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I was planning to call the vet, to get her checked out, but was hoping to gain a bit more of her trust. She completely trusts me within the confines of the kennel, but immediately becomes fearful even with me just holding her when not sitting in the kennel with her (my poor back, LOL!). I did...

I trapped a 12-16 month old lady a week and a half ago, and looking for some advice. I'm pretty certain she has lived outside her entire life and had 1 litter of 1 surviving kitten (which I rehomed). I trapped this lady and her poop has been normal. Gray, hard at first but I assumed it was...

I have a Litter Robot that I got in Sept 2020. In Oct 2020 I bought a second one because it was a game changer for me. The 2nd one I got was refurbished so I saved $50'ish, but it does get a pinch error fairly regularly. I need to reach out to the company about it, but I'm just lazy...

Hi! I've been caring for a stray that someone dumped for the past 3+ years. It has taken me 3'ish years to gain his trust and now he has moved onto my front porch. I think I have finally found a home for him, which is great because the temps here are below freezing. Does anyone have...

I don't know that I'd feel safe with electric heating pads. My house is old and I have 1 outlet (who knows when it was last updated -- certainly not in the 17 years we've owned the house) in the ceiling of my porch. I'm in SE Wisconsin, and we've been fairly lucky so far, but over the next...

I've had a stray cat that's been coming around for about 3 years now. I always suspected he was dumped, and I've been working to gain his trust. It only took 3 years :) but I can pet him, pick him up, etc. He has been living on my unheated front porch (the screen door is broken so he is able...

I actually went to my local Walmart today to get food for my strays. They actually had a decent supply of product. The only thing they were low on is the 40pk box of Friskies. They only had a couple pate left and none of the shreds. For my indoor cats, I have been trying to keep at least...

I took my guys to the vet on Dec 2nd for their routine checkup. The vet did a cystocentesis as part of their senior panel and one of my guys had a bad reaction to it and had to be taken in the back and put on oxygen (he was open mouth breathing and panting). I left for a work trip that...

New development... Mama is not a mama afterall and is either the Papa or Brother to my stray. I have a friend that is involved in dog rescue and in the past has mentioned she can get me dewormer so I will try that. He (gosh.... that's gonna take a bit to get used to saying!) eats quite a bit...

I am talking to a friend and her daughter may be interested in giving her a home, but it's nothing guaranteed. All of my friends pretty much have the cats they want. I used to be involved in a rescue organization and actually lost friends because "they couldn't handle" me posting about animals...

I'm currently feeding my stray/feral 1-2 cans wet (usually Friskies), and during the day, I leave out Purina Cat Chow. My bag of Cat Chow is running low and I was thinking of switching to the Costco/Kirkland brand of dry food. Any thoughts? Do I stick with what I've been giving or is it OK...

I'd LOVE to trap and spay her, but I'd like to find her a home first. I think she used to be an indoor cat. I really don't want to let her back go outside but I can't keep her :( From my research we locally don't have feral or a rescue group. Our county supports TNR but our local humane...

I don't know if she has babies... I think she travels at least a 4-5 block radius and I can't find her "home base". The last time I tried to follow from a distance, she got spooked and darted across a super busy road, which scared the crap out of me. I don't know if she got spooked and ran...

So, I am thinking my stray/feral mama has worms.... she can easily eat 1.5-2 cans of food a day plus dry. She isn't fat and is quite lean. Should I try putting a dewormer in her food? If so, thoughts on OTC ones to try?

Welp, I never saw that I got replies to this until I was reading through some other posts.... To answer some questions: -The area I live in is not super busy during the day, probably less so than at night. -Ideally, I'd like to trap her but I'm not sure how that will work. I know I can't keep...