This post is to teach you about feral cats.
A pack of feral cats is called a clowder or a glaring with the male called a tomcat and a female called a queen.
Feral cats are misunderstood because they are not abandoned or homeless. Abandoned cats will still remember and may even need human contact. Feral cats are literally born in the wild totally disassociated from humans.
It is estimated that there are well over a million feral cats living in the US.
The meaning of the term feral cat varies and they are some times called free-roaming cats, street cats, alley cats, and community cats.
Without human assistance, feral kittens are expected to have a high death rate, with approximately 50% dying within the first year.
Feral cats who survive kitten-hood have an average life span without human care of less than two years.
This is not the case with the clowder that lives in Kitty Village. They are well fed and taken care of with medical assistance as needed.
If you let two cats breed at will and then allow their offspring to breed at will, you could have 49 thousand cats over a ten year period. What?
Yes the average mature cat can have 3 litters with a total of 12 kittens per year. With 6 surviving kittens of which 50% are female. This is why it is important to get involved in the TNVR programs in your communities. Trap Neuter Vaccinate Return.
Contrary to popular belief, feral cats are quite sociable, forming close friendships with others and collectively rearing their young quite different from that of humans or dogs.
Cats engage in a bonding behavior called “all rubbing”, which can be likened to a handshake or a hug among humans. In cat colonies, members of a group will rub their bodies up against one another to reinforce their group identity by transferring scents. Most of the time you will see two cats approach each other and rub their heads together.
Well that’s today’s lesson.
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