Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RebeccaBoyd]

And I am proudly both!

I love cats, we have a cat and I desperately want my Jynx back. That being said, my neighborhood is overrun with cats. Besides me and one other neighbor no one gets their cats fixed. Constantly kittens and hungry momma's. I feel for them, I do. I cannot afford and will not feed other peoples cats. My next door neighbor has me beating my head against the wall. She is a hoarder of cats, constantly asking to borrow a can of cat food. 1 can of cat food is not going to feed at last count 20 cats. The animal shelter, will do nothing.

 

[bgmathteach]

All good ideas. I just left the can of water in the corner because I realized that the worst thing that could happen if she spills it is that she thinks her nest is flooded and abandons it.
Problem solved!

Nice thought, but unlikely outcome. The little cat can wouldn't hold enough water unless it is one of those huge, multiple feeding ones.

I like giving her an ice cooling corner so I will do that next.
What do you think of the idea of one of those cool bags slipped underneath the bedding?

The freezer bags would work, but again I would put it in the corner with bedding between it and her (upright), but not under the bedding/on the base of the nest. It should be close enough she can inch towards it if she is hot, but also be placed so she doesn't have to be on/next to it...so the farthest corner from where her 'nest' is within the nest box. You don't want her to become chilled, nor move to another nest box because it is too cold.

Of course I could put a bag of frozen corn kernels and then if she pecks it she gets dinner!

Why not fill the little cat dish with frozen corn kernels? A two-for-one special. Cooling and food! Every couple of hours in the middle of the day, top it up when you take her off the nest.

 

[RoyalChick]

I love cats, we have a cat and I desperately want my Jynx back. That being said, my neighborhood is overrun with cats. Besides me and one other neighbor no one gets their cats fixed. Constantly kittens and hungry momma's. I feel for them, I do. I cannot afford and will not feed other peoples cats. My next door neighbor has me beating my head against the wall. She is a hoarder of cats, constantly asking to borrow a can of cat food. 1 can of cat food is not going to feed at last count 20 cats. The animal shelter, will do nothing.

Sounds like Alex’s situation. Are there any TNR organizations in your area? They do wonderful work.
You probably know, it stands for Trap Neuter Release.
A friend of mine is a long retired vet but reactivated his license so he can volunteer for one of those TNR groups. It is cat-neutering on an industrial scale! He just goes from table to table from morning to night!

 

[RoyalChick]

Nice thought, but unlikely outcome. The little cat can wouldn't hold enough water unless it is one of those huge, multiple feeding ones.

The freezer bags would work, but again I would put it in the corner with bedding between it and her (upright), but not under the bedding/on the base of the nest. It should be close enough she can inch towards it if she is hot, but also be placed so she doesn't have to be on/next to it...so the farthest corner from where her 'nest' is within the nest box. You don't want her to become chilled, nor move to another nest box because it is too cold.

Why not fill the little cat dish with frozen corn kernels? A two-for-one special. Cooling and food! Every couple of hours in the middle of the day, top it up when you take her off the nest.

OK. Eli air conditioned nest plan going into implementation mode now!

 

[RoyalChick]

Geez. I need to order more chick food. They ate a whole container just today!

 

[bgmathteach]

Geez. I need to order more chick food. They ate a whole container just today!

Well, you did say they were little piglets! And when you grow as fast as they do, takes lots of food.

Just think - all that food intake is also creating LOTS of fertilizer for you and for your 'chicken garden'!

 

[notabitail]

@RoyalChick The chickens would like to know if you are interested in joining their dust bath.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Sounds like Alex’s situation. Are there any TNR organizations in your area? They do wonderful work.
You probably know, it stands for Trap Neuter Release.
A friend of mine is a long retired vet but reactivated his license so he can volunteer for one of those TNR groups. It is cat-neutering on an industrial scale! He just goes from table to table from morning to night!

Unfortunately there is no TNR organizations in our area. 3 times a year local shelters and vets host spay and neuter drives at a discounted price. Limit is 2 per person and the vouchers go fast and you still have to pay 25 per animal. Have they ever tried to get vouchers....no they claim they cannot afford it, it is too expensive. Too expensive my rear, Jynx was 150 to be spayed 8 years ago and Jack was 120 to be neutered when he was old enough. Their solution is to keep having kittens, never once try to rehome any of them when they are young. Throw them outside at about 2 to 3 months to fend for themselves only to be brought back in when they are pregnant and ready to pop. I have contacted the animal shelter over them, always the same response. Shelter is full not taking in anymore cats or kittens. Trust me, if I could I know which are theirs, I would take off a carload to them. Now, if we lived in the city limits, the shelter would do something. Because we are outside of city limits they will not even come out for a dangerous stray dog.

 

[notabitail]

Fluffy Butt Friday

Here is Dominica prohibiting me from using my keyboard.

And here is a Leghorn butt just for @BY Bob .

 

[RoyalChick]

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@RoyalChick The chickens would like to know if you are interested in joining their dust bath.

Tempting. But I will pass. Do thank them for inviting me though!