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Walleye

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3. Patches, the cat that lives indoors with me now came from outside, not feral
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 06:42 AM
Dec 2022

Tiger was born out there, captured as a kitten neutered, vaccinated etc. none of the other kittens are left. This was in 2010. I’v tried to bring him inside, but he just freaks out when I shut the door. He has a way of surviving the cold, I think he has a hole under the deck where he can get into the basement under one of the buildings nearby. He probably hangs out by the boiler in there or something. I even went out one spring and dug out a little tunnel under the deck to make sure he could get out. I do worry but he has survived 12 winters this way.

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My outdoors are all inside now Meowmee Dec 2022 #1
I fed a cat outdoors ages ago that got away from a neighbor when she moved. Rhiannon12866 Dec 2022 #2
Patches, the cat that lives indoors with me now came from outside, not feral Walleye Dec 2022 #3
Ty for helping her, Rhi! SheltieLover Dec 2022 #15
Thanks to everyone helping freezing critters. Duppers Dec 2022 #4
Porch Cat has left her house Roy Rolling Dec 2022 #5
shelters LPBBEAR Dec 2022 #6
Excellent work, this little oil filled radiators work very well Walleye Dec 2022 #9
I'm Impressed! Roy Rolling Dec 2022 #11
I made a call to... 2naSalit Dec 2022 #7
Yesterday morning I saw Spooky. Briefly Siwsan Dec 2022 #8
Yes the trick is to keep food out there that isn't frozen solid. I was overjoyed to see Tiger Walleye Dec 2022 #10
My 20 yo cat Maine Abu El Banat Dec 2022 #12
Our 3 outdoor cats gab13by13 Dec 2022 #13
Feral boy showed up to eat a few times yesterday SheltieLover Dec 2022 #14
My indoor/outdoor cat has decided that he's indoors all day today. lark Dec 2022 #16
2 outside abandoned or dumped kitties came inside, peacebuzzard Dec 2022 #17
Good job ❤️❤️❤️ Walleye Dec 2022 #18
Just house-trained (with great frustration) a dog left on my doorstep last summer. Midnight Writer Dec 2022 #19
Mr. Cat, who lives on my porch, is doing well. Ocelot II Dec 2022 #20
What a beautiful kitty. He looks a little like Tiger. Walleye Dec 2022 #21
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