The last time I mentioned anything about the stray mom cat and her two kittens that have been coming to my house was June 18 (see here). After that, we didn’t see them much. Over the next week or so we saw the mom twice, three times at most. Each time she as without her kittens. That caused us to worry about what might have happened to them.
I believe the last time I saw the mother cat was June 25 when I took the picture above and the video below. She seemed a bit despondent and was not as friendly toward me as in the past. She seemed nervous by my presence which was a far cry from a week earlier when she was rubbing up against me.
Rose and I thought someone might have captured her kittens but not her. That would explain her behavior. We didn’t know who would have caught them. The guy at the TNVR place had scheduled to come out and set traps that weekend but cancelled until the next weekend. He never showed up the following weekend and we never heard from him again.
I set up an email alert for Petfinder just in case the Siamese kittens ended up at a shelter for adoption. At least I would know what happened to them.
Not too long after my encounter with mom cat, Rose spotted one of the kittens outside the cats’ room. It was the shy one with the lighter face.
He was walking from the neighbors house to the back of our house and he was alone. The mom and other kitten were nowhere in sight. I quickly opened a can of food and put it outside but he never showed up to eat it.
Since then I continued to put dry food and water out for the cats. Sometimes I would wake up or get home from work and the food would still be there. Other times it would be gone. It seemed to be eaten more at night than during the day which made Rose think it was being eaten by a racoon. I thought it was possible but unlikely since I have not seen a racoon in the two years since we lived here.
Then one morning I went outside to take the trash out. Once I got outside I saw who had been eating he cat food. It was a possum, or technically an opossum. Now I have to wonder if the possum is the only animal eating the food I put out or is one or more cats eating it too?
I started putting less out but I don’t want to stop completely until I know none of the cats are coming around anymore. And if they are not, what the heck happened to them?
Bad Cat Chris 
oh that is an important question… what happened… I try to think positive and I hope hope hope that nothing bad happened…
I hope they are okay too I will let you know if I see them again.
Hopefully someone adopted them in the neighborhood………..at least I hope that’s what happened!
Pam
My mother-in-law has taken in strays so it’s possible.
I hope the mystery kitties are just finding foods someplace else and maybe hiding out or hanging out at another good person’s home. Meanwhile, opossums are icky.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
I hope you are right and yes, they do seem a bit creepy.
Hopefully they are being fed – safely-elsewhere. It’s sort of reassuring that you’ve seen Mama and one kit. You are probably better off with a possum than a raccoon (speaking from experience here) Hope they turn out to be ok.
Thanks Mary. I hope I see them again soon.
hopefully someone else in the neighborhood is feeding them – can you ask around? this is so hard when we come to love and care for community cats
Next time I see my next door neighbor I’ll ask her. I noticed them hanging out in her driveway a couple of times.
Have you asked your neighbors if they have seen them? Sure hope they are all okay. Keep us posted. Maybe they have found a home in the neighborhood. We cannot leave any type of food out because of the raccoons, groundhogs and skunks. We used to have possums also, but we haven’t seen any in a few years. Too much competition with all the other wildlife, we suspect. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo and Cooper Murphy
We have talked to our neighbor and the right but she doesn’t know anything. I want to talk to the neighbor on the left because the kitten sometimes can be seen in her driveway. At least they used to be seen there.
such is the life of a stray. I’m so sorry they aren’t choosing to take you up on the refuge that you offered
I just hope they are doing well wherever they are.
I really do hope you solve this mystery, because I am wondering what is going on with this family too.
I thought I can do a time-lapse movie but my camera doesn’t seem to want to record any more than an hour. If I can get it to work longer I might be able to figure out who’s coming and going.
awww……we hope ewe N yur wee onez R aye oh kay mom….ewe due seem skittish; we hope ta cod noe one did sum thin two ewe ta make ya sew….we will give a shout out ta r pal st francis N ask him ta keep a watch over ewe N wher ever ya R; just ta pleez make sure ewe all R safe ♥♥♥
Thank you. Maybe that will help.
Wow that IS a dilemma!! Praying they are ok!!
Thank you Caren.
So sad the feral life. We send purrs and prayers that they are all alright
Thank you.
This is a mystery. And we think it’s pretty crappy of the TNR guy not to follow through.
He should have let us know but its hard to get angry at someone who donates his time to help strays.
I hope they are all OK.
Thanks. I have a feeling somebody else is helping them.