Sunday, May 8, 2011

Kittens For Sale/Free

Why not start early, right? 

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Yesterday Bailey was huge.

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Today Bailey is small. (I should write children’s books)

As I have mentioned in previous posts, if you contribute/condone PETA please skip this post. It all started when we noticed the toms hanging around a couple months ago. We suddenly had three large toms sleeping/marking around the garage, barn and woodshed. There was one tom in particular that was HUGE and obviously took ownership of my two female cats. He was a solid black tom and sired the last litter of kittens, giving us predominantly black cats, which aren’t the easiest to get rid of.  

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So I did what all good, responsible cat breeders do and decided to manage my cattery and implement a selective breeding program. I had Jacob grab and load a .22 for me and then have the kids watch for the tom. The next day the kids were all excited, Lucifer(named after the cat from Cinderella) was sitting out by the guest cabin. I grabbed my raincoat, .22 and me and my big belly stealthfully snuck out to the yard and hid about 50ft of him. He sat pretty and I popped him! The crowd went wild in the house! He was dead and he was the biggest cat I have ever seen. A couple days later, Jacob told me the gray and white tabby bred Bailey and we today have beautiful, colorful kitties to prove it.

Disclaimer 5/9/11 : We live in the country. These are not *neighbors* cats, these cats are all feral…except ours. They carry disease and are either starved to death or are eaten by the coyotes. We are not going to trap and relocate and all that goofy stuff there are just too many.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

I want an orange one sooo bad! But, Josh isn't sure about having a cat at our new apartment. Have to look into the details of having one there. ;-)

Unknown said...

LOVE IT! Way to go. Hopefully you don't get the same response that Rene got about her half dead cat on the porch. Good job showing your children how to take dominion.

Greg and Merriann Thames said...

I am surprised, you shot him at 50 ft. I would think a good country girl like yourself could have gotten him at 100 ft. :)
Greg T

Squaw Creek Ranch said...

May I say I have never claimed to be a good shot. I really do stink! 50ft is pretty bad, lol, glad you noticed.