I have two ferals living in my backyard. I managed to trap one--I call her Karen-- and had her fixed. After I Karen's surgery, I kept her in a dog kennel in my bathroom for a week so she could recuperate, but released her after a week b/c she was getting cage rage. She was the most miserable...
I recently had saw a feral in my neighborhood and started feeding her. Eventually, I was able to trap her and get her spayed and dewormed. I released her because she was very wild and miserable in my house. She was such a pain-in-the-you-know-what that I named her Karen. She was hissing...
A few years ago, I trapped a kitten at my local park. In the trap with the kitten was a feral male cat. I could not find a home for the feral, so I ended up keeping both as my own pets. The kitten has ended up as a very social guy, but the other cat, JP, is probably best described as...
I take my 2-year-old cat outside on a tether in my backyard on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I do this because he is an indoor cat, and I thought it would be enriching for him. My dog (whom he loves) and I sit outside with him, in a large backyard. But my cat does the same thing everytime...
I found a feral and a kitten at the park, could not find them homes, and ended up keeping them. The feral bit me very hard one day when I was trying to pick him up. My vet was concerned and had me drop him off at his clinic where a vet tech worked with him for about 6 weeks. I have had him...
I have been a dog lover & owner my entire life. Then one day, I heard about a wayward kitten in my local park, set up a trap to catch him, and wound up not only catching the wayward kitten, but his feral older brother, too. The feral bit me pretty hard when I brought him into my home, but my...