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We have a crazy cat, Lily.

She bites, she hisses, she'll go after you.

I'm a psychic to both people and pet, but I can't seem to get through to Lily.

But what pushed us over the edge was she attacked Daisy for no reason.

We were talking about having to rehome her. We'd never rehome her. Maybe we can

send her up to your mom's. And then just leave her?

I live with my parents, and we have a neighborhood that is inundated with

ferals. And I now have 20 -plus cats that roam my property, with new ones

showing up every day. All of this has now affected my personal kitty, Chloe.

Look at her climb.

If nothing changes with the feral colony, we're in dire straits.

Mama Cat is the mother of all the cats that we have here.

The problem is, until I'm able to trap Mama Cat, my colony will continue to

grow. I don't want to have...

20 cats living here.

I'm Jackson Galaxy.

I'm a musician by night and a cat behaviorist by day.

I've met cats with all kinds of problems.

But I've never met one I couldn't help.

In my career, I've worked with thousands of cats one -on -one, analyzing their

behaviors and retraining them and their guardians. When relationships are at an

end, you can't always focus on the cat's needs, right? We all have needs in this

family. And cat guardians have reached their emotional limit. This is the last

straw. It kills me. I'm their last hope.

I just love him so much, and I know he's got a good side.

Cats have nine lives, but humans only have one.

Oh my gosh!

Lily?

What are you doing?

I'm on my way to go see Bruce and Miriam and their cat Lily.

Now, Bruce and Miriam have huge hearts. They've adopted special needs animals of

all shapes and sizes. And then there's Lily, who bullies every single one of

them. And she doesn't stop there. She's violent towards the humans, too.

Bruce thinks that if Lily's not happy in the home, she should find another one.

Miriam just wants everyone to get along.

And so do I. So I'm going to get over there now.

I'm Miriam.

I'm Bruce. My love and passion is for special needs animals.

We have Louie, the three -legged cat. We have Daisy, our blind and deaf dog. We

have Olivia. She's Daisy's senile dog.

And we have a crazy cat, Lily.

She's crazy. She fights. She hisses. She'll just go after you. Let's just see

what happens.

I'm a psychic to both people and pets.

Should they mention that she has a heart murmur?

That's really interesting you mention that.

But I can't seem to get through to my own pet.

Lily. And so that is really devastating for me. Okay, she's flipping out. Lily

has a tendency to pee everywhere.

She's ruined three rugs now. And the carpet. Cost a lot. And the carpet.

been a headache between us. He'll call me at work, you know, and just be like,

she peed again, she peed again. And I'm like, I cannot fix this. I don't know.

Just in the last year, she started to harass Louie.

So Louie's special needs, he has three and a half legs, basically. We can't

Louie obviously being bullied. He can't defend himself.

Daisy, she's blind to death. And then Lily attacked Daisy for no reason.

Ow!

Jeez, guys.

We were talking about having to rehome her because you weren't sure that she

happy. Maybe we can send her up to your mom's. And then just leave her?

But it would be all the better. Because she's so afraid of everyone. She seems

miserable. She hates everybody.

No, we could never do that. We don't do that. That's not what we do.

Hi, nice to meet you.

I love the fact that I walk into a home and there's animals everywhere.

People after my own heart.

And Lily is who you're coming to see today.

Ow, what a bitch.

Let's talk about Lily then. Lily is the youngest.

She's what, seven now? And we've had her since she was six weeks old. Oh wow.

She came from Skid Row and she was living with a homeless woman at the

Because of Lily's early social experiences, namely being raised on the

with someone who's homeless, she missed out on normal cat experiences with other

people and with other cats.

And that must have contributed to some of the problems they're having with her.

She started to bully Louie, our three -legged cat. And he can't fight because

just falls over. You can see her consciously forbidding him from going

stairs or she'll creep up behind him.

When one cat blocks another cat from getting to food, getting down from

somewhere, it's a territorially aggressive move. And it's often the cat

perceived as the weakest in the house that's going to get bullied.

Those are the only attacks on animals in this house?

With Daisy, Lily attacked Daisy for no reason.

Why did she attack him then?

Yeah. We don't know.

Wow. For me, being psychic, I could tell the energy. Something was drastically

off.

Back up.

You're a psychic?

Yeah, I read animals and people, but Lily, I can't read her. I cannot

communicate with her at all. I just get a complete disconnect.

