Thread: Maine Coons in Shelters: My Thoughts

There's a gigantic all-white MC that sometimes shows up in our back yard. It runs like the wind when it sees people, but looks otherwise well fed so I'm not sure what his deal is. Strays and ferals are so numerous here that the neighborhood watch program did a trapping campaign a few years ago to try to reduce their numbers. Of course it did not work and there are just as many cats now, if not more. My orange tabby is an indoor/outdoor cat and got his butt kicked by one of the ferals last spring. The other cats are strictly indoors, and the only reason I allow Sampson out is because he needs to have his "space" and do "male cat things", otherwise he does them in the house. He's fixed but that's never a guarantee...I tried letting Mandy out a few times, and she really cries to go when its snowing for some reason. But she does not stay near the house and climbs the fence, the trees, and who knows what else, so I don't trust her. The stray dog problem in my town is just as bad, and the dog warden makes regular visits here because they always seems to find their way into my yard.
Point is, spay and neuter your pets people!!!