Fixing Ferals

caliprincess

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I called today to get vouchers to get my cats fixed. I decided to find out more information on fixing feral cats, since my daughter's Grandma has two feral cats that she feeds and stay around her apartment. I found out that after they fix them they cut the tip of their ear, so that other catchers know that they're fixed. I was just wondering, is this common?
 

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Originally Posted by Caliprincess

I called today to get vouchers to get my cats fixed. I decided to find out more information on fixing feral cats, since my daughter's Grandma has two feral cats that she feeds and stay around her apartment. I found out that after they fix them they cut the tip of their ear, so that other catchers know that they're fixed. I was just wondering, is this common?
Yes...it's called ear tipping and it is the preferred method to show that a cat has been TNR'd..they take a small amount of the left ear as a visual clue. That way, if someone else traps the feral accidentally, they will know that it has already been fixed and can release it.

Katie
 
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