Kayla “Iacovino with an i”This is my new mastodon account! I’m actively migrating from my old geekstodon.com account. I’m excited to get back into the fediverse!
Jared@jared ❤️❤️ they are great! Compton just had SEVEN teeth removed. I’m sure he is feeling better for it - some were in bad shape. Here he is snoozing in my office after getting home from the vet. How are yours?
@kayla Penguin and Murphy are doing great as well! Prepping for Penguin's 13th birthday next Sunday. Both of them also got their first Silvervine stick and fruit, which they love.
@kayla and finally, my friend Smeagol the Raccoon. Smeagol is one of the raccoons born in my yard this summer. She still frequents my yard every night, and I have encountered her enough as I stand guard over the cats while they eat that Smeagol has slowly grown more comfortable with my presence.
@jared What a delightful update! So many kitties!! We also have a new outdoor regular, Leo. One of the few my neighbor has been unstable to trap-neuter-return. We had a hard freeze, and I wanted to make the best damn cat house (heated!) possible so no one else could be more enticing.
@jared I had seen him around but never by the door as in the last pic. I grew some fresh catnip inside and went outside one night to pot it. This apparently summoned him. He watched me pot it (wouldn’t come close to me). I let him see it and backed off. He essentially destroyed the thing by rubbing and biting it (I let him)
@jared He the became a regular. So back to the cat house… it is a magnificent creation. Much trial and error. I was worried he would not use it if there was only one entrance (he knows the TNR cages and avoids them!) so had to iterate. But eventually the cold weather made him brave.
@kayla very cute kitty!! I attempted shelters for mine, though only insulated as I have no way currently to heat them. Luckily, it was not a terrible winter as the presences of the raccoons(in addition to Smeagol, the are 4 others born this summer + occasionally their mothers) meant that none of the kitties stay in my yard at night. They still had tons of some fun with the catnip I threw in the shelters.
@jared I could not find the video I wanted to share showing off my creation. I took it apart and insulated it with extra home insulation I had lying around. I even threw a temperature sensor in there, an outdoor cat (low heat) heating pad, hand warmers, and a hot water bottle LOL.
@jared And with all these details about cats, I cannot leave out sweet Kyoshi! I’m traveling for work a lot now. I’m currently away, and I miss them!
@kayla sleepy feral kitties!! I am hopeful spring/summer brings some more napping kitties. The best sunlight during the winter was next to the north fence, which none of my cameras can see. I am hoping that the camp chairs will be enticing enough that they will nap on them not JUST because I all the food was gone before I woke up. X22 was extremely patient with me that day.
@jared By the way, all of these names are incredible! So creative and meaningful!
@kayla here are two of the raccoons from last summer. No way to know if you Smeagol was one of them, though I
I have my suspicions. Two raccoons had children, a set of triplets and then the twins a short time later, which I discovered when I saw one of the moms with 3 children next to her, followed slowly by these 2. I suspect we're woken up unintentionally, and snuck to while their mom was still sleeping.
I have my suspicions. Two raccoons had children, a set of triplets and then the twins a short time later, which I discovered when I saw one of the moms with 3 children next to her, followed slowly by these 2. I suspect we're woken up unintentionally, and snuck to while their mom was still sleeping.
