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  • David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.org
    Nov 7, 2026, 4:21 PM

    🍂 Stray Kitten Report 9 (2/2)

    Also, big news: we always thought the black cat who came with the kitten was the mother, until I finally could pet her, she raised her tail and... obviously a male.
    Once Blacky (named for his coat, obviously) trusted me, the real mother, Grisouille ("little greyish one" in Fr) came out of the forest and joined. She had been hiding. Both are now very friendly.
    I've contacted the vet, and we'll soon sterilize them all. A bit pricey, but we saved since Sept for that.

    The two parent cats on the terrace: a black male and a grey striped female, with the mother sleeping on a box filled with blankets.
    Close-up of a hand stroking the backs of the two parent cats, who are now very affectionate.
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  • Petra van CronenburgNatureMC@mastodon.online
    Nov 7, 2026, 4:28 PM

    @davidrevoy May I ask if there are any tricks to get stray cats trust you so much? We try everything with a female one to calm her for sterilising for years. She would fight you even with the best food in your hand. The rescue center tried it with a big trap ... nothing. She was too intelligent.

    Great to see yours trusting you!

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  • Samysamy@eupolicy.social
    Nov 7, 2026, 4:54 PM

    @NatureMC @davidrevoy
    We have a stray that adopted us and needs to go to the vet. We made him a house in the carrier outside that he sleeps in most nights now. In a bit we will fix the door on and try to close it when he is inside and calm. But I fear he will resent me for it and all the trust will have to be rebuilt 🫣.

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  • David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.org
    Nov 7, 2026, 11:47 PM

    @NatureMC I wish I had good tricks; but if I had effective one, Charlotte would trust me after 2 months (and she doesn't let me pet her).
    I try to just be around when I feed them, calm, play with a stick or whatever caught their attention. Throw them cat food and see daily how they come closer. Until at one moment, they make the move and come to contact. It's a magic moment.

    I try to not "catch them", or enclose them into something or a stressful situation. It requires patience and time.

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  • Jonoddhack@mstdn.social
    Nov 7, 2026, 4:50 PM

    @davidrevoy I gave General Belisarivs a male name after AMAFPF (Assigned Male At First Porch Feeding), but after capturing the General for medical treatment, she turned out to be female. And is now the second-best Cat in the Multiverse.

    General Belisarivs, a feral and very floofy Tuxedo Cat, happily lying on my lap and accepting belly rubs the day after being captured and Coming In From The Cold. At the time she was very ill and grateful for any gentle attention.
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  • Jonoddhack@mstdn.social
    Nov 8, 2026, 1:02 AM

    @davidrevoy She is still General Belisarivs, commander of the Feral Volunteer Forces fighting the malign Gemini Imperium (Queen Gemini being my former partner's Cat at the time). Revolutionaries do not distinguish on the basis of gender.

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  • David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.org
    Nov 7, 2026, 11:30 PM

    @m_berberich Terminating their bloodline? ...heh... If you want to take care of "the bloodline" in question, be my guest.

    Here, I can't, and it's better for their health (it stops social fight for mating and offer them a more peaceful life)

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  • David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.org
    Nov 7, 2026, 11:22 PM

    @tomahawk83 Lucky you, here the price of my vet in Montauban are a bit more expensive:
    - Male: 50€
    - Female: 110€ (or 140€ in the case she is pregnant).
    The vet proposed me 10% because I have two male and two female, if I plan them on the agenda on end November/December. I also plan to get them have chip for identification, and vaccine them, that can add up to 80€ per cats.

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  • Anunachtomahawk83@mastodon.social
    Nov 8, 2026, 12:28 AM

    @davidrevoy Sorry! This price (37$) was in last year, and now nearly 52$ (Female). I want to sterilize my cat at the end of December, too. In Russia, chips for identification are mainly implanted in dogs.

    Yes, sterilizing four cats at once is quite expensive.

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  • Toon Link :verified:ToonLink@fandom.ink
    Nov 7, 2026, 10:00 PM

    @davidrevoy AAAAHH look at them! :blobcataww: Like a light switch! That's incredible!

    Look at them battle scars; even the little lady has a scar on her nose. They've lived a hard life in the wild, but it looks like they're ready to settle down.

    It's hard telling how they relate; he could be her brother or a mate, or even a son or nephew. He might even just be a colony friend. She clearly likes him, though.

