Hi,
I have not posted in quite a while, but I did want to let everyone who had given me advice on my feral kitten problem know the outcome. To summarize, I had trapped a feral kitten and her mom and had them spayed, shots, tested etc. The mom was too feral for me to keep so I released her, but I set the kitten up in an extra bedroom for a week and planned to keep her and take her with me when we moved in the middle of Feb. This made my 7 yr old cat become an emotional basket case. He stopped eating and I had to release the kitten again since no one would take her and I could not find anyone to care for her after we moved. That is pretty much where I left the story. Well, I ended up taking my own cat to the vet several times for subcutaneous fluids since he was throwing up and not eating. One of those times, the vet suggested a woman who ran a small cat haven may take the feral, so I contacted her and she said she would. The night before we moved, I was able to catch the 10 mo old feral kitten again (it was easy since she basically came into my house to eat and I was able to corner her). I took the cat to the haven about 2 weeks ago, and yesterday the woman emailed me saying the feral kitten had been adopted out already to a nice couple. I am so happy for her!! The bad news is that my own cat is still not eating. The move has only made him worse and I am now syringe feeding him. We moved to a townhouse and he no longer has nice scenery to look at out the windows. He wanders around lost, bored and confused most of the time. I feel so bad for him and fear he is not going to make it.
I have added a link to the feral kittens posting on petfinder.com. She is such a cutie. I am not surprised she got adopted so fast. Thanks to everyone who tried to help me with this situation.
http://www.petfinder.org/pet.cgi?act...=0&tmpl=&stat=
Mary
I have not posted in quite a while, but I did want to let everyone who had given me advice on my feral kitten problem know the outcome. To summarize, I had trapped a feral kitten and her mom and had them spayed, shots, tested etc. The mom was too feral for me to keep so I released her, but I set the kitten up in an extra bedroom for a week and planned to keep her and take her with me when we moved in the middle of Feb. This made my 7 yr old cat become an emotional basket case. He stopped eating and I had to release the kitten again since no one would take her and I could not find anyone to care for her after we moved. That is pretty much where I left the story. Well, I ended up taking my own cat to the vet several times for subcutaneous fluids since he was throwing up and not eating. One of those times, the vet suggested a woman who ran a small cat haven may take the feral, so I contacted her and she said she would. The night before we moved, I was able to catch the 10 mo old feral kitten again (it was easy since she basically came into my house to eat and I was able to corner her). I took the cat to the haven about 2 weeks ago, and yesterday the woman emailed me saying the feral kitten had been adopted out already to a nice couple. I am so happy for her!! The bad news is that my own cat is still not eating. The move has only made him worse and I am now syringe feeding him. We moved to a townhouse and he no longer has nice scenery to look at out the windows. He wanders around lost, bored and confused most of the time. I feel so bad for him and fear he is not going to make it.
I have added a link to the feral kittens posting on petfinder.com. She is such a cutie. I am not surprised she got adopted so fast. Thanks to everyone who tried to help me with this situation.
http://www.petfinder.org/pet.cgi?act...=0&tmpl=&stat=
Mary
