Recent Content by ripleyp

Thanks for the input on this. I just wanted to let you know the kittens are doing well. The mom cat had no interest in being trapped, so the kittens are still being bottlefed. Hopefully the mama can be trapped and spayed soon!

Try catnip -- we've just recently started using it on a colony with really hard to trap cats. Finally Big Grey Tom is fathering kittens no more! Make sure it's the really potent stuff, the kind that your own cats will break down doors to get at... GOOD LUCK!

Hi, I'm posting this on behalf of a friend. Last night 2 feral kittens were trapped, they are only 3 1/2 wks old -- they are doing well with bottlefeeding. Today attempts are being made to trap the mom cat. Can the mom be put back with her kittens immediately? Any advice/tips are welcome...

Got him! He's now sitting miserably in my bathroom but hopefully better days are ahead. The poor thing peed everywhere he was so scared, he doesn't seem to have an aggressive bone in his body. He was a complete statue under the bed, just wouldn't budge even with gentle prodding. We ended up...

Thanks for the suggestions, I called my vet and he won't prescribe anything for a cat he hasn't seen. The vet tech said that maybe gravol would be okay. Any thoughts on that?

Hi, I've offered to take in a semi-feral cat to work on socializing him. He's lived indoors since he was a kitten, but has never warmed up to humans. Right now he's living in a bedroom, mostly staying under the bed. He's started peeing on the bed so he needs to be moved asap. He's very trap...