u/Mithandriel

Hi Friends! How are you? I hope that you're all doing well.

All the rescues, indoor and outdoor are doing great!❤️

Pepsi and Friends, including the 12 permanent, indoor rescues, and the catio cats (the Cokie Cola gang) are about to run out of food, and need a few supplies.

We buy the pelleted litter from Tractor Supply for all the indoor cats, and it saves money.

Unfortunately, the catio cats (feral colony from my mom's old house) did not acclimate to the pelleted litter, so we have an added expense buying them clay litter.

Dreamsicle (Dreamie) and Sparkles were the two from mom's feral colony who we couldn't trap, despite all attempts, so they stayed behind in her old neighborhood.

Every evening my son and I drive over to that area to feed them wet and dry food, and they seem so grateful. Now, they wait by the sidewalk to greet us!♥️♥️♥️

We're so happy knowing that so far, they're okay. I would do anything to catch them, but there is no longer anywhere for me to place any traps, plus I don't wish to separate them, as they now rely on each other, nor do I want to break their trust. It seems as if this will be my new forever routine. We go even if I'm feeling ill.

We could really use your help. If you can please find it in your heart to send our sweet cats food and/or supplies, we'd be so very thankful, and so will the kitties.

Thank you RC, you're the best!♥️🩷💜♥️🩷💜♥️🩷

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Hi Friends! I hope you're all doing well. We've been extremely busy with all the indoor rescues and with one of the colonies.

If you remember from my previous posts, my mom died last October.

She had a colony of about 10 cats that mostly lived in her backyard. My sister and my son and I began looking after them last July.

We trapped and got all of the cats spayed and neutered. We've also been driving to the house twice a day to feed them.

Well, her house went on the market two months ago (after months of cleaning it and clearing everything out), and it's now under a contract to be sold.

On Thursday the house will be closed on. After that, it will belong to someone else.

For the last few months, my sister and I worked hard on a plan to save the colony. We purchased a drop trap, and also bought a very large catio to place in my backyard for them.

In the midst of all the planning and work, our beautiful indoor rescue cat Sprite died.💔

She was happy and playing when she suddenly collapsed. She immediately began agonal breathing and passed away quickly.

It was so awful. Sprite hadn't been sick. She was eating and drinking well, and she was active and happy. We think it might have been a congenital heart issue because none of the other cats were/are ill. The cats aren't exposed to any toxic things, either.

After this, I got very sick with a cold and a terrible cough. The nausea and dizziness were severe. I lost 4 lbs in three days.

We were in the throws of grief, but we had to keep working to save the colony, so as soon as I felt well enough, we started building the catio.

It was very hard work, but with lots of help from my family, we put the catio together. We also installed a predator apron to keep the raccoons out and the cats in.

As soon as the catio was completed (2 weeks ago), we immediately began trapping the colony cats using the drop trap and the regular tnr traps, too.

We managed to catch 8 out of 10 cats. Unfortunately, we couldn't trap the last two.

They're extremely afraid of people, and now after being tnr'd and after watching all their buddies get trapped and taken away, it's impossible to get anywhere near them.

My sister and I are so disappointed that we couldn't trap them. We're also sad about the house.

I cry every day. There are so many memories of us with my mom in the house. We also remember how much she loved her cats and we want to do right by them.

Thankfully, the last two cats, Sparkles and Dreamsicle have each other and hopefully the neighbors will feed them, since we won't be able to step foot on the property after this coming Thursday.

I'm still going to try to sneak them food on the sidewalk, and try to get them to move down to the alley for feedings.

So far, the catio cats seem to be adjusting. 🐈💖🐈‍⬛

The one cat we were certain would hate it, seems thrilled at getting fed regularly and getting lots of attention.

The more feral ones are afraid to be in such close proximity to us, but with time they might learn to trust us.

In the meantime, we all miss Sprite terribly. Pepsi, Fanta and Rootbeer are missing her too.

I'm trying to adjust to taking care of so many kitties. It isn't easy.

If anyone can help us with food and supplies, we'd be very grateful.🩷🩵💜🧡❤️

location: San Antonio, TX

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Hi Friends! I hope you're doing well. 🫶 All the cats and kittens (feral and indoor rescues) are doing great! 🐈❤️🐈‍⬛

My deceased mom's house will go on the market at the end of this week and I'm stressing out.

It means that we're getting closer to inheriting her feral colony of 9-10 cats who live in mom's backyard. 🍁🐈☘️🐈‍⬛🪴

My sister, my son and I have been driving to my mom's twice a day to feed the colony twice a day.

However, they will soon have to be trapped again, so that they can be moved to a catio in my backyard.

I'm worried about the costs and work involved with caring for the colony full time at my house, especially because of my disabilities.

It's already a challenge with the 13 indoor rescues that live with us. Cleaning all the litter boxes, de-fleaing all the cats, and feeding them all.

Soon, there will be many more cats to look after, even if they're conveniently located outside in my own backyard.

We've all fallen in love with all the ferals, and they will not be abandoned.

They're so adorable! Their names are Orange Julius, Gaia, Callie, Fluffy Pants, Goldie, Blondie, Sunny, Sparkles, Dreamsicle and Honey.

Also friends, if you could please help us out with cat food, we'd be eternally grateful! We're on our last bag.

Please keep us in your thoughts as we go on to our next adventure, even if it is a bit daunting. Thank you RC, you're all the best of people!❤️🩷💜💙🩵🧡💛

San Antonio, TX

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