Last winter I TNRd two feral kitties at my workplace, think they were brother and sister. The female disappeared last May, and now the male has been gone since Thanksgiving. We have had construction in the area, also there are coyotes and fishers etc. I am not optomistic that the cats have moved...
I, with alot of help from a local agency, TNRd our 2 feral kitties at my workplace. They were almost certainly brother and sister. And they were always together. The female was pregnant when I trapped her in April. She has not been seen now since sometime in May, so we have to think she is gone...
Chinny (Cinzia) is on the left. She is a seal point with over bite and crossed eyes. Very loving but skittish. Vincenzo is the seal lynx point. He is very loving towards his food bowl, and is not a very smart cat. He has a kink in his tale. We love them both dearly. I always wanted a birman...
These are my two mid life crisis Birmans in a rare moment of tranquility. They are step-siblings. They have the same dad, and were born the same day. I also care for two ferals.
I am very inexperienced at trapping, but i just caught a very skittish pregnant feral who would not go near the trap. I fed from the trap for over a week, leaving both ends open. Then I closed one end but did not set it for a few days- the cat still went in and ate. The first day after this...
Why thank you Linda, your post made my day, too. Speaking of the danger of ferals, I have to bring up my conversation with my vet yesterday. My own two cats were in for their yearly physical and I mentioned my experience with the ferals. He was somewhat horrified and his concern was rabies. We...
Good luck to you in your kitty trapping venture. I felt mostly relief about the kittens as I am sure they would have had a tough time in the woods they would have been born in, and would have likely drawn the attention of predators. Not to mention I would have been insane with worry.
We have two truly feral cats that live in the woods next to my place of work that I just got done TNR-ing- what an experience! I had never gotten within 10 ft of these animals before trapping them. Once trapped and seeing them up close, it was very hard to wrap my head around the fact that...
Great news... I finally trapped my other feral kitty on Tuesday. I went at 6 am before work and set up, then within about 10 minutes the little tiger kitty walked right out of the woods and into the trap. I am so happy/relieved. She was spayed Wednesday, and was found to be pregnant with 6...
I am so disappointed I was not able to catch the other cat. Today was the perfect opportunity as the one I did trap was still in recovery from his surgery. The remaining kitty hasn't eaten since Thursday! I was sure he/she would want to eat today. It was in the area, but would not come near the...
I caught one of my ferals this am!!!!! The more social black and white one.This is how I did it. I left the trap set up during the day the past few days. One day I put a can of fancy feast inside the closed trap. Then I put fancy feast inside the open, unset trap yesterday, and somebody ate it...
No luck! What a terrible day. I did see both cats in the early afternoon- they stayed far away from the feeding area and the traps. I put in about 7 hrs over there. My local contact called me and advised me to cover the traps which I did to no avail. I will have to try again next weekend. My...
Well I am 2 hrs into my trapping attempt- home for a bathroom break and to drop off my daughter who is quite bored. She caught a glimpse of one of the kitties-, I have not seen either. They must have been spooked by the sight of us setting up the traps. I have poured tuna juice from their woods...
Thanks for the replies and encouragement so far. Tomorrow is the big day. I have read up on the trapping procedure. Unfortunately, because I am not in control of the location of the cats, I am limited in what I am allowed to do. Basically, mngmnt said I could come in on a Sunday when no one is...