Everybody else you're fine with?

Oh, yeah.

Okay, this is definitely a first. I've never had a pet psychic for a client,

I have no idea if she can really channel information from animals into the human

world, but I'd like to think that she must have some kind of insight into her

own cat's bad behavior.

Who does Lily have a closer relationship with? That'd be me.

I'd talk baby talk to her. A little kitty cat. That, and she'll totally turn

to that. Now, it may sound silly, but cats are no different from humans.

really responsive to soft tones. It has a calming effect on them.

Options for Lily. What about rehoming her? Well, we had talked about it

her parents have a place out in the wilderness. I can't.

I could never let Lily go. Of course we love her, and we just want her here and

not... hurting us is there resentment that's starting to build here i i think

it's more just um frustration where we fight is because there's always kind of

one thing after the next and i don't know what to do anymore look this litter

box is in a strange position what's up with this uh she uses this one we just

brought this one out recently because she started peeing on this rug yeah she

peed here so bad i had to cut it out that's this section here and she was

here and then the amount of times that has happened right here twice twice one

three boy you took it seriously man yeah have i ever seen a client cut up

a chunk of carpet because the cat peed on it twice yep we can't have this cat

peeing and damaging stuff we're dealing with an animal problem for sure but

we're dealing with the human sensitivity on top of that All right, what I want

to do is I want to go spend some time with Lily. Okay. And I want to meet her

alone. I want to see if I can get a read on her.

Hi, Lily.

Hi.

Hi, sweet potato. Come here, my baby. All I'm seeing from this cat's eyes are

fear and suspicion.

What is this?

I don't know, you peck a punch.

For a little thing.

Okay, well, there it is.

I didn't see it coming. I mean, she went from scared to aggressive in a

heartbeat. Look, you can run. You want to run?

Well, I mean, this is my least favorite part of my job, which is pushing a

challenge line on a scared cat.

But what I can find out is where that line is and how I can help expand it.

Can I pet you?

Oh, my God. I guess not.

Wow.

I want your forgiveness.

Hi, baby.

That was my last shot with you, wasn't it?

Usually by this time, I got a read of what's going on.

I don't pretend to be a psychic, and right now I'm pulling up blanks just

Miriam is.

Hey, guys, will you come in? Yeah. I want to see the way you usually

with her, the way you talk to her. I'm going to back up a little bit here.

I wanted to put Bruce to work because he's the only one who seems to have a

in to this cat.

What's my little dinky?

Huh? I know my little baby's scared.

That's okay.

That's a little pooper. What's my little kitty doing?

Oh, what's my baby doing? That's a little kitty.

Oh, my little kitty cat. That's a little baby.

That's a little baby.

Nice, Bruce.

He's really good with her.

That's my little baby.

That's my little girl.

Miriam, is that not something that you feel you could get from her in this

moment? No, I don't think I'd get that from her at all. Wow. It's clear that

Bruce is the only one that can communicate with Lily.

Now, based on the fact that she's peeing around the house, how she reacted to

me, I'm seeing a cat who has territorial anxiety and fear aggression. She sees

people and some animals as a threat. So the first thing, where you and I are a

little blocked with Lily, obviously you have a clear path to her. You have a

present. The present is the baby talking. You're going to be his

I need him to teach her how to baby talk. What is the secret that he owns

Lily that he can bring to the rest of the world?

The next thing I'm going to give you is my spirit essences. It's called Stress

Stopper. So when you see her ears back, eyes dilated, or tail swishing around,

you would apply this to her. Okay. A couple of drops of this, rub your hands

together. Pet, very simply. Okay. Last thing I have for you guys, I want you to

start getting her to explore space in a more confident way.

I feel confident that Lily's going to find her mojo when she leaves the wall.

She's a total wallflower, and I want her to be that cat that takes the center of

the room.

Once she's more confident, I think she's going to be less aggressive, and most

importantly, for Bruce's sake, she's going to stop peeing. I'll see you in a

weeks, okay? Take care.

There's no more solutions.

But if she's not happy, then we have to look at something else. There's no way.

We'd never rehome her.

I'm here for my second visit with Bruce and Miriam and their cat, Lily.

And the last time I was here, I was dealing with one scared cat.

Oh my God.

Now, Miriam is a pet psychic, but she can't get through to Lily at all.

