About Cats Picture of the Week

Starburst

Starburst, Photo Credit: © Ron

When my wife, Kathy, and I first moved into our mountain home, it was apparent there was a large feral cat population. I began to TNR. By the second year, there were few fertile ones left, but we knew there was still one black queen which was pregnant. I was working out of town when Kathy called to say there were six wild kittens in our yard with no sign of the mother. I told Kathy to put out food and water.

By the time I got home a week later, there were only three left and one of those disappeared before I could move them into the garage. The two remaining ones, a tuxedo cat and a tortie, were very wild. It took a long time to tame them down, but Starbust, the tortie, is now a confirmed lap cat and Tuck is the sweetest cat on earth.
© Ron

Cats Pictures of the Week are selected from general photo submittals. Starburst's photo was submitted for - and also appears in the November Tortoiseshell Gallery. Ron and his cats, all rescues, are a perenniel favorite on the About Cats forum, and I love this photo of Starburst. I'm also a sucker for "feral to lapcat" stories.

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