    I had expected slow progress with Blacky, but you got a two-fer!

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  • David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.org
    Nov 7, 2026, 11:18 PM

    @ToonLink Oh yes, but in any case, their relation is melting my heart: Grisouille when she see Blacky approaching, she walk to him, and push her head to his head, and they stay like this cuddling, until they rub their side together.

    Both have problems with one of their eyes, and many scratches, sometime infected. We are washing their eyes three time per days, and started to also heal their wounds. Grisouille is now really looking way better than on this photo. I suspect her to be pregnant...

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  • Jonoddhack@mstdn.social
    Nov 8, 2026, 1:33 AM

    @davidrevoy @ToonLink red-eye often sweeps through cat colonies. When I rescued Belisarivs she had a terrible case, but she was FIV+. She spent several weeks in isolation getting antibiotic ointment in the eye twice/day, which was quite a task with just me doing it.

    When I lived in California, the city animal shelter would do neuter and vaccinations for a low fee, on condition that the cats be ear-tipped (which makes it harder to get them adopted). We did about a dozen that visited us that way.

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  • David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.org
    Nov 7, 2026, 11:12 PM

    @m_berberich That's aggressive.

    But unfortunately, I wish they were the cats of someone else, I already have four, and not asked for this massive DLC.

    Also, you don't know where I live: how I have a forest and fields with sheep and not many neighbors around. I already had a talk with everyone around, since months. They are on their own, 100% sure. Not identified.

    So they are now my responsibility, or they'll live 2, 3 years until cold, malnutrition, infection or a sickness kill them...

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  • spiegelmamaspiegelmama@infosec.exchange
    Nov 8, 2026, 11:08 AM

    @davidrevoy @m_berberich David, you're doing the right and kind thing. M, the Warriors book series is fiction; cats do not consciously care about bloodline.

    Even in this conservative study, fixed cats live about 2 years longer than intact cats - and that's for pets, not ferals (for ferals, the difference is even greater): peerj.com/articles/18869/

    The other side of this moral question is what uncontrolled cat reproduction has on the environment: researchgate.net/publication/3

    Cats are a human-created species, and we are responsible for keeping them safe and healthy and as harmless to wildlife as is possible. Romanticizing their endless breeding is not a useful perspective.

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  • iknowponyiknowpony@sakurajima.moe
    Nov 7, 2026, 11:35 PM

    @davidrevoy The phrase "we'll soon sterilize them all" felt very sudden and jarring to me.
    ...
    It switches the text flow from gentle respect, consent, trust building & individuals.
    To cold, calculated, determined, action on aggregate.
    Even if I understand reason ~ population control & worry for the future of kittens.
    ...
    Come to think of it further, that is so because it is jarring for you too, isn't it?

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  • David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.org
    Nov 7, 2026, 11:41 PM

    @iknowpony Sure, it is. It's not the financial side of it, it's because I know how they feel when I take them in a cage after a long evening/night without eating. How they spend the day at the vet, near the operation room, hearing all complaints of other animals, the smell of fear. How they suffer the post operation at wake-up... How I need to setup a room for them alone after operation, isolated, with cat litter and all. It's a bad day, or two, and takes time to setup and drive. But a TODO.

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  • David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.org
    Nov 7, 2026, 11:52 PM

    @iknowpony Thank you for your encouragements. Going four time in this process this month is going to be tough. 💜

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  • houtighoutig@mastodon.nl
    Nov 8, 2026, 7:08 AM

    @davidrevoy if I may ask, how high are the vet bills going to be? And this is for the whole nest?

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  • houtighoutig@mastodon.nl
    Nov 8, 2026, 5:34 PM

    @davidrevoy since you're bringing such a love in the world, I would like to return the favour and help with your cats adventures 🐈
    Can I use your PayPal or (since we are European) direct bank transfer?

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  • David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.org
    Nov 8, 2026, 5:44 PM

    @houtig 😻 Hey, both way are ok, so use the one easier or more convenient for you.
    Thank you for the help, any coins helps and is welcome. It can make the process easier or speed things up even if, as said I already have the budget for the operations. But it will help for the 'bonus' in my quest: flea treatment for the full family, anti-parasite pills, getting a better cat door not limited to 5 chip ID of cat, even upgrading food quality.

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