Bruce can, but Lily is still bullying everyone else.

So I got a chance to look at these guys' video homework and I saw Bruce playing

with Lily and trying to get her out into the middle of the room. I'm also seeing

Lily sniff around what could be a peace spot. Lily, what are you doing?

I also saw Miriam petting Lily or trying to pet Lily. Can I pet you?

These are bad signs because Bruce has made it clear that he's at the end of

rope. Ow!

And if this cat can't become part of the family, not pee all over the place, not

beat people up, then she could be heading out. So success is crucial right

Hey, man. Good to see you. Come on in, my friend. All right.

How have things been going with Lily?

Well, the good news first or the bad news first?

Oh, God.

Let's go with the good news. What's good news? She didn't stalk Louie since you

were last here. Oh, which is cause and effect.

The more you pull her out to the middle of the room, the less she has to defend

the corners.

Right, right, right. So that's really cool. And we did use the spirit

Oh. We put it on her fur, and so I used that consistently, and she was much more

relaxed. Yep. That might have had a huge impact on her no longer stalking Louie.

Oh, cool.

I've been doing the baby talk with her, and she's really responding to that.

Good. What is that? Is that your toy? Is that your new toy, Louie?

You love your toy.

The more that I baby talked with her, you know, as much as it's awful to say,

the more I realized how much I had shut her out and basically behaved as if she

wasn't there.

Right. Whether Miriam is psychic or not is kind of irrelevant right now. She is

connecting with this cat on a terrestrial level, and that's what's

That's what matters to Lily.

Now, of course, I'm sitting here with the bad news over my head. Play it on

What's bad? She peed probably a couple times in that same spot on a blue rug,

Lily.

Was it tough for you? Has always been a sore spot.

Something's got to change.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. She needs to change her behavior or go somewhere

else. It's not even just about the rugs.

So she peed where?

Here? Right where you're standing. Right about there. Oh, and how?

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Your carpet?

It's smaller.

What? Did you really cut the carpet? I did. These guys ripped up this entire

carpet again, and I have to manage Bruce's anxiety because when this carpet

peed on, Bruce's temperature goes through the roof. My guess is that this

here still holds a lot of fear for her. Yes, there's a window in this corner,

but there's nothing that Lily could be threatened by. I mean, quite literally.

Nothing. There's trees because you're on the third floor. No, because she

doesn't hang out there. That's the other thing. This is a very huge zone.

of insecurity and lack of confidence.

Where she kills a toy, she owns that piece of property. That's what we want.

Once Lily's more confident in the space, I know she's going to stop peeing. What

I'm more concerned about is Miriam interacting with Lily. Although she says

the aggression's better, I saw in the video homework that she's still getting

attacked. And today, I need to see none of that whatsoever.

There she is. Look, and there she goes. That's the exact same spot that she was

in. The last time I was here. And she wanted nothing to do with me whatsoever.

Oh, my God.

But now it's time for Miriam to go in for the pet.

Hi.

Now, if this doesn't work and Lily strikes out, we are so back to square

Hi, Lily.

Miriam, I just want you to continue baby talking.

There you go. That's that look that we're looking for. Her eyes are

and her ears are upright.

Go for that introductory touch.

How do you feel, Lily?

There it is.

I love seeing Miriam finally connect with Lily. But what still worries me is

Lily caving herself against the wall, looking unconfident. She's still frozen

fear and not owning territory.

That's something we need to work on.

With your homework at this point, Miriam, I'd like you to start feeding

different areas where we're challenging her so that she'll hang out with you.

All I want is for Lily to walk across the floor towards Miriam and to expect

good things to happen. And that can be accomplished easily with feeding time.

And then we've got the play zones, okay? What I want is for Miriam and Bruce to

turn that area of fear where Lily pees into a play zone. If she views that area

as her own private hunting ground, it could get her to stop being so fearful.

And it's that fear that could be the reason that she's urinating there.

Instead of cutting the carpet, use a CO2 cleaner for the odor. The rug's

replaceable, but at what point is she going to start peeing in a corner?

Yeah. And, you know, now your hardwood floors reek of cat urine. You can't get

rid of that. 20 grand. You've got to put in new hardwood. And at the end of the

day, we want to do what's right for her. Right. And maybe this isn't. Things are

going well, but the peeing, I don't know who will go first, Bruce or Lily at

this point, because his head explodes every time she does it.

