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I have three forever kitties and five foster kittens right now. I work with a group that does TNR (trap-neuter-return) in my city. We have a lot of ferals in my neighborhood, so I also have half a dozen ferals that live in my yard and a colony nearby that we're trapping in right now. I'll probably end up with a few more kittens soon (maybe even tonight) since we've spotted two in the colony. I'm pretty sure there are more. They're young enough to be socialized fairly easily.
Two of my forever kitties were older ferals I trapped but they were still able to be socialized. They were a bit skittish and I'd notched their ears so I was concerned I wouldn't be able to get them homes (and I did kinda get attached). Now that I have three I pretty much have to stop keeping them if I still want to foster and I can't see stopping fostering. It's hard to give them away but it's also fun getting kittens every year. I wish it wasn't due to our society's general lack of responsibility with critters, but boy are they cute. My little boy kitty loves kittens so he helps me with the babies. He's so friendly that he really helped the shy little girl learn to be more social, too. (My older cat I had before all this just tries to ignore it.)
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