Thursday, September 6, 2012

This is for Spitty

In comments on our previous post with pictures from our humans' trip to Hawaii, Spitty the Kitty said " Those are beautiful pictures but they'd be even better with a kitty in them".

The humans saw cats in Hawaii on two occasions:    the last two nights, they stayed in a very nice bed and breakfast place called the Kilauea Lodge.       The resident tabby kitty there was Meatloaf.      Meatloaf had free reign of the grounds and could be seen hanging out or napping amongst the Hawaiian flowers in the flowerbeds.  Not a bad life!



Earlier during their trip, they paid a visit to "A" Bay - short for Anaehoomalu Bay .   This is close to several resorts such as the Marriott and Hilton.    There is a colony of feral cats living there who seem to lead a comparably good life because they are fed by volunteers on a regular basis.   The weather is good all year round and there are minimal predators for feral cats there.    This of course can lead to rapid increases in numbers of cats so TNR programs must be important there.    Mom doesn't know details about TNR programs on the Big Island but she wants to learn more.



Here are some pictures of some of the cats the humans saw near A Bay.   Oh and they also saw a turtle in the surf there, and what looked like a weasel or ferret sharing the cats' food!




Can you see the weasel or ferret at the food bowl?   What do you think it is?    (Thank you Cat for telling us it is a mongoose).









Mom and Dad saw one of the volunteers leaving in her car after she had come to feed them.    That is probably why they saw so many, because the were gathered in the area where the feeding took place.



Oh, and Cathy Keisha:  I think my humans ate ALL the tunas there!  They ate fish every night but the last one.    They would buy ahi tuna steaks or mahi mahi at the harbor fish store and cook it at their condo.   They also ate fish when they went to a restaurant.     AND THEY DIDN'T BRING US ANY BACK!    They brought coffee and macadamia nuts back.  Can you imagine?

There are wild chicken in Hawaii, and they did see a few - had seen many more in Kauai.     The wild goose is the national bird in Hawaii, and is endangered.   They are called Nene.    There are road signs warning of Nene Crossing all over the place.   But they never did see an actual Nene, just the signs.

17 comments:

  1. What cool pictures. I never realized that about cats in Hawaii.

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  2. Whoa, I thought that one was me for a minute!

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  3. I am so glad they are cared for like that. Makes me feel happy. Really. And I love seeing them too.

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  4. That's nice that they can live outdoors and have humans make sure they have the necessities. The PM saw something similar in Milan many years ago; there was a clowder of feral cats that several people fed on a regular basis.

    All of them are very pretty.

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  5. That's beautiful! And how cool that they post that sign for the peeps to read.

    I was kind of expecting hula-skirts and leis...but this is SO much better!

    ; ) Katie

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  6. Aww, sweet Hawaiian kitties, thank heavens for the volunteers that look out for them.

    Next time the humans HAVE to take you guys to this fish-filled island!

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  7. It's good to know the feral cats are taken care of.

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  8. What no leis and Hawaiian shirts on the cats?? Great pictures. So nice of them to look after the cats and hope they do have TNR. Shame on the peeps for not bringing any fish home!

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  9. I wonder if Nene are white or dark meat???? HaHaMeow!

    What a great feral colony and volunteer organization they have. The kittehz all look healthy and happy.

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  10. The kitties look well cared for. When we went to Kauai several years ago, we saw alot of wild chickens.

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  11. I was thinking the exact same thing Spitty said - so thanks much for the awesome Hawaiian kitty pics!

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  12. Kitties in paradise, what could be better! Oh yeah, kitties in paradise with TUNA! :) Our mommy and daddy saw feral kitties in Maui too!

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  13. Wow! Those are some real Island Cats!!

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  14. That is a mongoose, they have them on maui too. They are not indigenous to the islands and were introduced in the 1800's to control rodents. However rodents are nocturnal and mongoose are diurnal so the experiment was a fail and now the mongoose has upset the balance in other ways. Nothing good ever comes from messing with a closed ecosystem!!!

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  15. Coffee? Nuts? What's up with that? What about something for the KITTEHS, people?? Remember them? Those sweet, devoted, forgiving furry creatures you so heartlessly abandoned???

    But hey--THANKS for those wonderful pictures!! It warms my flinty little heart to see those ferals looking so sleek and well-fed. A mongoose, eh? I don't much like the look of THAT, but I guess efurrybuddy's gotta eat.

    Meatloaf looks like he leads the life of Riley, for sure. ;-)

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  16. Mowzers, how cool is that! We loved those pics - and it's so cool they post how to help the cats with that sign too.

    Sounds like your humans had a fun time!

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