As everyone knows, Oscar is a an incredibly fussy eater. For a feral stray who, after 4 years of us faithfully feeding him, still won’t allow us to touch him, he is very demanding and fussy. Oscar does not eat dry cat food. Let me repeat that. Oscar does not eat dry cat food. Ever. Oscar has always enjoyed dining on whatever we happen to be eating for dinner. He is particularly fond of fresh, wild caught Sockeye salmon at $18/pound. We don’t have this on a weekly basis but wh

Oscar, our feral stray, is generally very good at making his preferences known. We learned he didn’t like dry cat food when he would slap the bowl with his paw and send it flying anytime we put dry cat food out for him. Through a series of similar incidents we learned that Oscar will only eat salmon, tuna, chicken, steak (as in our leftovers from dinner) or canned cat food, pates only please. We’ve been feeding him according to his champagne tastes for 3.5 years now. Lately h

As everyone now knows, our stray and feral cat Oscar returned to the fold last week. Oscar was most unhappy about Ewen’s appearance in our lives. He expressed his displeasure by not showing up for several weeks. I asked Jason anywhere from one to twenty times per day if he thought Oscar was ok. It would not be an understatement to say that he was tired of being asked the same question about Oscar over and over and over. There is a little bit of history to that question. Perio

Life has been interesting since Ewen arrived a few weeks ago. The horses will never forget Ewen running around the farm wearing the cone of shame. Ewen definitely has some quirks and issues that we are trying to work through, namely keeping him off the road (he can jump the fence easily, will take the shock from an electric fence, and he can jump over a stall door) but he is a really sweet dog and we’re doing our best to give him a good home. Keeping Ewen contained is not for

As I mentioned in my last post I was quite shocked when we actually managed to trap our stray cat Oscar. I never thought he would go in the trap for food but he did. Oscar proceeded to go berserk for awhile in the trap, frantic to find a way out. We covered the trap with towels and that calmed him down a lot. The next morning I asked Jason to call the small animal clinic we work with to make an appointment for Oscar while I was holding a couple of horses for the horse vet. Wh

We have been feeding our stray cat Oscar for almost two years now. Oscar has some serious demands for a stray cat. No dry food, canned food and table scraps only please. Oh, and be sure you don’t get within fifty feet of him while he is eating, or any other time for that matter. We have complied with Oscar’s rules all this time. Recently we noticed he was holding up one of his front legs on occasion but walking normally most of the time. Last night he was walking on three leg