It was flitting around our farm yesterday. I could ignore it until it got into the hay barn and peered up at me between the bales. Very feral and small. I set a trap last night and now it’s on the heated workshop. I’ll feed it for a few days while looking for options. I don’t want any unvaccinated and unaltered feral that could spread disease to our barn cats. If it wants to stay, it has to be nice. I don’t if it’s a male or female but it’s small. Looks a lot like Miggy, whose origins are from the same conglomerate. His daddy is likely out there somewhere.
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I’m glad he’s safe and warm. And I hope he ends up being a nice kitty so maybe he can stay. I understand what you’re saying though.
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Look at that little round face 
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Thank you for caring and taking action.
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Of course our son is thrilled. He’s hoping “she” is pregnant and that’s why it was brave enough to be visible to us and seek shelter in the hay barn. “Nah, it’s just cold”, I told him, sincerely hoping my theory is the correct one.
Male name: Nicholas
Female name: Noelle
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For comparison, this is Miggy. So, this might be a brother from another mother. Miggy was born to a feral kitty in our garage during the infamous Summer of Kittens. His mom tamed down nicely and is our vet neighbor’s barn cat. Miggy’s auntie is our barn cat, Polly.
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Oh the kitty distribution system in play again. I hope s/he settles and accepts help.
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Awww! There are some inexpensive S/N clinics who can help with that aspect, not sure if they also do some basic vaccinations like rabies and FeLV but those would be good to get in, even if you never get a chance to do boosters in the coming years. What a sweet looking kitty!
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Those are PERFECT! Or should I say PURRFECT?
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I think I posted this to your multi-kittens thread, but check your barn for this symbol:
Might be how Miggy.2 found you 
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Nicholas? Now has a two bedroom suite courtesy of zip ties. He was too hissy and running into the side. I think this is better for feeling safe.
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Time to remove the nuts. That will not make him happy at first but will surely sweeten his disposition. Better to do that before the spraying behavior becomes ingrained. He looks like Hansel who has taken down a rat or two around here.
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We’re rural. I hope there’s a program here now. There wasn’t a few years ago but I hope that was just because of Covid fallout.
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I am rural too and there is an organization here linked in with a spay neuter clinic. They don’t advertise much but luckily I found out about it since I keep getting dumpees here.
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I found an organization! Sent them an email.
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Crossing fingers that you won’t have a repeat of the endless kitten summer.
You’re a peach @moonlitoaksranch. 
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We moved him/her from the workshop to the garage. Still good temp control in the garage. Our barn kitties were a little reluctant to stay in there overnight because of the visitor. So, feral kitty has their own spot with less distractions. There was pouting. It’s a three story cage with the top completely covered. But you can just barely see kitty’s back end behind the box. Just checked again and the wet food was appreciated.
Got an email back from the feral spay/neuter folks. They wanted to know if I would keep kitty. I said yes.
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Oh, no spraying. No stink. I’m thinking female. I really hope spay can be scheduled soon. No more kittens!
Our son and I sit a little distance away and softly blink while talking to kitty. He/she blinked back several times. Good sign?
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No word back from the rescue. I’m going to call our vet and a different rescue for ideas. This cat needs fixing. Are winter kittens common? I know they can breed year round but it gets cold up here. Ugh. I really hope it isn’t female.
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