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I started working with my first feral cat almost 2 yrs ago. I had no one to show me the ropes, I just did what I thought was right. It all worked out today she is a sweet cat and lives inside my home. It did take me almost a year to get her to trust before I captured her.
I took her to the vet and got her spayed and all her shots and testing..I am so thankful she was negative for all disease. I now help out with 85 feral cats in Gaston County and to date all of them except 5 are spayed and neutered. This did not happen overnight because we either pay all the cost...or volunteer at vet office to earn a free spay/neuter surgery.
Yesterday was my second time ever getting a feral to befriend me they usually stay their distance and only see them late at night.
I have been buying a few insulated small dog houses and filling with straw a few a month. The other cats who do not have a dog house yet...are sleeping in those white stryofoam coolers. I ask the vet for them....they are free.....I cut the sides off and put both together and duct tape them very good...then tape on 3 ply black plastic and fill with straw....It makes for a warm or cool house...The best part it is free. You do need to make sure you put them near a tree...sometimes I will put a brick or rock on top to help keep them from blowing away......
I am still learning all about caring for feral cats and stray cats. I am so happy to have found this site. There are only 2 of ladies in Gaston County working on these 85 cats...so it ca sometimes get you burned out. I keep telling myself for every cat I spay it saves hundreds from being born...so that helps bring me back from the blink of burn out to remember that.
I live in Gaston County NC, between Gastonia and Kings Mountain in a rural subdivision of only 4 streets....pretty safe here from traffic and we do have woods around for the cats to hide. None of my cats go without shelter. I have made or purchased homes for everyone of them. I do place them in the woods so it not bring attention to the cats.....
Thank you for adding me to this wonderful group.
Chris Wooten
I took her to the vet and got her spayed and all her shots and testing..I am so thankful she was negative for all disease. I now help out with 85 feral cats in Gaston County and to date all of them except 5 are spayed and neutered. This did not happen overnight because we either pay all the cost...or volunteer at vet office to earn a free spay/neuter surgery.
Yesterday was my second time ever getting a feral to befriend me they usually stay their distance and only see them late at night.
I have been buying a few insulated small dog houses and filling with straw a few a month. The other cats who do not have a dog house yet...are sleeping in those white stryofoam coolers. I ask the vet for them....they are free.....I cut the sides off and put both together and duct tape them very good...then tape on 3 ply black plastic and fill with straw....It makes for a warm or cool house...The best part it is free. You do need to make sure you put them near a tree...sometimes I will put a brick or rock on top to help keep them from blowing away......
I am still learning all about caring for feral cats and stray cats. I am so happy to have found this site. There are only 2 of ladies in Gaston County working on these 85 cats...so it ca sometimes get you burned out. I keep telling myself for every cat I spay it saves hundreds from being born...so that helps bring me back from the blink of burn out to remember that.
I live in Gaston County NC, between Gastonia and Kings Mountain in a rural subdivision of only 4 streets....pretty safe here from traffic and we do have woods around for the cats to hide. None of my cats go without shelter. I have made or purchased homes for everyone of them. I do place them in the woods so it not bring attention to the cats.....
Thank you for adding me to this wonderful group.
Chris Wooten
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