All of us are disappointed, except the priests I guess

so many in so many places.... It's overwhelming at times.

are you in middle river? we have one we call midnight. so vocal, seems like someone may have abandoned him.

I want to get my own trap, so i can catch when possible; there are more slots on a day to day basis in the baldwin md TNR place.

I'm so glad I rescued the two males in my area, each about a year apart.... there would have been SOOOOO many more kittens....

I will try. And I get it.

People bringing their feral cats in to TNR while they have covid and getting staff sick doesn't help trying to get all these cats fixed!

I think I read we need to catch about 75% of the population to be able to keep population under control.

focus on the N, in tnr for men? /s

We recently moved to an area with a lot of feral cats. Its not easy, but the county will lend you a trap to catch them, then you take them to get fixed, then return them to the wild. It's unfortunate how many people in the area who feed the cats are not aware of TNR. So the population gets out of control quick.

Happy that I found a wonderful person who fosters near by, since the shelters are so full. Feel much better about getting kittens to foster.

I have two cats, rescued from feral life. I haven't been able to get an appointment on the BARCS website or whatever for neutering for over a year. And you can't make the appointment on the phone? The slots get filled up so quick I guess. Tax time, we will go through our vet, which is a lot more. But I can't keep waiting to get this

petfinder.com is great

I want to add, since so many people are talking about how cats don't kill rats, I'm happy to report that the feral cats have killed a few rats in my area that I know about. Usually after the county treats the apartments or whatever near by. They say rats are intelligent, but these baby rats were culled short.

It seems more that their PRESENCE can keep rats away, not that they hunt them necessarily. Now I've seen the cats and an opossum eating from the same bowl, but never a rat. A feral/community cat living under your porch won't let a rat or other creature live near them.

Also, 8 kittens saved from feral life this week!

I think we will be waiting a loooooong time for that. Catholic Church, pretty rich.

It's a hard business even in the best of times.

>Nobody is forcing childbearing.

Uhhh.... in the US we certainly are trying.

It really seems like a law that needs to change.

I don't put anything on auto pay that can increase by 1000% because of a toilet leak.

Yes, you CAN have asymptomatic covid and develop long covid after that.

https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-asymptomatic-spread/fact-check-people-with-asymptomatic-covid-19-in-acute-phase-may-later-develop-long-covid-symptoms-idUSL1N2TQ1HR

AND it happens to be quite unfortunate that the vaccines are not as good at preventing long covid in the vaccinated than we hoped. I've read it prevents long covid from as little as 15% of the time up to about 50% of the time. Especially waning over time I think?

That's why I'm getting my booster next weekend, the new one. Can't wait for my kids to be allowed to get it, they are in the 5-11 ranges. Hopefully it will only be a few weeks.

My MIL caught it on vacation, and had a very mild case. She developed long covid, and a worsening of her other illnesses. She had 2 doses, but had not gotten around to the booster. My FIL was boosteed, he never tested positive.

You catch viruses at any time, including when you go out to get vaccines. Pharmacy or doctors offices have a lot of sick people coming through. That's why I still wear masks, especially at those type of places.

You could have had a very mild case. Seems to be more common with bad cases, but it still can happen with mild ones.