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    How to deal with the emotional side of taking care of strays?

    I too did this.  A lovely grey feral boy in the hood.  He came to eat at my house for a year, then oneday I saw he was ill and managed to get him in.  He was SO SWEET.  He wasn't feral!  He was an abandoned cat.  I got him to a vet, and bawled when I discovered he had severe stomatits and would...
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    HELP: Feral Brought in

    I have a semi feral that was a feral kitten that was tamed, and sent out to be adopted.  She was returned, got ill and spent 8 wks with me with dirreah, completely dehydrated and wild as sin hiding under a bed with 2 other kitties, one very tame one semi feral.   I had a vet come to the house...
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    How to deal with the emotional side of taking care of strays?

    Norachan, from one feral caretaker to another.  I know. I am there now, have been there for 7 years, hoping begging scrounging for monies, cheap care and the like. My colony is now in the process of being disbanded and I'm maybe being sued all for trying to care for and remediate the "problem"...
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    Help & Advice Urgently requested for displaced Feral Colony

    Thanks Ritz.  I do not know if it will come to that it may be the principal is getting headed because the group is saying I'm not a member therefore they have no legal responsibility to clean up, while I do. Then she hasn't been able to contact me nor understood I'm working solo, and of...
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    Help & Advice Urgently requested for displaced Feral Colony

    Well, the problem appears to be 1)  no one is communicating directly with me nicely or kindly -- all anyone has to do is be polite and request I do something, listen to me, and give me adquate time, not ridiculous deadlines.  I get all this stuff 2nd hand from people who are talking to people...
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    Help & Advice Urgently requested for displaced Feral Colony

    Does anyone know a good lawyer?  I am being threatened with being sued by the school where the cats were located (the spillway property behind the school which they claim as their property, (town vs county issue).  I have complied with ALL their requirements as best I can.  They insist someone...
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    Help & Advice Urgently requested for displaced Feral Colony

    Thanks all.  It is a huge and daunting task that I have ahead of me.  Sadly getting support from groups here is tough, as despite our great reputation for affulence - there is a huge feral abandoned unfixed cat problem in my town/area, and not many resources to deal with it, as we are still...
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    Help & Advice Urgently requested for displaced Feral Colony

    All, I am a long time care taker (7 years of my life spent on this!) for a cat colony in NoVa area.  For 5 years I with the help of many scattered groups and individuals in my local area have TNR'd and fed, and provided shelters for 20 plus cats.  29 cats were TNR'd, 27 kittens picked up from...
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