We just want her to be happy. If she's not happy, then we have to look at

something else.

Oh!

And now it's time for a kitty bit.

Hey, Jackson, I have a question.

I have a female cat at home, and I want to get her a friend.

Is it better to get a boy cat or a girl cat, or does it matter?

We answer right after the break.

And now it's time for a kitty bit.

Hey, Jackson, I have a question. I have a female cat at home, and I want to get

her a friend.

Is it better to get a boy cat or a girl cat, or does it matter?

Well, Chris, a lot of people say different things about this, but in my

experience, it doesn't mean anything.

What you are trying to match is energy types. Do you have a really rambunctious

cat? Get another one. Make sure these guys can wear each other out. Do you

a senior cat?

You surely don't want to be bringing a kitten in. That said, congratulations

adopting a cat and saving another life. Thanks, Chris.

I'm on my way for my final visit to see Bruce, Miriam, and their household of

special needs pets. The last time I was here, Lily had stopped bullying Louie,

her three -legged roommate, and Daisy, who's deaf and blind.

But she was still peeing repeatedly on the living room rug, which to Bruce is

very unacceptable.

I got a chance to look at their video homework, and I was able to see that

Miriam has had success with feeding Lily out in the open. Lily always has a lot

of fear, and that translates into aggression. So I thought if she's able

in front of us, we're heading in the right direction.

Going down there.

Good girl.

Good girl. I even saw that Lily and her former enemy are playing right next to

each other. Never got me to play here.

Now, I'm hoping that Lily's been coming out into the open often, and I'm

especially hoping that there hasn't been any more costly accidents, or the idea

of rehoming Lily may still be on the table.

How are things, guys? How is our girl Lily?

Um...

It's been good. It's been really good.

A lot of great progress.

Good. She's really coming out. She's really becoming a part of the family.

She's coming out more. She's hanging out with us in the common areas.

And I definitely have a bond with her now.

Do you feel like now you have communicative abilities when it comes to

Oh, absolutely. I think now I can communicate with her. And I feel like we

big breakthrough. I think it still has a lot of growing to do. But there's

something now. There's a spark now.

Any violence since the last time I was here?

No. Nothing.

Good.

Good to hear. No aggression on the humans or the animals means that Lily's

finally seen the space as her own and has found her mojo.

Big question that I almost don't want to ask because everything sounds so good.

Has she teed on the carpet since the last time I was here?

No. P -free. It is urine -free, yes, which I'm very, very pleased with that.

Finally, you've got what you wanted. Yes, bingo.

There's no more inappropriate urination, which means that Lily's finally seen

the space as her own. She doesn't feel the need to be territorially protective

and has found her mojo.

Now, first day we met, one of the biggest concerns was you were talking

the ranch that was available to her. Maybe there was something about her that

wasn't meant to be in this home. Now, what I need to see today is something

fairly normal for other cats, which is to eat. Otherwise, I would tend to agree

with you guys that we got to start thinking about what's best for her.

Don't get me wrong. I love that there's no violence and no pee, but I have yet

to see Lily walking confidently around the house.

Today, I need to see her take the middle of that room with a lot of confidence

and eat. If I can see that, I know she's on the right track.

Here we go.

Good. Good. Good girl, Lily.

Fantastic.

See what she does. See what she does. Hi, baby girl.

Good girl. Hi, baby. Hi, Lily. You're okay.

Hi, baby.

That's okay.

Look at her go.

Lily's coming into the room, which is great. That never would have happened on

our first day. However, I need to see her settled. I need to see her focused.

She might be hungry.

Exactly. Grab the bowl. Let's feed her. Come on.

Lily.

She's just right there.

Come here, baby.

Lily. She wants it so bad.

You see that? See her licking her drops? Yeah. She wants to eat it so bad.

There it is.

Boom. The thing that I love the most is that it does show that you guys have

become a team with her. Yeah.

She is a part of this family.

She's amazing.

Yeah, she is.

I am so touched by the way that she responds to you now. It's been a lot of

work, but I think we did it. I think we got where we want to be.

All right, guys.

I'm going to take off. Of course, as always.

Can you let me know if you need anything from me? Thanks so much, Jackson. The

end result is awesome that we got to change Lily that much and all the work

Jackson did with her was just amazing across the board. She's a completely

different cat. Thank you. Great to meet you. As a psychic, it's very strange

that I wasn't able to communicate with her. And now I can. And I think we're

going to continue to bond and continue to connect. I think it's finally on the

right path.

