{"id":428,"date":"2010-09-06T14:16:57","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T18:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sootypaws.net\/blog\/?p=428"},"modified":"2022-04-29T14:20:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T18:20:05","slug":"mama-cat-and-peach-blossom-indoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sootypaws.net\/blog\/2010\/09\/mama-cat-and-peach-blossom-indoors\/","title":{"rendered":"Mama Cat and Peach Blossom Indoors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\nThe big news is that we were able to trap the feral mama cat and her \nkitten on our front screened in porch last Tuesday. We&#8217;d been feeding \nthem deeper and deeper into the porch for the past couple of weeks and \ncreating a maze to get to the food bowls so there wasn&#8217;t a straight shot\n to the door. I&#8217;d hooked up a rope to the screen door that went to the \nshop where I sat and waited for Molly&#8217;s signal since I couldn&#8217;t see into\n the porch to make sure both cats were at the other end. She gave the \nsignal, I gave the rope a yank, and the door closed shut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both  cats freaked out, cannoning into the screens to get out. We opened the  door to the house, Bobo went out onto the porch, and the mama cat and  kitten both immediately calmed down. It took an hour or so for them to  venture inside the house and that&#8217;s where they&#8217;ve remained since then.  Eventually we&#8217;ll get both neutered and, if they prefer, they can go back  outside full time. But I think with winter coming, and the company of  the other cats, they&#8217;ll decide they like it inside sometimes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/sootypaws.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_3378.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-429\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sootypaws.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_3378.jpg 450w, http:\/\/sootypaws.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_3378-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Mama  cat is watching from the step down into the addition. Blondie  can&#8217;t be  easily seen, but he&#8217;s lying and looking out the window to her  right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of the cats have been having a great time with  each other. Little Blondie seems to be special friends with the feral  kitten. Both the kitten and mama cat remain hidden for most of the day,  but as time has gone on they&#8217;ve ventured out more and more &#8212; to scamper  and hide if we walk by or come too close. Getting them into carriers to  take to the vet is going to be a challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More soon!\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The big news is that we were able to trap the feral mama cat and her kitten on our front screened in porch last Tuesday. We&#8217;d been feeding them deeper and deeper into the porch for the past couple of weeks and creating a maze to get to the food bowls so there wasn&#8217;t a [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary sootypaws-blog-read-more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/sootypaws.net\/blog\/2010\/09\/mama-cat-and-peach-blossom-indoors\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sootypaws.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sootypaws.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sootypaws.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sootypaws.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sootypaws.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sootypaws.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":430,"href":"http:\/\/sootypaws.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428\/revisions\/430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sootypaws.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sootypaws.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sootypaws.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}