Operation Stray Cat Continues

Today we finally trapped Ribbons and took her to the doctor. This is a picture of her in the trap. Jimmy lured her in with very strong smelling food called Figaro. Once she was in there, we covered her with a big towel, this keeps her calm because its dark and cozy in the cage. We took her to the clinic and guess what? They were closed!! Now what?

We had to take her to the SPCA and see what they could do. While there we met a number of other stray cats there to see the doctor. Here is a picture of a little black cat in a trap.

Do you remember me telling you awhile back that someone had taken the ribbon off from around her neck? Well, when they did that they also took her to the doctor for her shots! So Ribbons didn't need to stay very long at the SPCA, she got to go home with us and then we freed her into the back yard.

Her friend OJ was hanging around when we got back and he is a real troublemaker! He comes over and plays with Ribbons on the porch a lot so it was important to take him to the doctor too, to make sure he was healthy and safe. He went into the cage and ate the food, but didn't trigger the trap! Rats, foiled again by mr. oj the orange cat.
While we were eating our lunch we suddenly heard a SLAM! Someone had triggered the trap, but who? So we went outside to see what had happened and guess who was in the trap? Not Ribbons, not OJ (the rascal) but it was Mother Cat. She is the one who had babies about three months ago. We had a bunch of little gatolinos running around the neighborhood.

Let me see if I have any pictures of those wee little cats. I couldn't find any but here is a picture of the Mama Cat in her cage. She looks a lot like Ribbons, huh? Maybe she is Ribbons mom?