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Can't believe it has been this long since I first started the thread about Blanche. I'm so sorry that I never followed up with what happened to her, but long story short, it is 4 months later and she is doing fine and totally bug free! She still doesn't really trust me.. After all, every time...

Will finish Blanche's story when I get back from my trip

.. they take her away in the carrier... I'm wondering if the carrier will fall apart on the way in. She is going to be dipped.. and I'm wondering if they will sedate her. I have to stop and sit down. There are long benches in the waiting room and people are coming and going with their pets. Two...

...and we drive for what seems like forever but we do get there and park the car and get out. I'm holding the carrier together top to bottom for fear that the whole thing will fall apart, but it doesn't.. someone opens the door for me - not my husband, but someone else and I can't remember what...

On the morning of her appointment, I walked outside to feed her as I do normally, but with the carrier in tow. I called her over and asked if she was hungry, which of course she was... put the food bowl in the carrier and she sniffed, put her head down a bit but walked right in. As soon as her...

Put extra diatomaceous earth along all the base boards and brush under baseboard heating.. On carpet I put it along the wall edge and brush it into the carpet until it can't be seen. A topical like Frontline works great for the bugs on the cat and the DE is a great non toxic long term...

Ok... so I couldn't resist trying the food in the crate just to see what Blanche would do....hehehe.... and of course she walked right in. The crate is small enough that with the bowl in there her tail was sticking out so I didn't try to close the door. But, thanks again to all that offered all...

I'm so happy for you! It is the smallest things that give the greatest joy.

With less than 24 hours until the Vet trip we have hit another milestone.... Blanche walked up to me for the first time today and pushed her head into my leg in that dance we humans fondly associate with the domesticated cat. Made me tear up a bit knowing how far we have come to this little sign...

I haven't bothered with trying to feed her in the crate for a few reasons.. the main reason is she has very few teeth and throws the food around and I don't want any mold to grow inside the crate during this very warm and wet weather. She takes a LONG time to eat with the few teeth she has so it...

Thanks for all the excellent ideas... the food in the crate idea is exactly what we did to get her to go into her "shelter" last winter. The shelter was one of those larger plastic clothing storage bins... cut out a "door" and she would have nothing to do with it until the food appeared. Thank...

Thanks to all for the wonderful welcome!

First, thanks to you all for the wonderful welcome in the Newbie introduction area... I'm moving Blanche's story to here where it is on topic To quickly recap, Blanche showed up under my son's car about a year and a half ago during flooding rains. She was starving, bloody, missing part of her...

First, thanks to you all for the wonderful welcome And thanks for all the good ideas for getting a feral safely captured. I knew about havahart traps (but didn't have one and didn't know whom I could borrow one from) so I developed a plan where I would be able to get her in a crate by me...

Hi! I'm new here and noticed this thread. I posted my intro in the New Cats on the Block forum. Nice to see so many good souls willing to help the wild kitties

Hi Everyone! I found this site when searching the net for sites about feral cats. We have two Our first is Rose, who came to us from Argentina! She was a street kitten, living on bugs and handouts from my daughter's host family (she was on exchange). So Rose came back with my daughter when...