you know the saying: " you cant herd cats"!! So true, but that's probably why we like them.
Don't despair over missing cats.
In October we took in 2 tabby feral cats, bro and sister, neutered, 9 months old. They were to be our stable cats. As soon as we opened the tack room the boy vamoosed.
Sadly we lost his sister to a car in January. So we got 2 more feral cats ( how ashamed was I to tell the cat rescue that Id lost both their cats?). this time timid 5 yr old Mum and her 4yr old daughter, also neutered.
Well, the "feral" girls are still with us, albeit about as un-feral as you can imagine and couldn't catch a cold between them.
BUT: I was telling this story to my neighbour who told me that a big tabby boy had "turned up" at another neighbour's house last November, walked in and claimed the place as his new home! Yes, its my flaming feral Tom, we called Macavity.
Thankfully, Macavity graces us with his presence 3/4 times a week, in the late evening for a spot of hunting. Then he bogs off back to the lap of luxury in the £1m house down the road!! Cheek of it!