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  1. All my books (both as T.M. Baumgartner and Tess Baytree) are available in Overdrive and some are in Hoopla (which depends entirely on Hoopla processing times).

    Go get yourself a library card during #LibraryCardSignUpMonth!

  2. New recruit for the kitten army!

    She's about the same age as the other seven, but she has some upper respiratory gunk, so she's staying in my office until all that gets cleared up.

    (She's also *very* pale — the fleas were feasting well.)

  3. My kitten army will soon take over the world! But first, a nap.

  4. Gnocchi has been ADOPTED!!!!!

    (She's been in my office since January, we finally found adopters in March at which point she developed ringworm.)

    She deserves a great home and I think she has found one!

    #FosterCat #CatsOfMastodon

  5. Didn't see the cat I'm trying to trap this evening. (She seems to be a late morning girl.) But I added this doofus to my collection of cats seen in the alley. Also threw out an entire bag of garbage from the garage.

    Hanging out in the alley with the drop trap gives me a chance to talk to neighbors about TNR. And it's a pleasant place to sit in the evenings.

    Next time I will bring my gardening gloves and pull some weeds.

    #Trapalong2026 #TNR

  6. Well, I saw the cat I'm trying to trap, but she showed up at the same time as another cat and took off when she saw him.

    The good news is that I started the second scene in the current novel and tomorrow is another day.

    #Trapalong2026 #TNR

  7. It is time for "Trapalong 2026 Part Two: This Time It's Personal"

    #CatsOfMastodon #TNR

  8. The tabby girl has decided she no longer wants the bottle, which is not something you get to decide when you're four days old. So she's getting fed by tube.

    But I failed to secure the tube to the syringe well enough... Sigh. Time to clean the entire area. (Attempt #2 was more successful.)

    #FosterKittens #CatsOfMastodon #WhatIsSleep

  9. Finally trapped the cat I was looking for and... she was lactating and I don't know where the kittens are, so I released her.

    I'm hoping somebody will find the kittens and we can trap them all together, but... ugh.

    #Trapalong2026

  10. Update: still haven't found the heavily pregnant cat (who has probably already had her kittens), but the other cat trapped last Thursday was spayed today...

    ... and she was trying to be a teen mom —early pregnancy that would have resulted in FIVE more feral cats in a couple months.

    So that disaster has been averted. Now we just need to find the other one.

    #Trapalong2026

  11. Bathroom feral (trapped last Thursday night and then had surgery date bumped to today) has been transferred into the long trap for transport. Minimal drama, nobody lost an eye.

    30 minutes left to trap the other tabby. Probably not going to happen, but I have to try. The birds are enjoying the gloomy morning!

    #Trapalong2026

  12. Cripes! There are now four cats here that I'm not trying to trap. WHERE IS THE TABBY???

    #Trapalong2026

  13. Oh look, it's another two cats I'm not trying to trap.

    #Trapalong2026

  14. This morning it was raining, so I stayed indoors. I have until 8am tomorrow to trap this cat. (Assuming she's still pregnant...) It's still sprinkling, but I've already seen two of the regulars, so that's a good sign. It would be even better if I had seen this cat since Friday morning.

    Fingers crossed!

    #Trapalong2026

  15. Feral mom: 6
    Theresa: 0

    Once again, didn't even see her this evening. The only winners this week are the mosquitos.

    #Trapalong2026

  16. Back in the alley trying to trap the pregnant cat. I have not seen her since Friday morning, which makes me wonder if she's gone elsewhere to have her babies. If I *do* trap her, I'll have to check to see if she's lactating and release her if she is.

    But it's a lovely evening and I've waved to a few neighbors.

    #Trapalong2026

  17. Nimbus is trialing a playpen instead of the dog crate so he can have two litter boxes instead of just one. We'll see if that solves the problem.

    I may be wrong about him being too uncoordinated to jump over the playpen walls — we'll see!

    #CatsOfMastodon #FosterCat

  18. Amazing foster Lulu has gone back to the shelter! Despite trying to die on me early on, she's been doing really well for over a month now and it's time to let her find her family.

    #CatsOfMastodon #FosterCat

  19. This little weirdo (medical foster Nimbus) hisses at me when he's in his crate, then purrs when I get him out. He even rolled onto his back last night so I could brush his belly. What an odd dude.

    (Yes, his eyes are messed up. Hopefully they will improve with his FIP treatment.)

    #CatsOfMastodon #FosterCat

  20. I wonder what I did with the closet hardware I never re-installed after I refinished the floors...

    #CatsOfMastodon #FosterCat

  21. Nimbus has arrived! This young man probably has FIP and he's a little hissy, so he's getting the medical+behavioral super combo. Hisses get kisses, my friend!

    #CatsOfMastodon #FosterCat

  22. Gnocchi, my lovely foster cat, is still here. We found the perfect home for her... and then it turned out she had ringworm. (Cue gnashing of teeth and wailing by me.)

    Her potential adopters are still interested, though it may be another month or two before she's ready, so at least we have that.

    In the meantime, turn up the volume and enjoy some snoring.

    #FosterCat #CatsOfMastodon #HouseOfBleachAndSobbing

  23. Bathroom has been disinfected in preparation for housing these little maggot muffins. (No more maggots, just some diarrhea, which is how they ended up with maggots in the first place.) Picking them up tomorrow!

    #FosterCat #CatsOfMastodon