The week before last we had Bumblebee (below) at home after being desexed. She is very very cute and friendly; we at least I think so. Kelsie would disagree; she did not find Bumblebee that nice after she tried to scratch her, but with me she was fine.
Over the last week I have been re-trapping three of the cats (Tangelo, Pumpkin and Mr Monochrome Senior) because I put collars on them after they were desexed and these were proving problematic. Many colony cats have their left ear tipped (meaning the vet takes a small clip out of the ear) so that they can be identified as having been de-sexed but I thought that this would be better achieved with collars however I now know why this is not actually a good idea. Collars are all well and good on cats who you know and that you can easily pick up should the collar need to be loosened or the cats get stuck on it.
Collars on cats who are not that used to being handled is a different matter entirely. Mr Monochrome Senior somehow got his caught around his stomach and both Tangelo and Pumpkin needed to have theirs loosened. I caught Tangelo by hand but she scratched the shit out of my arm and I had to let her go.
A few days later I went back with the trap and caught Mr Monochrome Senior and Pumpkin and sorted them out. Tangelo however was too smart for me and I will have to try her again this week. Needless to say the collars have been permanently removed.
It is interesting how I have found all the cats handleable when they were at home however as soon as they are returned to outside they revert back to being a bit more ‘wild’.
Good news on the rehoming front though; Mr Monochrome has found a home with a lovely family in West Auckland and he will be going there this week and Mr Monochrome Senior has won over the hearts of Rosilina and her family and he will stay with them when the others have been rehomed.
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