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Hi, This is a bit of an extension to another post re possible nursing feral, and something I probably should have put in the original post. The kitty I suspect may be nursing kittens on the street shows no desire to go outside, and hasn't since I trapped her last evening. She's not even trying...

Thanks Stefan. I know Hissy is really experienced so this is so hard. Cause I also know the vets been looking after feral cats for years & that he's got a lot of experience and can't imagine why he'd tell me all this if it wasn't right?, so it's so hard to know what to do. But I do know that...

Hi, Thanks for your reply. The vet is actually probably one of the most experienced vets in Sydney Australia for "street cats"! They are 2 of the kindest vets I've ever met when it comes to "street cats". They do almost all of the "Cat Protection Society Cats". I dare say they see 10+ a week...

UPDATE: Just collected kitty from vet...he said something different this time, or so it seems ...said they knew I was concerned and made decision to go ahead on basis she wasn't expelling milk anymore. I was sure he told me she was nursing when I spoke to him earlier????? He thinks kittens...

Disaster here. I've been rescuing all the kitties on my street and was down to the last 2...took them to vet this morning, told vet I was worried one might be nursing and if so, to not desex it, ring me and I would collect it immediately and release it til I could find the kittens. To make a...

Disaster here. I've been rescuing all the kitties on my street and was down to the last 2...took them to vet this morning, told vet I was worried one might be nursing and if so, to not desex it, ring me and I would collect it immediately and release it til I could find the kittens. To make a...

Hi Keith, I fully understand your frustration. How old are you by the way? How incredible that someone of your age is so compassionate towards these animals! If I were you, I'd type up one standard letter/email explaining the situation and send it out to a number of animal welfare...

Mine are getting neutered and spayed...but only because I came up with a novel idea to get the resources to do it...I moved into a neighborhood with lots of strays...in Australia there is very little help for ferals...basically its a council euthanasia job. They will still eat. But if someone...

I have a similar situation...have 8 in here, all either feral from the street, or kittens of ferals, and they all get along famously. I find "street cats" get along better with each other than domestic cats, maybe because they are used to sharing turf and used to having relationships with other...

I hate seeing people be critical of people showing kindness towards animals. Katie, these cats don't belong to the person that posted, so rather than criticise her for what she is doing, why not offer to help her with what perhaps she's not in a position to do on her own. Not every person can...

You can ask the vet to run a simple blood test to determine whether the kitties are FIV+ or FELV+...no matter what the period of quarantine it is highly unlikely it will tell you whether or not hte kitty is FIV+ as many won't have symptoms til many years down the road but are still carriers...

Hi, Last night I trapped 3 kitties (all street cats/ferals), 2 of which have come back positive for feline aids. There is a foster carer from an animal welfare league that can care for them in a separate cat enclosure, but I'm worried if they are in there together they might not get along and...

Thx so much...I now have some good tips to try. I'm still worried though about the others seeing when their mates are trapped...is it really important that I don't let this happen? So far I've been careful, but they often come 4 at a time at night which is making it really hard. Thanks...

Hi, I was just about to start a similar thread when I saw this one. My situation is that I have about 6-7 cats that I need to trap (have homes for them) but they won't go near the trap. I feed them on my front steps each nite and though they usually start coming for dinner about 6, when I put...

I'm making sure they go spayed/neutered, wouldn't trust anyone else to do it. Naomi