Thanks, Jackson. Bye, Lily.

we have a feral cat colony of 20 cats living on our property we have a serious

problem i don't want to have 20 cats living here

I'm on my way right now to go see Kimberly and her parents, Bobby and

what we're dealing with here is an out -of -control feral colony that's taken

over the family's backyard.

It's affecting Kimberly and her parents. I mean, it's a burden.

They're trying to do the right thing. They're losing the battle. I'm going to

over there right now, and hopefully we can win the war.

I'm Kimberly, and my neighborhood is inundated with feral cats.

In 2009, I was in a really bad car accident and couldn't take care of

parents asked me to move back in. I'm Mike. I'm Bobby.

All I know is my daughter being a cat, and all of a sudden there's a bunch more

cats, and this has become a serious problem.

We have a feral cat colony of 20 cats that are currently living on our

I'm afraid it's going to cause a rift in my parents' relationship with me. This

is their property, and these cats right now at night are in the garage, so they

cannot use their garage.

I also have a kitty named Chloe.

There have been quite a few behavioral changes with Chloe since the feral

has stepped up to the numbers that it is. She will start running and screaming

around the house doing donuts. She is a nightmare.

The ferals have come to depend on me, and I care about them. All the ferals

been fixed, except Mama Cat, who is responsible for all the kittens on the

property. She's very intermittent, and until I'm able to trap Mama Cat, my

colony will continue to grow.

There's Mama.

Mama Cat is the mother of all the cats that we have here. I saw some little

kittens in the bush right on my driveway, and I was just screaming, oh

more. There's one kitten.

There's the other little kitten.

I have kitties pooping in neighbors' flower boxes. I have them peeing on my

neighbors' doors, and it smells like cat pee. If nothing changes with the feral

colony, we're in dire straits. We need life.

other than the damn cat.

We have too many cats.

I know I'm doing the right thing and what should be done.

I feed, I care for this cat, I trap, I neuter, release.

I'm not going to stand there and do nothing while there's a problem looking

in the face when there's something I can do.

Jackson! Jackson!

Jackson! Jackson!

Jackson! You're welcoming today.

Hi, guys.

Oh, hey. How you doing?

Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too.

Wow. These are my folks. This is my mom, Bobby. Hey, nice to meet you, Bobby.

Mike. This is my dad, Mike. Good to meet you, man. Why is everyone out here?

What's going on? I have a dozen feral cats living in my backyard, and it just

keeps multiplying, and we keep finding more. We feed them. Really? We get them

spayed and neutered and try to place them, but there's still just so many

in the area. Believe me, what you're saying.

is being echoed all over the country right now. It's a pretty severe problem.

Anybody else? What else is going on? Get rid of them.

Well, I hate to tell you, man. I can work so many things, but miracles might

be one of them. But you know what? I got to go back there and see what I can do

to help.

Kimberly, let's me and you and your folks go on inside and have a chat.

like a good idea. All right, cool. Let's go.

Thanks, guys. Thank you. Now, I knew coming in here that the feral problem is

not just in Kim's backyard. It's in the whole neighborhood.

But I've got to help Kim first, and then once we get her situation under

control, we can go from there.

So what's the history of the colony here? The history is, ever since I was

little, there was always a house two blocks down that had cats everywhere.

As far as I know, the gentleman that lived there never fixed the cats. Years

later, the gentleman moved, and I was on the couch one day and looked out the

back door, and I see ten cats I've never seen before.

Man, a feral cat is a domestic cat that was born in the wild and has had little

or no human contact at all.

In a neighborhood known for feral cats, it's not unusual at all to suddenly have

the population surge and congregate in areas where there's shelter and

food. How many cats do you think that you're dealing with in your backyard

alone? Roughly 20.

20. Now, over the years, I know that you've been active in TNR, but you still

haven't caught Mama Cat. Correct.

TNR stands for Trap, Neuter, and Return.

The idea is to spay and neuter these cats so they can no longer reproduce,

then you bring them back to their colony so that the colony will eventually die

out, naturally.

Typically, animal shelters try not to even take in feral cats due to the fact

that they don't have any socialization with humans, and statistics show that 99

% of ferals never get adopted.

