Boo is My New Friend
By Kharla Jolly
@kobesbuddy (78871)
East Tawas, Michigan
May 10, 2024 1:35pm CST
Actually, I gave this cat the name, "Boo!" He's a feral cat, that sun's himself on our picnic table. The side porch is quite large and he enjoys laying out there during the afternoon. And if it starts to sprinkle, he goes underneath the table:)
This week, Boo had one eye closed. Tom cats have a tendency to fight. So, they often ends up with bites, scrapes and scratches, from a tangle they recently endured.
Today, his eye is doing better, this makes me feel relieved. There's absolutely nothing wrong with his appetite!
Yesterday, I put his dry cat food out in a dish. Three other feral cats showed up! Yikes, Boo is bringing friends home for dinner!
The last cat food I bought was the biggest bag on the shelf. I'm not sure, maybe 14-16 pounds. This will last a lot longer, than those small bags!
Photo: Mine, taken yesterday
Yesterday, I put his dry cat food out in a dish. Three other feral cats showed up! Yikes, Boo is bringing friends home for dinner!
The last cat food I bought was the biggest bag on the shelf. I'm not sure, maybe 14-16 pounds. This will last a lot longer, than those small bags!
Photo: Mine, taken yesterday11 people like this
11 responses
@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 May
Yes, these cats seem to congregate, around our side porch! I might need to stop the feedings:(
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 May
@kobesbuddy No Raccoons there? Here they'd be next.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 May
@TheHorse I'm believing that we have either opossums or raccoons that clean out, whatever the cats miss. Both these animals will eat absolutely anything!
@wolfgirl569 (107885)
• Marion, Ohio
11 May
You reminded me. I need to walk to the neighbors and check a kittens eyes.
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@wolfgirl569 (107885)
• Marion, Ohio
11 May
@kobesbuddy These are about a month old. One has sore eyes. I am treating that
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
11 May
I adore kittens, especially just after their eyes open:)
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
11 May
@wolfgirl569 With the sore eyes, boric acid works good. Hospitals use this for newborns.
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@celticeagle (168126)
• Boise, Idaho
10 May
Good to hear that Boo!s eye is better. Colby's neck is better. The hair is growing back finally.
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@celticeagle (168126)
• Boise, Idaho
11 May
@kobesbuddy ........Yes, it sure is. My grandson was so good and patient in dealing with him. His hair is growing back. It was mostly gone and my grandson clipped some so it was easier to clean.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
11 May
@celticeagle We had a dog with a parasitic bacteria eating on his back. Puffer was miserable!
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 May
That's great to hear, that Colby's neck is getting better!
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@kaylachan (71519)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 May
He is so cute! We have an orage cat, too. I just love orange cats.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 May
All our cats were either black and white or tiger striped.
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@kaylachan (71519)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 May
@kobesbuddy I had one black cat as a kid. One calacio, two white cats, an orange one, a tortie, and more.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
11 May
@kaylachan Our mother cat kept having litters of kittens, they were so cute!
@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
11 May
Boo is such a baby! The other feral cats are wild, they never act friendly. I can tell that Boo was a house-cat, he wants attention and the top of his head scratched:)
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@Deepizzaguy (103967)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 May
Larger bags of cat food will last longer than small bags of cat food indeed since my relatives and myself have to feed a few stray cats as well as our home cats.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 May
I don't mind feeding these feral cats, most of them are afraid of humans. Boo comes right up to me, for attention:)
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@Deepizzaguy (103967)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11 May
@kobesbuddy That explains why feral cat Monster Cheese does not like mei touching her. She is scared of me;
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
11 May
@Deepizzaguy Feral cats are like any other wild animal. They aren't domesticated pets.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
11 May
I had to stop feeding the groups, it was too many mouths to fill!
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 May
We have one orange cat(in the photo), two tiger striped and one multi-spotted cat that stop by.
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@LindaOHio (181321)
• United States
12 May
Be careful or you will end up with every cat and raccoon in the area. Have a good evening.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
13 May
We had three cats come this morning, I fed all of them.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 May
We had an orange Tom cat that lived in our neighborhood, many years ago. He fought with every cat that ever lived nearby!
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@dya80dya (36773)
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11 May
@kobesbuddy Some cats are very aggressive. We had one too and he chased all the cats in the neighborhood.
