The Old Folks Home

[Highcotton]

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I have found that a good neutered cat is good for keeping the strays away. When we first moved in over 20 years ago we must have had 5 litters of strays around the house in one summer. We took some of them and had them spayed and that helped the stray population tremendously.

 

[ronott1]

Quote: In Davis, the Vet School picks up strays, Spays or Neuters them and the releases them where they found them. It really seems to keep the strays down.

 

[Highcotton]

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I see now why they have all of those dogs in shelters. A Catahoula/Lab should be an interesting breed.

 

[Highcotton]

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Ron, I have a frriend that has lived very near UC Davis for years. I think he has the house rented now. He went to Spain for 3 years. He is living at Whitehawk right now.

 

[ronott1]

Quote: It is a nice place.

I work for the English Dept. here and live in Woodland.

 

[Highcotton]

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I drove through Davis in the 60s on the way to Lake Berryessa and I have been to his house twice in the last 5 or 6 years. The Buckhorn is one of my favorite places to eat.

 

[ronott1]

Quote: Absolutely!

One person we took there was a bit freaked out by the stuffed animal heads though..Great food and coffee too!

 

[Bunnylady]

Quote: In Davis, the Vet School picks up strays, Spays or Neuters them and the releases them where they found them. It really seems to keep the strays down.
For a while, there was a system in place around here where people could maintain local "cat colonies" if they would care for them - you trap the cats, bring them in, they get spayed/neutered at a reduced price and have the tip of an ear clipped to mark them, then you release them where you found them. The problem was, the caregivers would move away, leaving all those altered but still hungry feral cats; the neighbors would complain about the cats messing up their flower beds, etc. As things stand right now, feeding a feral cat is a fine-able offense here in New Hanover County.

 

[Arielle]

Since I can't count my chickens until they are hatched . . . .

lol, couldn't resist! lol I am looking at labs-- a few littlers of puppies about an hours drive. BUT . . . for those that know dogs, I"m only finding English ( bench) dogs and I would like to interview someone with American/ field type dogs. ANyone know how to find the latter?

 

[ronott1]

For a while, there was a system in place around here where people could maintain local "cat colonies" if they would care for them - you trap the cats, bring them in, they get spayed/neutered at a reduced price and have the tip of an ear clipped to mark them, then you release them where you found them. The problem was, the caregivers would move away, leaving all those altered but still hungry feral cats; the neighbors would complain about the cats messing up their flower beds, etc. As things stand right now, feeding a feral cat is a fine-able offense here in New Hanover County.

There was an article in the Woodland paper last summer about a lady that had been feeding a feral colony in town for about 20 years. The lot was going to be part of the new Court House and they were trying to figure out what to do with all the cats that lived there.

Apparently it is not illegal to feed them here LOL. I do not know what they did but expect they were relocated or euthanized.