Filling the Spots

 The Sweet Home kittens couldn't be fixed tomorrow since they have kitty colds.   

It was to have been a no work day for me, with them transported and picked up by the couple holding them.  But with spots to fill, I set out yesterday late afternoon for Waterloo.

I wasn't sure how many I was to catch, since the spots Monday were originally for six males and one female, all kittens.  What if I caught all females, for instance.  They take longer to do.

I set up the drop trap on the side of a residential street in Waterloo and instantly kittens began popping out of the brush.   I yanked the cord when five were under it, but the cord caught on some grass and one escaped in the meantime.   So I got four kittens, in one yank of the string.   3 blacks and a buff.

After transferring them out to live traps, I didn't really expect the fifth one to be back and it didn't come back, but the mom came out.  At least one mom that is.  There have to be more moms.  Four of the kittens were taken away by some kids two or three weeks ago.   Five more here?  Really?   

I caught the next one out, an adult tabby tux, whom the feeder lady says is one of the moms.  I have no idea who the other mom or moms might be.   Because this morning, feeder lady says there are 3 more kittens, at least.   That would, with the ones taken by kids, be 11 kittens..That still could be just two moms, but who is the other mom, I wonder.   

I came home with the 4 kittens and one adult.   I'd already told the big Brownsville colony man to catch one.  He's had one of my traps for awhile and is supposed to have been feeding in it and use the bottle and string method to catch one of the pregnant ones.  That's the colony where I've already taken 30 to be fixed.  

One of the Moms

Two kittens

Two more kittens, both black, hard to see

The Waterloo lady has a trap of her own, so she's supposed to catch one more this morning.   The trap needs some work, but it will spring.  Not sure a kitten could spring it though.  Its mechanism needs some loosening.

I got to the colony about 5:00 p.m. and left before 6:00 to come on home.

Later my Lebanon friend said she found a chicken in a box along the road, poor thing, and took it to a friend of hers who has chickens.

We have some sick arsonist trying to start forest fires out by Foster Reservoir.  Ten fire starts in one night.   I hope they catch the twisted sicko.  The fire department and forestry fire were able to put them all out fast.  But they are upstaffing til they catch the mental bastard.  They at least sound like lazy arsonist/arsonists, maybe just doing it from a car (and that's from a facebook comment from someone who claimed to see someone throwing firecrackers etc from a car).

By Tuesday, our weather here should be less humid.   No rain yesterday but terribly humid so it felt hotter than 77 degrees.  We're not used to humidity here.  And Tuesday I'll return these cats fixed tomorrow, and head out somewhere.

Right now, for records, I need to name 4 kittens.  The feeder lady already calls the mom cat Cinnamon.