{"id":1679,"date":"2017-01-25T18:21:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T22:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/?p=1679"},"modified":"2017-03-22T10:37:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T14:37:48","slug":"and-even-more-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/?p=1679","title":{"rendered":"And Even MORE Cats&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week one of my co-workers told me that his children had seen a couple of half-grown kittens on another\u00a0part of our large campus. \u00a0 \u00a0After the kids showed me where they&#8217;d seen them (in and around a large pile of cut trees where a new road is going in), I set up the trail cam to see if anyone showed up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tree-Pile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1695\" src=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tree-Pile-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tree-Pile-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tree-Pile.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The camera didn&#8217;t record any kitties, and there have been no new sightings&#8230;. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, January 16th, the only cat I personally saw was our regular&#8211;the orange and white girl. \u00a0She visits the feeding station just about every day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0116-01-Orange-White.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1680\" src=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0116-01-Orange-White-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0116-01-Orange-White-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0116-01-Orange-White.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0116-02-Orange-White.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1681\" src=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0116-02-Orange-White-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0116-02-Orange-White-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0116-02-Orange-White.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, January 24th, I saw a really fat kitty approaching the feeder. \u00a0I got my camera, zoomed in, and was surprised to see that this was the second TNR white &amp; calico girl that I hadn&#8217;t seen since I released her on January 13th! \u00a0Clearly, these cats are eating well <em>somewhere, <\/em>but\u00a0I&#8217;m not sure if they&#8217;re <em>just<\/em> eating leftover food from the dining hall that they find in the dumpsters, or if they&#8217;re finding food somewhere else. \u00a0No clue&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0124-01-White-Calico.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1682\" src=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0124-01-White-Calico-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0124-01-White-Calico-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0124-01-White-Calico.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0124-02-White-Calico.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1683\" src=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0124-02-White-Calico-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0124-02-White-Calico-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0124-02-White-Calico.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The orange and white girl also showed up again on Tuesday. No surprise, there. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0124-03-Orange-White.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1684\" src=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0124-03-Orange-White-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0124-03-Orange-White-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0124-03-Orange-White.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0124-04-Orange-White.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1685\" src=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0124-04-Orange-White-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0124-04-Orange-White-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0124-04-Orange-White.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>People on campus have told me they&#8217;ve seen the long-haired TNR black kitty since she was released on the afternoon of January 13th, so I know she&#8217;s doing well, too, and one of my co-workers said she saw her at the feeding station.<\/p>\n<p>Early Wednesday morning (January 25th), I got a text from my co-worker about two cats &#8220;acting strange&#8221; down in the woods&#8211;cats she hadn&#8217;t <em>seen<\/em> before (oh geez&#8230;.). \u00a0One was gray with white feet, and the other was white with some orange on it. \u00a0She said they were making a lot of noise. \u00a0Hmmm&#8230;\u00a0Territorial dispute OR a girl and boy kitty in the early stages of &#8220;courtship&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t sure what to do since we weren&#8217;t aware of these cats coming to the feeding station, and I wasn&#8217;t totally prepared. \u00a0But since I still HAD\u00a0traps, I set out a total of four in a couple of different locations. \u00a0I had some not-too-smelly canned food to use as bait (surprised I had it in my car&#8211;ha&#8211;imagine that&#8230;.) AND I put some food in the feeding station to try to draw them closer. \u00a0Soon, one of the &#8220;new&#8221; cats&#8211;the gray one&#8211;made its way to the feeding station. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t see the other new one, though I&#8217;ll admit that I&#8217;m not ALWAYS looking out the windows of the art room! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0125-01-GrayCat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1687\" src=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0125-01-GrayCat-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0125-01-GrayCat-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0125-01-GrayCat.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0125-02-GrayCat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1688\" src=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0125-02-GrayCat-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0125-02-GrayCat-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0125-02-GrayCat.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0125-03-GrayCat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1689\" src=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0125-03-GrayCat-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0125-03-GrayCat-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0125-03-GrayCat.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0125-04-GrayCat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1690\" src=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0125-04-GrayCat-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0125-04-GrayCat-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-0125-04-GrayCat.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one cautiously ate, then disappeared down into the woods. \u00a0It bypassed all the traps, but\u00a0I guess I&#8217;ll set them out again tomorrow using\u00a0better &#8220;bait.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While I might &#8220;RE-catch&#8221; some,\u00a0I&#8217;d sure love to trap the two we spotted today in order to add them to the Clipped Ear Club!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week one of my co-workers told me that his children had seen a couple of half-grown kittens on another\u00a0part of our large campus. \u00a0 \u00a0After the kids showed me where they&#8217;d seen them (in and around a large pile &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/?p=1679\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[98,113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals-wildlife","category-feral-cats"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1679"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1698,"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679\/revisions\/1698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}