FritzIam4IU Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 28 minutes ago, FKIM01 said: Around us, we lose a lot of barn cats to coyotes. If they get past a year, they usually get wise and live full lives, but the young ones too often disappear. I have not seen any coyotes (or even foxes) around us. The other two cats are larger. We have a female cat who is his age and is 2-3 pounds larger. The other male is 4-5 pounds larger. The largest I believe will be turning 1 year in the next month or so, while the one missing and female will turn 1 early summer I believe. As I noted above though, we see lots of larger hawks circling at various times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 9 hours ago, FKIM01 said: Around us, we lose a lot of barn cats to coyotes. If they get past a year, they usually get wise and live full lives, but the young ones too often disappear. I probably went through 100 cats from coyotes and the HWY we lived on when I was a kid. You're exactly right about living through their first year. We had 3 or 4 last a long time. Mr Whiskers being my favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 20220126_200249.mp4 Such a rough life these 2 have. Fight alp morning then They go outside and Knight the Husky chases Pitcher the Aussie Doodle for about an hour. Pitcher has learned how to just stay out of the reach of Knights cable length. Then they come in and sleep all afternoon 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 12 hours ago, FritzIam4IU said: I am having a rough week. Last Monday evening, our beloved family dog tore his ACL (called something different in dogs) 6 days before his 9th birthday. After taking him to the vet and getting X-rays the following days, he is on pain meds and hasn't been able to put weight on it all week. We are hoping to avoid surgery for him, so vet is checking in with us at the 2 and 4 week mark to see how he is progressing on pain meds/"bed rest". That has been tough on the whole family, but especially me and my wife. A few days ago, one of our 3 "barn cats" went missing and hasn't been seen yet. He is just under one year of age, and our best guess is that he was attacked by a large bird and carried off (he is the smallest of the three cats and not quite fully grown). My wife found some large feathers and blood on the back of our property near our out building. Even though they are "barn cats", our young kids adopted them and they have their own room in the outbuilding we dedicated to them, complete with cat door. We still aren't 100% sure what happened to him, but it isn't looking good. Our house sits off the road a good ways, and our outbuilding is behind the house, so the cats rarely venture anywhere near the road. I haven't seen any predators by us since we are surrounded by fields...but there is a tiny patch of woods off in the distance aways on the other side of field. We feed the cats as well, so they never wander too far from our property/barn. I wouldn't lose hope just yet. If a cat nearby is in heat it could be a week or 2 before he comes back. They can travel up to around a couple miles looking to mate. I had an outside male cat do this 2 or 3 times a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 1 hour ago, mrflynn03 said: I wouldn't lose hope just yet. If a cat nearby is in heat it could be a week or 2 before he comes back. They can travel up to around a couple miles looking to mate. I had an outside male cat do this 2 or 3 times a year. All of our cats are spayed/neutered. They were when we got them. That was the main reason we wanted them fixed because we read they would wander away if they weren't. I would have wondered the same thing though, if they hadn't been fixed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 23, 2022 Report Share Posted March 23, 2022 Had my favorite girl over for a couple of days...my daughter had the good sense to dress her properly 🙂 "What time is the game?" 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted March 23, 2022 Report Share Posted March 23, 2022 So...we have actually had a second cat go MIA last week. We talked to "neighbors" across the field to ask if they have seen either cat, and they did say they see an occasional coyote roaming through. We are going to start locking them in their dedicated "cat room" in the barn for the next few weeks at night. Meanwhile, I picked up one new one from the shelter yesterday. He was originally an outdoor kitten, but has been indoors some as well...so we thought he was a good candidate to bring home. He just turned 6 months old, and has two sisters we might adopt as well, but they are still healing from being spayed. Here is is meeting our 1 year old black cat... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 On 3/23/2022 at 8:55 AM, FritzIam4IU said: So...we have actually had a second cat go MIA last week. We talked to "neighbors" across the field to ask if they have seen either cat, and they did say they see an occasional coyote roaming through. We are going to start locking them in their dedicated "cat room" in the barn for the next few weeks at night. Meanwhile, I picked up one new one from the shelter yesterday. He was originally an outdoor kitten, but has been indoors some as well...so we thought he was a good candidate to bring home. He just turned 6 months old, and has two sisters we might adopt as well, but they are still healing from being spayed. Here is is meeting our 1 year old black cat... I've had 3 black cats, lost 1 a couple year ago. From my experience, from what I've had they have the best personalities. The one in the bed is a really pretty one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, mrflynn03 said: I've had 3 black cats, lost 1 a couple year ago. From my experience, from what I've had they have the best personalities. The one in the bed is a really pretty one. The black cat is one of our original cats we adopted. He does well and is friendly, and a good mouser. I actually like black cats better myself, but we picked this new one because there was 3 of them from same litter, so we decided to try to take all 3 so they won't be separated (but we just took the male home at first to see how our black cat reacted to him). The new cat is super friendly with people. He wants desperately to be the black cats buddy, but so far the black cat just tolerates him ha. Because they are getting along well, we called the humane society and paid the adoption fees for the striped cats two sisters. They were still recovering from being spayed, so we are picking them up next week. We are still hoping at least one of the two that disappeared recently show up. There is plenty of room for them all in their dedicated "barn room". