Another loss!

The sorry*$#%# cayotes got my Sugar. The sweet little white cat that was the mother of Dee Dee and this year Jack and Jill. She was not liking all the other kittens in side and sat on the chair on the porch, or layed under my bookshelf near the front door. Big old empty spot now. She was the litter-mate to Annie and Roger, but had a tail. She got named Sugar, because she decided she wanted to be in the house with me, even tho she was raised out side and was just such a very sweet cat. She is the one who birthed little crippled Angel and took such good and complete care of her. Good bye sweetness. I'll miss your sweet little face.

Jilly is still okay, and is getting very sweet, herself, but as much as she goes out to play with the bigger wild kittens outside, when I'm not home, I hope she stays cautious. I did get a shot on one the next night and hit it solid, but didn't drop it! Grrrrr! That was for Sugar and DD and Jack and Annie! I"ll continue to set up when I hear the neighbor dogs [who usually never bark], letting me know they're lurking around.

All the kittens are okay and growing and playing after it kools down a little. It's been over a 100 for 12 days in a row, I think. Maybe a break tonight.
Will try to get pictures up soon.

I do have a drawing of Sugar somewhere.

More losses!

Well unless I can kill them all [cayotes], I guess I'll keep losing cats. My Annie is gone and the little friendly grey baby that belonged to the young black mama. Why my Annie, with four kittens was out side, I don't know. I was gone for three nights, and I came in and fed during the day, when my friend came into town, and they had to have snuck around then. I know when I get home from work at ten, now, I rarely see any of my cats out in the yard anymore. The ones left are getting wiser, I hope. My old cat and her daughter Ashly who lost her babies, are mothering the whole herd of babies, even Skeezix's and Button's babies. Skeez is dryed up I think. Without them demanding to eat, she's quit nursing them. The little one of Buttons' who was hurt didn't make it. We ex-rayed her and could not find anything broken, and the vet said we'll re-exray her in a week, but she must have been ill before, because she quit eating and died. So the sisters only have three between them, and are very confused because their babies go to the old cat to nurse.

They are all eating and useing the litter box, Thank goodness!

The little bobies are always the cutest and without their mom, they get even more dependent on me.

I'll try to get some pictures, soon.

It has been cooler here for about a week, but we're back to 100's again today.