Awww...you guys are great.  For feral cats the Pretty Face and Lil Bit are
very cosy with the Paw.  is there any chance of keeping Lil Bit indoors
until she is ready to pop?

   This is "crazy"?????  

    I'd say "kudos" to you - you're doing good.  You're very kind to
be caring for them.  Good luck with Little Bit.

  Jeanne

They're lovely cats, and your a lovely Hoomin for taking care of them
hope Little Bit keeps healthy with her pregnancy, it is a bit of a worry
isn't it? Boys are boys after all. is there a vet that would spay them free
or
very cheap? good luck with that,   Jean.P.

Well, here's the story about Li'l Bit and Pretty Face.

Pretty Face showed up last year, during winter.  Because we had had a
couple of cats get under the house and die (starvation) two years ago,
I've been putting food out for the strays/ferals.  Honestly, I had not
seen either of the two who passed before.  So, all the cats in the
neighborhood (even the homed ones) know that they get Friskies or
Whiskas crunchy food.

Pretty Face was terrified of me and Paw when she first showed up.  As
soon as she saw us, she'd run (along with all the others).  Took 3 or 4
months, but she finally let me pet her one day.  Now I go out, call
Pretty Face and she comes trotting across the street (very few cars)
mrowing as she runs.  She is so sweet.  If only she could get along
with the d*g, then she'd be inside.

One day, I heard someone outside, messing with the gate (and I could
hear Pretty growling really loud).  There was this 14 year old boy
trying to get her attention.  I asked who he was, and he said he owned
"Jamie" (she never did answer to Jamie, even when I tried it).  He
tried to pick her up, and she literally tore him up, jumped down and
ran away.

I didn't see her for a couple of days (and I cried about it, silly me).
I kept putting food out for the others (Poor Boy, Snake, Stubs,
Ghost...  Yeah I name all the cats I see regularly).  Anyway, a
neighbor came by and we got to talking about Jamie/Pretty Face.  She
told me that the boy's mom had kicked out Pretty's Hoomin and he
couldn't take her with him when he left.  And that the 14 year old
basically tormented all the cats, and hit them (I never saw it, or
I'd've had to hurt him after I called the cops).

So, Pretty comes inside when it's a "really" cold night, otherwise she
doesn't want to be inside.  As for Li'l Bit, she doesn't want to be
inside.  As soon as I went to let the d*g out, she came over and looked
so pathetic.  Short of holding her back every time, she will come in
when she chooses, and let's hope I can tell when she gets closer to
due, then I'll see about introducing her to the "nest" in the spare
closet (she wasn't interested last night).

Smokie Darling (Annie)