Our resident orange kitty, Oscar, adopted us here at Hanaeleh about eight years ago when we moved to the ranch. He has greeted us everyday, letting us know that he is starving to death, even though a volunteer fed him about 15 minutes before. This past year we have lost all of our other barn kitties, so Oscar has been by himself. He is getting older, and we noticed that he stopped chasing lizards, squirrels and rabbits - so now we have a ton of lizards, squirrels and rabbits! He never was … [Read more...]
The New Kitty at Hanaeleh
Hanaeleh is currently home to four "feral" cats: Amy, Oscar, Rex and Rascal. The original thought behind having feral cats is that we would help provide a safe place for a cat who was not tame enough to live in a home, while at the same time the cats would keep the rodent population down. This, of course, was before The Great Treaty of Nimh, which very clearly states that "No rat or mouse shall bother a cat, nor eat the food of a cat, nor in any other way antagonize a cat. In return, cats shall … [Read more...]