So the best way to stabilize feral cat populations is through TNR.

The cat population here never goes down. It always goes up. Right. It's a burden

financially. If we were to move, what do we do with all the cats?

There's a burden there. Did that happen in discussion with you guys? Yes, it

has. About moving?

Well, the problem for me is the fact that Kimberly has to feed all these

We can't go anywhere.

You've got to get them adopted out because nobody should have 20 cats.

And it could have been a way bigger problem.

But I also think that my parents don't understand.

You can absolutely feel the tension rising in this house. You got Kim on one

side who's trying her best to stop the situation. We have her parents on the

other side who don't think she's fully understanding what she's doing. I really

feel like a bomb is about to go off. I'm the only one in the neighborhood that

stepped up to do anything.

So if I didn't, we might have 200 cats right now.

Kim has fixed all the cats in the colony, except for one called Mama Cat.

if we can trap Mama Cat, that will definitely help contain her feral

I trapped her one time.

Somebody told me, you have to let her go or the kittens are going to starve and

die. I did not know that they can still nurse full term after being fixed. And

now, of course, because she was trapped once.

She ain't coming back. Now she traps Abby. Now let's start talking about the

who's being affected by the cat.

Chloe. Chloe.

She's gotten very highly agitated. She pins her ears, tucks her tail, and just

runs. I can't just pick her up and snuggle with her like I used to. When a

has an acute and sudden change in temperament, the first place I'm going

is environmental factors. And in this case, I've got to look very far.

Kim keeps these ferals in the garage at night to keep them safe from the

coyotes, so I had to go there next.

So this is it. The garage.

It is.

What's the best way for me to see these guys?

Freedom with the door open.

Fantastic.

I will open the door and do a whistle, and we will see if we can bait some

Let's do it, man. All right.

So it looks like we have Big Red and Uncle Gray.

That's Uncle Gray.

That's Big Red? That is Big Red. Just judging by when they walked by us like

that. Right.

I'm not catching tons of feral coming off of them. No. They stop. They look at

us. They keep walking. There was no dash. There was no freeze. There was no

nothing. Black and white is Bandit. This is Milo.

Those two seem much more feral.

Now, I know that Kim's been working with this colony for a couple years, so it

makes sense that Uncle Gray and Big Red are more social than these feral

kittens. If ferals have constant human contact over a long period of time, it

possible to socialize them some of the time. So in the meantime, there's one

missing piece of the puzzle left, and that is, where is Mama Cat?

We haven't seen her yet. She will show up first thing in the morning. That is

going to have to be a priority, isn't it? Okay, we're going to have to get

Come on, let's go. Okay.

So, what do we got here?

Hello, my love.

What's going on? You don't have to be freaked out. Look, I'm going to sit

Are you kidding me?

We walk back inside, and Chloe is literally climbing up the windows. And

directly outside those windows? The backyard where the feral colony lives.

is clearly agitated by the feral cats living in that backyard.

I know once the ferals are taken care of, Chloe's going to be just fine.

So, we've got...

A nice -sized problem on our hands. We've got, what, 20 cats.

I want to know who's adoptable and who's feral. The way we do that is I want

someone else to come up to the cats, be able to touch them, that whole thing.

Since some of these ferals are socialized, there's no reason not to try

them into homes. This is going to help diminish the colony and calm tension on

the home front.

The next thing to do is map out mama's movements.

which brings me to your last assignment.

My goal is, obviously, this is the most obvious statement of the day, we're

going to trap Mama. This is the most important thing, important enough that

going to help out, along with my friends from Stray Cat Alliance.

Now, by trapping Mama Cat, of course, she's not going to be able to reproduce

anymore, and it's going to be less likely that other cats from other

are going to come in and take over this backyard, and the colony itself will die

off naturally.

All right, guys, I'm going to take off. Take care. I feel today was a success.

I'm hoping we can trap her.

That's the beginning for me. I'm just hoping we're in a better spot next time

he's here than we were this morning before he came the first time.

All right, I'm here for my second visit with Kim and her parents, Bobby and

Mike. And the last time I was here, there was a lot of tension between Kim

her parents. Now, Kim was feeding a colony of cats that ended up invading

parents' property, and now they are fed up.

I took a look at her video homework and saw that she was able to get two cats

socialized with her friend.

Great stuff.

Now, that means these two cats could be adoptable.

