Another one gone! Buffy 2001-2009

My old cat Buffy is not coming when I call. This is the second morning and she must have tried to fight off the cayotes for her kittens. Last night I locked them all in. She was on the porch Sat. night at 3AM, so between then and daylight she was gone. I feel so guilty, for not forcing them inside and closing the cat door. My air conditioner is so loud that I never heard a ruckus at all. She would not leave these kittens voluntarily as she was still nursing them. I hate that she ended this way, although she has never been happy without kittens around her. My plans were to get her spayed this fall. She was my oldest and wisest cat, having lived most of her life outside, until this past year when the cayotes had gotten the other inside females who would fight with her, so every year she would have her kittens across the street in the buildings of the tank business, and when they would get old enough to follow her, she'd bring them to the house to learn to eat. The only trouble was they were so wild you couldn't catch or pet them and of course many didn't make it. Sheba and one alley cat colored male, are 3 years old and wild, and Ember is two, and Casper and Ashley are one, then her babies that lived this year are Willy and Rhett and Dusty and Wanita.
Buffy had Lots of skin problems and I think I was just getting a handle on what was causing them, as she was getting better and was not scratching as bad, after using Ivemec on her.
She was so smart, that when I told her last year, that if she wants her babies to make it she was going to have to bring them sooner so we could keep them from being so wild. That very afternoon while I was at work she carried four large kittens and one little runt over and brought them in the house. The little runt was Betty Boop.
More latter! So long my sweet old girl!

Found the little Gray baby dead right here by the step on the back porch. I guess it was not mint for me to have a solid steel grey kitty. The old Gray Tom got sick and died, but blue is still around.

A time of peace?

Well so far no more missing members of the cat families. I hope that will keep them out of town.
Had to put the little wild black one of Sheba's, down. It's eye was so infected, and it was dying and finally so bad it couldn't even hiss at me, I knew it was a goner and couldn't save it, only end it's suffering. Even when you know it's the right thing to do, it ain't easy! The little solid steel gray one is not doing to well right now either, so I hope she can recopperate, without meds, as she's still staying just out of reach. I hope she's okay, because she's beautiful or will be.
Several of the inside herd have sniffles going on, and are on amoxil, but it has not helped them much. Probably viral and the anibiotic only helps with the some side affects.

Revenge is sad

I did get one of the #%&*$! cayotes. I hate to have to do it, but I see no other way to protect my own. And before long these little ones will try to go out and I know they will be vulnerable with no mama in particular to watch over them and protect them. Two have already learned to jump out. I wish I had a screened in porch. My neighbor who fed for me while I was gone, said she had a dead cayote in her pasture. So I did hit it solid. For Annie and Sugar and Dee Dee and Jack and all the others.
Beautiful Snip, Andy's buddy is gone and one of the little gray tabbies that was sickly is missing and Opie is not here anywhere, so that is three more missing.
More sleepless nights.
I'll try to get pictures up of these little ones playing. they rip and tear around and it is hard to catch them.
The good Lord protected them all and even watered my garden while I was gone. Now I've got to mow. It'll soon be a jungle out there, where it was nothing but burnt dry grass. My trees really needed this rain, tho. A good big thunderstorm this PM. We might have gotten an inch.