For 5 or 6 weeks a ginger tom has been terrorising my cats every time they go out. My daughter and I had to rescue Bonaparte once, who had been backed into a corner of the stable and was so scared he messed himself. So this animal has not been my favourite. I have been pondering how I can catch him and neuter him.
Today I was cleaning a field when he appeared and instead of running away from me as he usually does, he approached and sat down not far off. So I sat down too and we began a conversation, establishing that we were not threatening each other and that it was OK to wash in the other's presence. I then went and got some food and he followed me half way to the house and was on the terrace when I came back out. He let me sit by him while he ate, and I noticed that he had a very swollen and mis-shaped front paw. So it then became a question of his need, not mine, that he should be caught.
An hour later I had him in a cage and he will go to the vet tomorrow morning for treatment and neuter! I managed eventually to look at his paw and he has a very nasty bleeding abscess on the pad. It is pushing all his toes out of place and must be very painful.
I do not know who if anyone he belongs to, but it may be he is a local farm cat. After he is better I shall release him again to live his life, and hope that as his hormones diminish he will be less aggressive. The only other alternative is to take him to the shelter, and I do not want him to live out his life there, he needs the open air and space. So vibes please that it is all successful.
Today I was cleaning a field when he appeared and instead of running away from me as he usually does, he approached and sat down not far off. So I sat down too and we began a conversation, establishing that we were not threatening each other and that it was OK to wash in the other's presence. I then went and got some food and he followed me half way to the house and was on the terrace when I came back out. He let me sit by him while he ate, and I noticed that he had a very swollen and mis-shaped front paw. So it then became a question of his need, not mine, that he should be caught.
An hour later I had him in a cage and he will go to the vet tomorrow morning for treatment and neuter! I managed eventually to look at his paw and he has a very nasty bleeding abscess on the pad. It is pushing all his toes out of place and must be very painful.
I do not know who if anyone he belongs to, but it may be he is a local farm cat. After he is better I shall release him again to live his life, and hope that as his hormones diminish he will be less aggressive. The only other alternative is to take him to the shelter, and I do not want him to live out his life there, he needs the open air and space. So vibes please that it is all successful.