Read the Introduction, to get the general picture of my interaction with the alley cats, and the Summary, to put the stories on a timeline.
I was telling you that while feeding the outdoor cats, my husband still sees kittens outside. Few months old kittens. Some of them, somehow, made it trough the winter.
Two of them seem to be the same age as Tesla and Volta, around 5- 6 months and they are at the same location, they could be siblings. At that location my husband goes twice a day as he goes that way anyway. So they were well feed all winter long and they had access to shelter in a garage. They are still shy and I think the chance for them to get friendly enough to be put for adoption is closing.
Two of them, at another location, were smaller, around 2 months old and last seen a month ago. They were in a garage but the owner of the garage was determined to cut their access. My husband asked permission to get into the garage and get them and he did, but he couldn't find them. They were either hidden either gone already. He still went few days to look after them but he didn't see them or their mom. He left food and found it untouched.
The other two kittens that we were aware of, were in the 3rd colony we found, the colony near the knight S. These kittens were 5-6 month old too and relatively friendly, so we decided to bring them in the house, keep them for few days so they relax a little and then take them to Org T. to get adopted. My husband had just one carrier with him and was able to get one of them. He was afraid to open the carrier to put the second one in, because we did that before and the cat in the carrier escaped. That colony has a caregiver, the knight S, that gives them food and lets them in the garage on the really cold times. He does good. he just doesn't spay/ neuter them and he was saying that he knows and accepts that the majority of the kittens will perish. But when we made him aware of the possibility of spay/ neuter and adoption for some of them, he was happy to adjust. My husband called the knight S. and let him know that he took one of the kittens and will come next day for the other one. He went the next day, and the next, and the next but he couldn't find the other kitten. So, my husband called and asked S. if he saw the second kitten and S. said that he put the second one in the garage. Why? So my husband went to get the kitten and S. asked if he can "borrow" 30 bucks. That's why... It is not a wealthy neighborhood, people are needy, on the other hand we are not rich either, we stretch what money we can to feed and spay/neuter the cats. This kind of spending surprised us emotionally even more as the spending per se.
The other problem now was that the brothers (yes they are boys) lost the connection between them. The first one was already adjusted in the house, and so happy that we had to name him Lolo (because he is very very pretty, we first thought he was a girl, so it was Lola, then changed into Lolo) . The second one, from what S. said, was very unhappy without his brother, plus was locked into the garage, and as he came into the house he went straight under the bad. We caught him few times, hold him and pet him. He was very very sweet, we named him Sunny. And I made appointment for them with Org T. for adoption for last Friday. But come Friday, I couldn't catch him... I called and canceled and I've made another appointment for next Friday! Fingers crossed...
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