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thanks all... will have to find a vet...

I saw a few things on google (cooking oil?) & just wondered what the gang here uses/does short of going to the vet, which I really can't do with our 4 "yard" cats just yet, as they are still pretty shy around others...

thanks you guys... momofmany... you just reiterated my worries exactly... but I have to draw the line at 4 (which for me is really 2 too many!)... at least he will have the best chance possible & way better then dropping him or taking him to animal control which are my only other options... he...

yes... he is being handled by a lady who has been placing ferals since 1996 (137 to date in our area of SE Mich)... & she did say he will be crated until she/they are confident he is acclimated to his new surroundings... I sense you are not a fan of relocation... can you explain why, beyond the...

Just a quick update that I found a new barn home for big black!!! We are moving him this weekend (if I can trap him!) & just wondering if anyone here has experience with semi wild strays being relocated & how well they do/adapt to a new location... as always, any thoughts would be great... Dave...

ok... this will not be popular here but I have made my decision to trap big black & attempt to relocate him... hopefully to a random roadside farm... I have made about 25 calls/emails (ie - friends, shelters, various stray/fral cat agencies) trying desperately to find a home for this old boy but...

Thanks Strange... yeah, I think something is wrong... I will have to go to animal control & get a cage & remove him... what a shame... kinda wish he had just gone off on his own... wish I could just give him the shot in the garage... I know he will hate the trap & be so scared... sigh... thanks...

Ok, quick update... I'm startin to think that he really might be sick because he is staying in the garage now constantly & is layin inside our cat box alot which he rarely did before... he is still very hungry & appears to be ok as I looked him over closely (ie - no cuts, no runny eyes, nose...

thanks all... very interesting thoughts.. I had actually kind of thought he could/would serve that function in keeping away other strays but when we had a young coon living under our deck this past summer (& actually watched the coon "breaking bread" with the young ones!) I kinda gave up on that...

Thanks all for your thoughts... but as bad as this sounds, when we took this mama & her 4 kittens (actually 3 after one baby died in our pool in it's 1st few weeks... so sad...) in & began feeding & had them fixed ($180), we all agreed that we could not afford financially & emotional this big...

Thanks for your response & concern... the bite was actually more of a scratch by raking his teeth over the arm but it did draw blood... & it appears to have healed nicely... catching him will be tuff... unfortunately, we live in a rural area so animal control is limited... I don't think he's is...

Hi all... long time no see... I will try to keep this short... back in May of 2009, we had a female cat "hatch" 4 kittens under our deck which were all fixed & have now been happily splitting time between our garage & house... the local ferral male cat (whom we think bred the mother), who seemed...

Thanks all... the cat house I am making is going to be insulated & will be inside our insulated garage... they are in the enclosed garage every night & alot of the day as they have a cat door that they use... guess we'll just have to hope for the best!

My son & I were out at sunset last night after working on our new cat house (we went so overboard!) we heard the cries of a good sized pack of coyotes... they seemed to be pretty far off but jsut wondered if there were any simply deterents that can be devised to keep these beasts away...

Hey killerapple... I'm pretty new to all this stray/ferral cat stuff as we just got our Mom & 3 kittens this past May when they moved under our deck... when I got ready to have them spayed/neutered, I went to the shelter one-week early & set all of the traps up to stay open... then I put an old...