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 6 minutes ago, FritzIam4IU said: The black cat is one of our original cats we adopted. He does well and is friendly, and a good mouser. I actually like black cats better myself, but we picked this new one because there was 3 of them from same litter, so we decided to try to take all 3 so they won't be separated (but we just took the male home at first to see how our black cat reacted to him). The new cat is super friendly with people. He wants desperately to be the black cats buddy, but so far the black cat just tolerates him ha. Because they are getting along well, we called the humane society and paid the adoption fees for the striped cats two sisters. They were still recovering from being spayed, so we are picking them up next week. We are still hoping at least one of the two that disappeared recently show up. There is plenty of room for them all in their dedicated "barn room". I grew up with dogs and cats. Still have both. I prefer cats myself. Just bought a 3 beta fish tank and have 2 so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 1 minute ago, mrflynn03 said: I grew up with dogs and cats. Still have both. I prefer cats myself. Just bought a 3 beta fish tank and have 2 so far. I had a small 10 gallon fish tank for awhile as a kid. I grew up with a dog and 2 cats, but prefer dogs. We have our 9 year old dog in the house and the cats in their barn room. Our 2 kids like the cats quite a bit and play with them often, so that's good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 32 minutes ago, FritzIam4IU said: I had a small 10 gallon fish tank for awhile as a kid. I grew up with a dog and 2 cats, but prefer dogs. We have our 9 year old dog in the house and the cats in their barn room. Our 2 kids like the cats quite a bit and play with them often, so that's good. I grew up with all of them. Have 2 dogs 14 and 15. Cats range frome 2-10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 Just now, mrflynn03 said: I grew up with all of them. Have 2 dogs 14 and 15. Cats range frome 2-10. You have a bunch of cats don't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 8 minutes ago, FritzIam4IU said: You have a bunch of cats don't you? Umm.. yeah. 3 turned into 6 quickly. I have a hard time telling my wife no. We also don't have and animal shelter. I try to trap, and spay or neuter all I can. I have a phenomenal vet and he gives us a discount. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, mrflynn03 said: Umm.. yeah. 3 turned into 6 quickly. I have a hard time telling my wife no. We also don't have and animal shelter. I try to trap, and spay or neuter all I can. I have a phenomenal vet and he gives us a discount. Are your cats all inside? I like ours fine outside/in barn, not sure I could have several cats indoors with me anymore. They can just get in too many places ha. Edited March 25, 2022 by FritzIam4IU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 8 minutes ago, FritzIam4IU said: Are your cats all inside? I like ours fine outside/in barn, not sure I could have several cats indoors with me anymore. They can just get in too many places ha. Well we started out with 1 indoors and an outdoor cat that got injured so he became and indoor cat. Then my wife rescued a kitten from the side of the road. A couple years ago, a stray I couldn't catch had a litter under our deck. So we raised the and ended up keeping 2 kittens. 1 kitten is a Torrie and I can go a week or 2 without seeing her. She either hides under the closet or bed. I don't know. Sweet kitty though. The mom cat is inside out. She is the ultimate hunter killer. Ever since she been around there are no more strays. She's killed birds, squirrels, rabbits moles, ect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 I bought my wife a new horse a couple of weeks ago, and he finally is on his way (from Connecticut). 16 year old Oldenburg. Retired Grand Prix jumper who can still handle what my wife wants to jump... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 21 hours ago, IUFLA said: I bought my wife a new horse a couple of weeks ago, and he finally is on his way (from Connecticut). 16 year old Oldenburg. Retired Grand Prix jumper who can still handle what my wife wants to jump... We have never onwed horses. I had a pony at my grandparents house as a kid and have never ridden much at all. When Ayden was less than 2 he stated Hippotherapy for core strength and for speech. It made such a big difference. I never knew that riding a horse would have such a positive impact on his life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 14 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: We have never onwed horses. I had a pony at my grandparents house as a kid and have never ridden much at all. When Ayden was less than 2 he stated Hippotherapy for core strength and for speech. It made such a big difference. I never knew that riding a horse would have such a positive impact on his life. We're kinda the outliers in our neighborhood. My wife and daughter both ride English (hunter/jumper discipline). Our neighbors are all western...calf ropers, barrel racers, ect... Me, I don't ride. I'm just the financier 😁 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 Well, he got here...big, good looking guy...Mama wanted a good one and she got one... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 11 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Well, he got here...big, good looking guy...Mama wanted a good one and she got one... Beautiful horse! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 On 3/23/2022 at 8:55 AM, FritzIam4IU said: So...we have actually had a second cat go MIA last week. We talked to "neighbors" across the field to ask if they have seen either cat, and they did say they see an occasional coyote roaming through. We are going to start locking them in their dedicated "cat room" in the barn for the next few weeks at night. Meanwhile, I picked up one new one from the shelter yesterday. He was originally an outdoor kitten, but has been indoors some as well...so we thought he was a good candidate to bring home. He just turned 6 months old, and has two sisters we might adopt as well, but they are still healing from being spayed. Here is is meeting our 1 year old black cat... Pretty kitties. That first meeting is usually like Chris Rock and Will Smith at the Oscars...👀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 On 3/24/2022 at 9:13 PM, mrflynn03 said: Umm.. yeah. 3 turned into 6 quickly. I have a hard time telling my wife no. We also don't have and animal shelter. I try to trap, and spay or neuter all I can. I have a phenomenal vet and he gives us a discount. Same here. We live in the country, so lots of trapping and spaying/neutering. It just sucks that skunks like the cat food we put in the traps as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted April 1, 2022 Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 One of the two sisters I brought home Tuesday. The two girls have major attitude. We shall see if they can learn to get along with the boys. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted April 1, 2022 Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 31 minutes ago, FritzIam4IU said: One of the two sisters I brought home Tuesday. The two girls have major attitude. We shall see if they can learn to get along with the boys. Looks just like our Leila. I love tiger tabbies with their RBFs. 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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