Strangely enough, this is a bit of a dilemma for me. I love all animals, yet I don’t want the neighborhood homeless cats to become too dependent on my care. Why? Because I often go out of town, and I hate to think of a poor cat in the winter (which is when I leave) waiting for her dish of kibble, which is not likely to appear. Oh, I suppose I could ask a neighbor to take over, but what if they forgot?

Amazingly enough, the feral cats around my house seem to take care of themselves alright. Perhaps they subsist on the lizards and snakes. I would imagine they must be pretty good hunters. And I think there must be a tender-hearted neighbor who feeds them on a regular basis. I do occasionally give them a bit of chicken or tuna, but not everyday.

Everyone has a different idea about this sort of thing, but this is how I handle it.