Just had to come and post even though I am exhausted beyond belief.
On Wed, and Thursday DH and I successfully trapped and had spayed/neutered 30 Feral Cats. 16 Females and 14 Males. ($40 for Males and $80 for females) We did 17 the first night and 13 the second night. They did the first 17 in three hours! We had to have them there by 4PM each day. The second night DH had to make an additional 3 trips as I caught 3 more, one at a time after he originally left, LOL He was on the road a lot!!
Our TNR bill $1,840 for vet, $91. to build drop trap, 4 live traps $223., 4 pet taxi's $56 and the gas to run back and forth to the vet's office. Our vet is going to let us pay on it over time. They were also all ear tipped. From our infomation on the cats that we have been gathering over time we missed 2 Females. One got away while being transfered from the drop trap to the crate and the other never showed until Friday Night. We will try and catch those 2 in a few weeks after things settle down. Our vet said he will do them at the same cost and fit them in the days schedule. All of them survived and were released yesterday.
DH built a 8ft.x 8ft. by 2ft. high drop trap with a shoot. The shoot allowed us to place them into the carriers. Most all of the cats were trapped in there one by one. (We let the cats eat and play around in there for over a week before hand, that idea worked well so we found out) DH rigged a draw string into our back door. He did a wonderful job on the drop trap it worked flawlessly. Hungry cats could not resist! We also used 4 live traps, and they worked well overnight. 2 of the males we trapped were 22lbs. and 25lbs. Gorgeous LH's but wow were they like wild Tigers.
Currently we held 7 young cats that are quite tame in our bedroom downstairs, along with 2 Feral Kittens about 4-5 months old. I'm going to try and rehome the 7 and work with the 2 wild ones. What are my chances of rehoming them? Do you guys think it's worth trying to do or should I just let them out? Very gorgeous kittens all of them.
This whole experience was amazing, exhausting and most of all rewarding. We are so happy that these guys will now not reproduce.
AND a BIG THANK YOU to all of you, the knowledge and help from this forum was exceptional. We could not have done this without all the info here.
OHHH and one more thing, Wed. morning when we began, one of the semi-Feral Females was delivering kittens in a crate in the rafters of our garage!!! Unreal. We had to secure the old dog crate, (we needed that for transport too!) cover it with blankets and of course try and find another crate to borrow. Our vet did gather us up 6 crates to use, and we bought and borrowed the rest. This am, when Mum was outside, I crawled up a ladder to look and there are 6 babies. They are doing really well from the looks of them! More rehoming to do in a few months. I'm gonna write a book I think, LOL or maybe not!
On Wed, and Thursday DH and I successfully trapped and had spayed/neutered 30 Feral Cats. 16 Females and 14 Males. ($40 for Males and $80 for females) We did 17 the first night and 13 the second night. They did the first 17 in three hours! We had to have them there by 4PM each day. The second night DH had to make an additional 3 trips as I caught 3 more, one at a time after he originally left, LOL He was on the road a lot!!
Our TNR bill $1,840 for vet, $91. to build drop trap, 4 live traps $223., 4 pet taxi's $56 and the gas to run back and forth to the vet's office. Our vet is going to let us pay on it over time. They were also all ear tipped. From our infomation on the cats that we have been gathering over time we missed 2 Females. One got away while being transfered from the drop trap to the crate and the other never showed until Friday Night. We will try and catch those 2 in a few weeks after things settle down. Our vet said he will do them at the same cost and fit them in the days schedule. All of them survived and were released yesterday.
DH built a 8ft.x 8ft. by 2ft. high drop trap with a shoot. The shoot allowed us to place them into the carriers. Most all of the cats were trapped in there one by one. (We let the cats eat and play around in there for over a week before hand, that idea worked well so we found out) DH rigged a draw string into our back door. He did a wonderful job on the drop trap it worked flawlessly. Hungry cats could not resist! We also used 4 live traps, and they worked well overnight. 2 of the males we trapped were 22lbs. and 25lbs. Gorgeous LH's but wow were they like wild Tigers.
Currently we held 7 young cats that are quite tame in our bedroom downstairs, along with 2 Feral Kittens about 4-5 months old. I'm going to try and rehome the 7 and work with the 2 wild ones. What are my chances of rehoming them? Do you guys think it's worth trying to do or should I just let them out? Very gorgeous kittens all of them.
This whole experience was amazing, exhausting and most of all rewarding. We are so happy that these guys will now not reproduce.
AND a BIG THANK YOU to all of you, the knowledge and help from this forum was exceptional. We could not have done this without all the info here.
OHHH and one more thing, Wed. morning when we began, one of the semi-Feral Females was delivering kittens in a crate in the rafters of our garage!!! Unreal. We had to secure the old dog crate, (we needed that for transport too!) cover it with blankets and of course try and find another crate to borrow. Our vet did gather us up 6 crates to use, and we bought and borrowed the rest. This am, when Mum was outside, I crawled up a ladder to look and there are 6 babies. They are doing really well from the looks of them! More rehoming to do in a few months. I'm gonna write a book I think, LOL or maybe not!
