tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206778360729711890.post8761361396609079819..comments2024-03-28T20:14:57.317+01:00Comments on Orchids and Onions: Bike chainBeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206778360729711890.post-71474922218060227042016-02-05T22:38:57.117+01:002016-02-05T22:38:57.117+01:00Hi, Donna! Nice to meet you as well. What an amaz...Hi, Donna! Nice to meet you as well. What an amazing program that must have been up in Connecticut. The colony here was, I think, around 75 strong some ten years ago. The original volunteers became quite savvy at cat-trapping and all the cats have since been neutered. Today's colony is no more than ten kitties and all are geriatric. It's now about keeping the cats well fed and as safe as possible as they live out their 'twilight years'. Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206778360729711890.post-34395301720751123552016-02-05T19:35:07.351+01:002016-02-05T19:35:07.351+01:00Hi Bea, you and I are like minded. Years ago, I f...Hi Bea, you and I are like minded. Years ago, I found three cats at the barn and began feeding them. At some point, I could not keep up having them fixed as a new litter appeared and before I knew it, there were more than 50. I kept feeding them all and loved them all. I found a place in Connecticut that provided feline birth control for feral cat colonies. I signed up and it worked for 3 years. The vet had a donation that enabled his study and it was based on the number of cats in the colony. Seems that progesterone no bigger than a grain of sand, given with soft food, was all that was needed. The vet died and the funding fell through. I just know someone else could do this and very inexpensively. I now have 2 barn cats and 4 cats up at the house and all are fixed. And, nice to meet you.donna bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507579686738843451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206778360729711890.post-34690266001604164312016-02-02T02:35:03.025+01:002016-02-02T02:35:03.025+01:00Yeah, the hubs fixed the chain in like two minutes...Yeah, the hubs fixed the chain in like two minutes. I felt dumb. I read that Zika only affects the first trimester of pregnancies, so may that put your mind at ease. :) Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8206778360729711890.post-54935455998355303392016-02-01T21:50:13.644+01:002016-02-01T21:50:13.644+01:00Good that the cats are probably OK, that stinks ab...Good that the cats are probably OK, that stinks about the bike chain and walk home. I'm starting to have mild anxieties about this zika thing... Hey Monkey Butthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876011642278169652noreply@blogger.com