Category: Community Cats

There's two types of ferals; those who are completly on their own and those who live the sweet TNR life. What they have in common is that they are (probably) not tame and they don't live with humans. But despite both being homeless in a sense, their lives look very different. We should be ashamed…

Peanut was born late last Summer (2018) and went into my trap for the first time when he was just a kitten. I let him out again because he was too young to be neutered. I didn't know it was a male cat yet, but named him Peanut because he was so small. I figured…

As a community cat caretaker you sometimes see new faces at your feeding station. And I'm not talking about kittens born inside the cat colony. Here's the unreal story about Papa.

If you don't have a catflap, you can install a cat doorbell instead. It will let you know when your cat wants to go back inside. I use mine as a dinner bell for one of my TNR cats.

In fall 2018 a new face arrived at my feeding station. It was a small tabby and when I saw it's face I immidiatly thought of Miko when she was just a kiddo herself. I was very sure that this tabby youngster was a kitten of Miko as it was the spitting image of her.…

I got a dog house for the community cats 😸 This house replaces the big clear box that I started with this summer. It was fine as a feeding station for the dry summer we had. But now that it's raining and windy it doesn't offer much shelter for the food and water. It even…

What does it take to care for (feral) community cats? What can you expect and what kind of resources does it require? There is no one answer to this as it depends very much on the situation. However, since people have asked me these questions, I will share my personal experiences of what it means…