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<blockquote data-quote="Alan" data-source="post: 935902" data-attributes="member: 378"><p>Kind of a interesting read, we don't have much of a problem losing our barn cats, but have lost a few. Although we do have lots of cover for them, blackberries and low brush. Plus we have a bunch of small game, squirrels, chipmunks, mole, etc. for the Yotes, hawks eagles and other predators to fill up on. The cats we have lost have all been born in a loving house, meaning some nice little old lady set up a box in her closet for her loving fluffy to give birth and then she raised the kittens with lots of human contact ...... The were gone in a matter of months. The ones we have now were born a barn or "the litter is some where over there, just haven't found it yet" type of a place. It usually took a couple of kids and a hour to catch the kittens. Of those type of barn cats, we have one that is around 14 yrs, one that is about 11 and three (from the same litter) around 7 yrs. but like I said we have lots of low brush for cover. We also have 4 large dogs who leave the cats alone, but not any neighbor dog, yote, raccoon, etc that comes on their side of their property line. Yes they are all spayed or neutered. I should add that of the five cats my wife can pet all, non are the type that bolts when they see me and two will let me pick them up until they want down, the signal they want down is usually a growl or a hiss and a swat at me .... Just my type of cats.</p><p></p><p>Alan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alan, post: 935902, member: 378"] Kind of a interesting read, we don't have much of a problem losing our barn cats, but have lost a few. Although we do have lots of cover for them, blackberries and low brush. Plus we have a bunch of small game, squirrels, chipmunks, mole, etc. for the Yotes, hawks eagles and other predators to fill up on. The cats we have lost have all been born in a loving house, meaning some nice little old lady set up a box in her closet for her loving fluffy to give birth and then she raised the kittens with lots of human contact ...... The were gone in a matter of months. The ones we have now were born a barn or "the litter is some where over there, just haven't found it yet" type of a place. It usually took a couple of kids and a hour to catch the kittens. Of those type of barn cats, we have one that is around 14 yrs, one that is about 11 and three (from the same litter) around 7 yrs. but like I said we have lots of low brush for cover. We also have 4 large dogs who leave the cats alone, but not any neighbor dog, yote, raccoon, etc that comes on their side of their property line. Yes they are all spayed or neutered. I should add that of the five cats my wife can pet all, non are the type that bolts when they see me and two will let me pick them up until they want down, the signal they want down is usually a growl or a hiss and a swat at me .... Just my type of cats. Alan [/QUOTE]
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