen and four cubs, and also a family of weasels and that they between them may have taken the other kittens, which is heartbreaking, but not unexpected.

Let's hope Fred can find a good forever home.

Si

All text and images copyright CreamCrackeredNature 14.07.17

Danger Kitties at Work

Lot of admin type stuff today, as yesterday, but it was all done. Was doing my other comms tasks, when a facilities manager appeared with a rather odd request.

"We've got some feral kittens on the campus. RSPCA won't help as they aren't injured. What can you do?"

Our team gets all the odd miscellaneous tasks.

So, I went with him to visit a large bush at the edge of a lorry park, where he said the mother and 7 kittens were living. All these bushes are being chopped back for security reasons, and also the fact that, yes, it's a lorry park, means it is going to be unsafe for a family of cats.

I watched for a good twenty minutes, and saw nothing. But there was a bit of a whiff of cat urine in the air. Lovely.

What now? People have suddenly been talking about these cats all day all of a sudden, and several people have contacts with various shelters - the kittens could possibly be rehomed, the adults relocated to a farm perhaps - but none of them have the means to catch them.

Well, I can only see this leading to Keystone Cops type scenes, along with a lot of stress for the kitties and a lot of scratches for us. So I called up Lincoln Cat Care, who do have traps.

They are visiting on Monday hopefully.

I've been sketching cats drawing, smoking dope and being feral kittens.

Si

All text and images copyright CreamCrackeredNature 30.06.17