Marmalade

Hello friends,

We are really still here.

Our human has been thinking way too much lately  --

She's a teacher, you know, and getting ready to go back to school.

Also, she spends a lot of time in the gardens.

It appears there's another cat hanging out in the garden --

here he is.

His name is Marmalade:

We think he's kind of handsome,

but we sure hope mom doesn't bring him inside.

There's a neighbor who feeds him --

but he sure likes our house --

What will happen in winter???

Hope everyone's having a good August

with love

from Pisi and Squeak

feral cat care in the winter

( pacthumanesociety )

Hiya,

we know we've written about this before,

but where we live 

yesterday's high was about

4 Fahrenheit.

Since Pişi herself

was once a 

"feral cat," 

we have some pretty strong feelings

about taking care of our fellow felines,

who, by their own choice or the choice of some human,

have been fated to live out this life

outside.

We found a couple really neat websites

that gave some advice on keeping our cousins

warm and safe.

The link given above describes a couple

really neat shelter ideas,

including one where you use

solar swimming pool covers 

to attract and retain heat.

( neighborhoodcats )

This link is another site

full of great ideas on building shelters

(this one above is built

out of a Rubbermaid Storage Container)

and other really practical ideas

for those chilly kitties.

And both before and after

you're finished building your feral cat shelter,

make sure you stop by 

your local homeless shelter

for people,

and leave them a pair of socks

or a can of soup--

Stay warm, everybody!

But don't forget the creatures out there

not as lucky as you!

with love,

from

Pişi

and

Squeak