I also saw Kim mapping out all of Mama Cat's movements so we can have better

luck trapping her. That leads me to the last homework assignment, and that was

my homework, too, and that's to trap Mama Cat.

What we're going to do today is we're going to catch Mama.

I've got friends from Stray Cat Alliance that are going to meet us outside. Come

on, guys. Let's go.

Right now, we're baiting our traps. Now, these traps are the most humane way to

capture these feral cats.

The cats are not hurt in the process, and it allows our trappers to get them

safely to the vet. Now, we've got these guys baited.

We're ready. Let's go set them and catch ourselves a mama cat.

Okay, operation catch mama.

Traps are set, and fingers are crossed.

Okay, here she comes. Here she comes.

There she is. Please go.

She's getting in.

Oh.

So we're trying to catch Mama Cat and she's really trap savvy and we've almost

had her in a couple traps all day multiple times and she's right behind

isn't she?

Come on, Mama. Come on, baby.

Come on, baby.

Is that Mama?

That's Mama. There she is. Going towards the chat.

Please go. Please go. Please go. Please go.

Come on, baby.

Come on, baby.

Come on, girl.

Come on.

I

don't

have the nerve for this.

She's got the food, man.

Mommy had it.

So smart and crafty that she even grabbed the chicken from the back of the

She somehow knew how to grab it, and she backed out of the trap. My heart can't

stand this. Can we just set up a drop trap and take it from here? Okay, let's

that. Mama is sort of trap savvy, so we're going to move on to a drop trap.

you go into a drop trap, it's a much bigger and wider space.

It's elevated. They don't have to go into a small place.

So it's a very effective way to catch them, very humane. So for a cat that is

trap savvy, it works really well and effectively.

Here we are again.

Drop trap.

Mama, please.

Please, where are you?

Here she comes.

Why is she coming to the window?

Hey, you guys.

This is going to be it.

Guys, I think we're going to do it. Oh, my God. Here we go. Here we go. Here we

go. Here we go.

We got to go.

It's okay, Mama. It's okay, Mama. It's okay. It's okay, baby.

Hold on, baby. You're okay.

All right, let's get the transfer trapped, you guys. All right, cool. So

Cat is trapped in the drop trap, and I am so relieved. I can't even tell you.

The weight is just gone off my shoulders. I am so excited.

Nice going, guys.

Get this girl fixed, man.

Stray Cat Alliance is off to Fix Nation to have Mama Cat spayed. Mama Cat was

the last cat in Kim's colony that needed to be fixed. And now that Mama's

caught, it means the colony's going to stop growing, Chloe will be calmer, and

life for Kim and her parents are going to get better.

Oh, what do we have here?

Look at her climb.

Just like on my first date, Chloe was literally climbing the walls.

Once Mama's fixed, there won't be any more kittens, or even better, no

neighborhood toms coming around. Now that we've gotten Mama taken care of, I

want to give you guys some homework.

So, number one, I want you to commit a little more to the education by just

walking around with some of these Fixed Nation flyers to your neighbor's homes

and just hang them on the doors.

Now that the feral colony here is contained, it's time to help the rest of

neighborhood, because as much as I like the warm welcome I got on my first

visit, I do not want an angry mob waiting for me on my final visit.

Just get rid of them.

The next part of the homework, Kim, I want you to lead the effort to PNR your

entire neighborhood because it is part of your mission as well as mine, as well

as everybody in Stray Cat Alliance.

We can take care of Mama Cat.

There's hundreds of others in this neighborhood.

So the last part of your homework, we're going to start with Gray and Big Red,

is to continue to socialize them as you've been doing, but step it up a

bit and get them ready to be adopted into a new home, which will be really

You have just been giving me this look.

Do you think that she can get them adopted?

I'm holding my breath. I really am. But we have to do what we got to do. I don't

want to, at the end of the day, have 20 cats living here. I'm going to have to

buy a next piece of property to hold all the damn cats that live here.

I've never adopted out a cat. I don't have kids, so this is it. I mean, this

my family. I don't even know if I could relocate these cats.

Guys, I'm going to take off. Great work.

Really fantastic work. If you need me, you know where to find me, okay?

I'm not really sure the homework will work. I would be very frustrated if we

can't adopt the cats out. Because if not, I mean, we're going to have 20

Nobody should have 20 cats.

