CALLING ALL BARN CAT OWNERS! 🐱TOUGH FLUFF!🐱

[CHlCKEN]

Hi Barncat owners! I’d like to dedicate a thread to acknowledge all the hard work our teams of Tough Fluff do for us
weather that’s keeping away the pests, protecting the garden from chickens, keeping away predators, and running the barn, the barn cats do so much for us! I’d love to share stories and adventures from your past/current barn cats! (Plus a photo while your at it!) I know I could go on And on about my little Squirrel Officer- So let’s hear about yours!

This is Shadow.the most friendly little thing you’ll find! She has many hobbies including: jumping from the second story of the house into the guests shirts (actually happened), “cobweb surfing” in the rafters of the barn, coming home with webs strewn across her face, leaving us the daily mole, mouse, bird, or rabbit (rabbits that she brings home tend to be twice her size. Also- If anyone has tips on how to get blood stains out of concrete that would be very much appreciated, since that’s not exactly something you can google ) and hanging out with a wild flock of turkeys, plus the occasional dip in the pond (when the water is low, she plays in the drain pipe- hours of entertainment in her book!) if just my one cat can come up with all these crazy things- I must ask- what has YOUR barncat done?

(This thread is aimed towards owners of barn cats, outdoor cats, pest control cats, and any other cat that has a lifestyle based outdoors. While indoor house cats are awesome, I would prefer we stick to cats in the barncat spectrum. *cats who live half their life outside and half inside, are ok as long as they have a job to do outdoors*)

 

[Callender Girl]

Shadow is lovely and sounds quite entertaining. However, my only barn cats have been ferals that hung out for a while, then disappeared or -- in the case of my favorite, Hunter -- ended up as roadkill.

 

[CHlCKEN]

Shadow is lovely and sounds quite entertaining. However, my only barn cats have been ferals that hung out for a while, then disappeared or -- in the case of my favorite, Hunter -- ended up as roadkill.

Aww I’m sorry . Our “flock” of stray cats stay clear of the road even though it’s barley used. Never had anything happen like that but I hope it doesn’t.

 

[janiedoe]

Your Shadow is a twin to my little Boo.
One of my dogs nabbed her in the chicken yard one night when she was very tiny. I gave her a silly name (thinking I'd find her a home), had her vaccinated, wormed, and spade. And one year later, she is still here. Boo isn't exactly a barn cat. Lol.
She was an inside "prisoner " for several months but now she stays out most of the day. The dogs love her and the chickens tolerate her.

 

[CHlCKEN]

Your Shadow is a twin to my little Boo.
One of my dogs nabbed her in the chicken yard one night when she was very tiny. I gave her a silly name (thinking I'd find her a home), had her vaccinated, wormed, and spade. And one year later, she is still here. Boo isn't exactly a barn cat. Lol.
She was an inside "prisoner " for several months but now she stays out most of the day. The dogs love her and the chickens tolerate her.
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Oh I love her! They are twins- black cats are just angels aren’t they

 

[The Happster]

black cats are just angels aren’t they

Are they?

One of my previous kitties, Artemis.
So not an angel.

 

[CHlCKEN]

Are they?

One of my previous kitties, Artemis.
So not an angel.

Maybe not all of them

 

[CHlCKEN]

I’m sure there’s no just two of us with pest patrol on the loose! Anyone else want to share their cats stories?

 

[DaisyG2317]

I have 3 indoor/outdoor cats, but my little brown tabby Daisy is like the Terminator out there. She has climbed 20+ feet up a tree and grabbed a chipmunk. She has dug huge moles out of their holes. She is insane. I have MANY more photos of her with her quarry, lolololol

 

[DaisyG2317]

Here she is again with an unlucky timber tiger