I have mentioned here numerous times that the nice ladies on each side of us feed feral cats. I don't really like cats much but don't mind that they keep mice away from my cars.

Nearly a week ago a family memeber told me that they had seen a cat in my garage. I looked and looked but could not find one.

Yesterday and today I heard it mewing and looked again but it always kept quiet when I was in there. So finally not wanting it to die in there I kept thinking about it and finally brought our cockapoo Angel out and took her around the garage, urging her to find the kitty. Finally she spotted it sitting up under the bed on my Studebaker truck and growled...the cat growled in return....hmmm I did not want to try to catch it with my hands, so I brought down my live trap.

I baited it with dog food and a dish of water and went back an hour later to find a rather pretty black and white cat looking back at me.

I thought about calling my neighbors to see if it is one they are attached to but I felt if it was loose it would get in again....a pain. So I took it to the animal shelter.

A lady came out and got the kitty and took it away.

She came back and told me it had a clipped ear so it was a legally feral cat which had been spayed. I asked if that was even legal...she said yes. Then she said she was supposed to release it back to its herder but decided to keep it. I said "thanks" and went home.

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