All right, I'm here for my final visit with Kim and her parents, Bobby and

and their cat, Chloe. Now, the last time I was here, we were able to finally

trap Mama Cat. Yeah!

She's been fixed. Took some extra time to recover. And we're releasing her

because, by and large... Feral cats are not pets, and they're not going to get

adopted at shelters. It's best to return them to where they came. Finally, in

video homework, I saw that Kim was able to TNR even a few more cats in her

neighborhood, and that's brilliant work. I just trapped the black and white.

It's okay, bud.

And I'm just hoping now that the feral cat colony is in order, life inside the

house is going to get better because her parents were at their breaking point.

Hello, Kim.

Hi. I got a friend here.

Hi, Mom. And she wants out.

Let's go together. Let's go release her.

You excited?

Yes, I'm so excited. Oh, my gosh.

When Jackson arrived, there were so many feelings going on at once. I can't even

pinpoint one. I'm just ecstatic.

So let's talk about a moment. I'm actually a little emotional.

I mean.

I'm thrilled.

Yeah, me too.

I'm really thrilled. Thank you so much.

No, it's my pleasure. And girlfriend, you ready to go? Are you ready?

You ready to go, my love?

Good girl. It's okay. All right. Okay. All right. Ready?

And go for it, babe.

That's it.

Thank you. You're welcome.

That feels good, huh?

I know it was a really powerful moment for Kim, but it was for me as well. I

mean, by spaying Mama, the colony is going to stop growing.

Chloe is going to be calmer. Life for Kim and her parents are going to get

better. And Mama is also going to be a healthier, happier cat.

Hey, guys.

Hey, hey.

It's a good day around here. It sure is. Mama is free.

She's free. She's back out there, and she's not making babies around here

anymore. And that.

It's a good thing. It's a huge thing. Mama Cat, when she was captured, was a

turning point. It just feels like, I don't know, something has calmed down

around here. We're not worried about the expansion of this population in our

yard. So her being released, I think, is a great thing. I do realize how

important... TNR is.

Before you came, I thought trapping was coyotes and raccoons. Right, exactly. So

it's taken a whole different perspective.

Great. I feel like I had a bonding experience with cats because I'm getting

to come up to me a little more.

I'm getting them to be a little more social.

What I think I learned, it is hard work with young cats who have never had a

home. So, adopting out red and gray, how's that been going?

I can't exactly say goodbye to the cats.

Wow. These are our cats. You're blowing my head off right now. It's amazing to

listen to you guys. I thought it was always us two against one, and now it's

those two against one. Never doubt the maternal instinct for one hot second,

man. I guess you're right.

I changed my mind. They're going to be our cats and our colony, and that was a

big deal for me.

I haven't been talking much about Chloe. What have you noticed?

Since my last visit, in terms of Chloe's behavior, how has it changed?

She's much calmer cat now.

There's no more running. I love hearing this from you. This entire process has

helped drain that anxious energy as she adjusts to the feral population.

But before I leave today, I need to see her grounded, literally, not climbing

the walls. Oh, well, there we go.

There you are, little missy. Hanging out.

That's a change, right?

Right. You've got one, two, three cats outside feeding, and you've just got

Chloe sitting in the window.

Just hanging. A little angel.

She's not trying to bolt out of here.

She's not trying to climb the windows.

Honestly, she's just a little more centered.

Right. When there's less chaos out there.

she's going to reflect less of that chaos in here. And there won't be any

neighborhood toms coming around looking for mama cat and spraying the yard with

their scent. I think life's been easier.

And I want to thank you for coming in because we've come a long way in the few

weeks we've been doing this. And so I really appreciate your help. It's my

pleasure. My family's accepted the fact that we're going to have these cats as

long as they live.

And I think that's a very big success.

You have done a tremendous job in your community, in your neighborhood. Believe

me, you have made a massive difference.

Kim has set an example for her entire neighborhood, from fixing her colony to

spreading awareness throughout the community.

She's proof that one person can make a huge difference, and I love that. I

you so much. Thank you very much. It's been an adventure.

I've learned so much in such a short period of time.

Mama Cat's been fixed. I have learned tools from Jackson to stabilize a

Not only is this going to benefit me down the road, but my neighbors are

to be the ones that are going to benefit most of all.

Take care, guys.

Thanks, Jackson. See you soon. Bye -bye.

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