First time TNR...well, first time me at release...and, I can't release. cuz you know.. but I can't.
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I can't release!
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You are among like-minded people. I have two inside cats who were supposed to be TNRd - until I couldn't do it!
Vibes your new kitties adjust well to their new home
Vibes your new kitties adjust well to their new home
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There have been several cats that were hard for me to release . . . but all of them were feral and weren't interested in coming home with me. Now, if one didn't want to go, well, that would be another story.
Yes, exactly. The main reason for automatic releasing at TNR is they ARE feral, and fostering would take too long and too much resources.
But if a cat IS willing to stay, IS apparently a good candidate for fostering...
If its possible for you, and possible for that cat, take a new count and see where you get.
I don't understand something. Are y'all releasing the animals back where you trapped them? Sorry for the stupid question. I am going to trap my ferals in the spring. It is too cold to sit in a cage if I don't see them. But I will have no choice but to release the three I'm going to get done. They are as would as a mountain goat! They will be released back here where they know their hunting grounds. . I did find one cat that wasn't feral and I kept it, and 2 kittens from a feral pair. But they weren't wild. I guess I was just wondering if y'all are talking about true ferals or homeless?
Do yalls shelter that does the low cost spay for ferals tip an ear? The ones here do. I know it sounds mean, but I'll be able to tell easy who has been altered and who hasn't.
Just curious.
Do yalls shelter that does the low cost spay for ferals tip an ear? The ones here do. I know it sounds mean, but I'll be able to tell easy who has been altered and who hasn't.
Just curious.
Yes, we talk about release, usually where they were found, so they know the grounds and recognize their friends. Exactly as you yourself tell and experience it.
Which ones we release and which we try to foster depends in much on resources and such. With good resources lined up, we do try to foster all whom seems possible to foster. This will include most strays, most kittens, and the ferales whom seems possible candidates.
Without good resources, we must make compromises and do a Triage...Taking in only the very apparent friendly and very easily fostered kittens. Withouth any resources for fostering, we do just the TNR, releasing them all.
One nice exception to notice. Ferales, whom get severely hurt or sick, and gets help, are usually easy to socialize - IF they survive. The Window of easy socialisation opens up again when they are severely sick... Sometimes it becomes surprising easy and quick.
Another nice exception is a high preg or ferale momma with kittens. When they have landed and realize nobody is mean, and this seems to be the best practical chance for her children, she usually copy with the situation, and allows her children to be socialized.
Its not sure SHE will be socialized, but its usually no big difficulty to socialize her kittens.
So, helping a high preg ferale or ferale momma with kittens, is often easier than to help an alone ferale cat....
Ours were true feral also. We live in the country and had a male tom cat & a female cat that were as wild as they could possibly have been. We started feeding them and in the spring they had kittens. Though the mother cat did not trust us she brought the kittens to our house to eat. They would then leave and take them back to some abandoned building where they apparently lived. We trapped them all and did a TNR. The Daddy Tom grew very friendly and is now a lap cat. One little male kitten vanished and we suspect coyotes got it & the other male kitten was hit buy a car. The little girls have been a challenge but one of those is now a lap cat. The mother & the other little girl has been a challenge and continues to be so. Other than eating here we can not do much to help them other than trying to trap them again. This is what we started with & even though they look like tame kitties these were as wild as wild can be.
Keeneland, kudos to you! Wow I'm so glad I found this site. I am learning so much! I am in the country too. The coyotes around here have gotten pretty brave. I can't even let my 55 pound dog out in the main yard. She has a huge fenced exercise area, but it needs new gravel base, muddy. I let her out the back door one morning, and when I went to call her, two coyotes were chasing her near my house. They ran when I called, but scary! Animals are amazing! My dog is a sporting breed and loves to hunt. When I brought in the new born kitten I was scared she would attack it. She tried to nurse it! Then 15 weeks later she accepted the siblings, the big test was 2 months ago when we brought in the BIG adult cat. They all sleep together. Sorry if I sound so amazed. In 50 years I never owned a cat before.
To help deter coyotes, mark the boundaries of your yard with human urine, especially if you see where the coyotes have pooped & also on their trails. Obviously, this is easier for guys - around here, we call it "marking territory". If you know any kids, boys love to mark territory. I know it sounds gross but it works - it is telling coyotes that they are trespassing.
