This is my third year raising BST's. I would read posts of the large amount of cats some of you were raising and had always hoped I would find that many. The first year was slim. Last year was better with a total of 13 released and 5 more that overwintered and were released this spring. This year started out very slow, but just lately I have been finding them right and left. My DH laughs at me when I go out to pick fresh parsley for the cats, I kept finding either a newly hatched cat or an egg on the peice I was planning on using for bst food! Up until a few moments ago I had a total of 14 cats in a rearing cage and then I was looking at my not so good looking dill and found 6 more all on one stalk!!! I finally made it to 20! I know that is no kind of record, but it gives me hope that I can catch up with some of you in the seasons to come :) Thanks to all of you for the great info you post and inspiring people like me to to witness the miracles of nature that happen in my own backyard!

Melissa