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I try not to. We have several barn cats and it took me years to catch all the females and have them spade.

Prior to that, it was not uncommon for them to eat their young or abandon them after about 3 weeks only for us to find them half dead in our haystack and then brought into the house to nurse back to life. Their now living rent free and enjoying the high life in my house. But they were all sweet babies

We just had a new female wander on to the property about 3 months ago. She was sweet and easy to catch but we could tell she had kittens somewhere because her teats were swollen, so we let her be. About 2 months went by and I opened the barn door and she was standing there and one her kittens ran right for me. So I scooped him up and put him on the cat food in the barn, and hour later she brought another kitten to me. So we brought them into the house and they have been there every since.

5 posted on 03/21/2022 2:01:50 PM PDT by shotgun

8 posted on 03/21/2022 2:03:28 PM PDT by GOPJ (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. Ayn Rand)

13 posted on 03/21/2022 2:10:03 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)

I have a rule, as soon as I have a stray move in, it’s spay/neuter time. I’ve got three now that I feed, the girls are spayed, the Tom is too wild to catch they all see each other but I don’t worry. The girls don’t like the old Tom anyway. I’ve done this for years. They’re handy on the farm for rodent control but they tend to multiply too fast left alone. Nice to have them healthy too. The trip to my Vet helps.

21 posted on 03/21/2022 2:15:45 PM PDT by Equine1952

So you have the mama cat and her two kittens?

Cats choose you, not the other way round...

48 posted on 03/21/2022 3:12:32 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((the more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.) )

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