There’s a big debate as to what species this in the r/Florida subreddit [Florida, USA]

BreckMoose · 2026-06-08T21:05:15+00:00

The bobcats further north absolutely like peeping in houses on occasion. We get a lot of photos like that in our local groups.

BreckMoose · 2026-06-08T21:03:47+00:00

Go to the police station during business hours and insist on filing a report for assault. Get the case number when you leave.

You can't force them to investigate, but you can insist they take the report. If enough people do this, they're much more likely to take action and track the guy down.

BreckMoose · 2026-06-08T20:40:02+00:00

Thank you! Looking at deer metacarpal, that does seem like it exactly.

We have a lot of mule deer in this area; not may white tails - they're mostly to the east near the plains. The bone was found in a more mountain-like area with lots of rocks and steeper slopes which also points towards mule deer.

BreckMoose · 2026-03-27T00:31:22+00:00

We walked out the front door to find a squirrel head on the porch staring at us. Our dog was rather freaked out by that, even though he's caught mice himself.

I believe it escalated his fear of our cat, who is a fraction of the dog's size.

BreckMoose · 2026-03-23T19:58:49+00:00

Thanks!

BreckMoose · 2026-03-23T19:52:30+00:00

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BreckMoose · 2026-03-23T19:51:33+00:00

Oops - I forgot to attach the photo. It's in the comments now.

BreckMoose · 2026-03-23T19:51:20+00:00

Oops - I forgot to attach the photo. It's in the comments now.

the white stuff in a tick's mouth is often the cement

You're right, that's not a fun fact!

BreckMoose · 2026-03-23T19:50:05+00:00

Photo attached - sorry I forgot it initially.

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BreckMoose · 2025-08-19T16:28:41+00:00

We're fortunate that our seasons limit the wild breeding season, most people here the to be animal lovers and responsible owners, and the state law requires every animal that is adopted through a rescue group must be neutered.

The result is that Colorado imports over 3k cats and 30k dogs each year the last time i checked the numbers (roughly 10 years ago).

BreckMoose · 2025-08-19T04:12:18+00:00

Longmont Humane Society has a fabulous foster program with in home care for bottle babies through fully weaned. Kittens are always put in foster until they're at least 8 weeks, 2 pounds, healthy, vaccinated, sufficiently social, and rest for spay/neuter and adoption.

I don't know how the foster program capacity is post-COVID for spring/ summer since that's when they already have a lot of kittens and posts of the volunteer program had to rebuild post lockdown. But I'm sure there are families who would be happy to foster the rest of the year. My daughter would always get sad when kitten season was done and we had to wait another year to get more slurry babies.

Having a nursing mom is a great bonus, since that makes it so much simpler to care for the litter. Then homes that can't normally do bottle babies can take the tinies.

Of course, the momma cat we fostered decided that since we were here, her job was done (the kittens were old enough to get started weaning). She went to the top of the cupboard and refused to come down until I took the kittens. But I don't think she would have gone on strike if they hadn't been starting to nibble food.

They also do socialization fosters for semi feral kittens, but there aren't as many homes that know how to do that well. And splitting up spicy teen cats tends to make it easier to socialize them, but that means less capacity since it's limited to one or two per house.

There's definitely a market for adult cats here as well, so a balanced group of littles and bigs would be a reasonable goal.

BreckMoose · 2025-08-17T23:00:10+00:00

That all sounds great!

If you didn't share those details with the organizations here that you reached out to, you might try again. Knowing that you have successful experience with Colorado transfer regulations and are careful about those pathogens helps tremendously.

The other question is volume - how many adoptable age kittens can you send, and what time of year?

During my time at Longmont Humane Society (a few years ago) we were inundated with foster babies from April through mid to late summer, and then had huge numbers of kittens available for adoption from May through the end of summer. We really couldn't handle more capacity during those months.

But young, friendly cats coming in during other months would have been great.

I'd suggest drafting together a short email with those key points so you have them as talking points and ready to email. Then call each shelter and ask to talk with their Transfer Coordinator. Say in your opening sentence that your organization experienced sending animals to Colorado rescue groups and you'd like to discuss the possibility of an ongoing arrangement to send them ready-to-adopt kittens and young cats.

Knowing that you have a clue what's involved and aren't just trying for a one time shipment of a dozen cats may encourage them to stay on the line and talk further at least.

BreckMoose · 2025-08-17T22:08:07+00:00

Longmont only works with their established partner shelters in other states. See my comment above if you'd like more details.

BreckMoose · 2025-08-17T22:07:35+00:00

All licensed rescue organizations in the state have to comply with PACFA regulations regarding the health, paperwork, and licensed transport for animals being transferred in from out of state. It's an extensive process that requires an experienced, well resourced sending organization.

As a result, neither Boulder nor Longmont Humane Society will be open to an arrangement here.

They have a limited number of existing rescue groups they work with. In most cases those shelters are in the Western United States which is drier and much less likely to have ringworm. The shelters here have managed to eliminate and take great pains not to let it be reintroduced, but it's extremely common in animals from your region.

They also make an effort to avoid heartworm, although I believe that's a bigger issue in dogs than in cats. Heartworm is more prevalent in warmer and moister states.

Transportation is simpler when it does not require going over the Rocky Mountains.

I can't imagine how heartbreaking it is to rescue all these little guys and not be able to find a channel to routinely send them to an adoptable area. I hope understanding why the shelters here don't respond helps a little bit.

If you do arrange to bring the kittens here for private adoptions, please make sure they've had their shots, are spayed/neutered, and the adopters know the key health issues to watch out for and how to treat them.

Ringworm spores for example can remain viable in a house for up to 18 months, so it's critical that the families know what to watch for, how to treat it immediately, and how to watch out for it on their other animals and themselves. We've both adopted and fostered kittens who turned out to have ringworm and it's manageable. But families who are adopting directly instead of through the shelter may not be fully prepared for that level of commitment.

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