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!
@kayla glad to see you back!! How are the kitties?
@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 always happy to see Compton up(napping) about! Hope he wakes up nice and refreshed.

My kitty count has expanded a lot in the last few months. When I was low on cash over the summer after my disability was delayed until October, I briefly ran out of peanuts for the magpies. I discovered they would happily eat Penguins cat food. The ferals that live in my area noticed fairly quickly and now I take care of 4 extra cats + 2 sometimes.

@kayla The first of my ferals was Dorian Gray who, from what I have been told, has been living in the area for a while. He was the first to notice that I was putting out cat food, as he occasionally stopped by to drink. By the end of August, he was waiting for me most mornings when I put out food. He really really likes Silvervine Fruit, especially in powder form sprinkled on the ice.
@kayla around the same time, but was a little slower at picking up on my feeding schedule at the time, was Inspector Clouseau. The Inspector's got his name because it took him about a month to figure out that I only put out food during the day at the time. He is still the most skittish of the lot as, until recently, he only ever ate here if he hadn't seen me for at least 30 minutes. Can't get as close to him as the rest of them, but he no longer completely leaves when I bring food out.
@jared This is one of the greatest pictures of all time.
@kayla I wish I had more of him. Most of what I have of Inspector Clouseau is either from the surveillance cameras, slightly grainy quick shots, or from across the yard. First pic is I believe from the first time I for sure saw him. The second is from early January. The best sunlight during the winter is apparently up against the north fence. The little snow we got always melted there first, and they could climb the fence if they needed to get away.
@jared Way too cute 😍

@kayla here are a couple more good ones. The first one was during the period where I was still including some dry cat food with the magpies peanuts, which Inspector Clouseau quickly discovered.

The second is Dorian and The Inspector, the only two I am sure are on friendly terms.