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I have been feeding 2 outdoor cats for about 10 months. The one I was able to successfully TNR but the other never fell for my trap, and much to my dismay I saw her with 3 kittens. When the kittens were about 8-9 weeks I was able to catch one who was crying under my porch. I never did find the other two. The good news is, the kitten I caught was able to be very quickly socialized and is now in his forever home, where he is very loved.
Now on to the problem. At long last (and a great tip about using rotisserie chicken), I was able to trap mom. I assumed she would be a TNR situation too but she had a pretty bad respiratory infection. I was able to get her antibiotics and spayed, but she did not seem like my other TNR cat. No thrashing in the cage, after a few days when the respiratory infection cleared up she let me pet her (sporadically, but when I am able to she purrs a lot), she plays with toys, and she shows me her belly an awful lot. So I got to thinking she isn't really feral but perhaps was someone's pet at one point? She does get scared very easily but she's never aggressive, will just hiss and hide if something isn't to her liking.
I can't keep her because my cat absolutely hates other cats but given her behavior I was hoping maybe she could be socialized too. Right now she's living in my guest bedroom separated from my cat. But the past couple nights she meows. Loudly. ALL NIGHT LONG. So the meowing makes me think, does she want out?? But then I go in the room and she immediately stops and starts rolling around showing me her tummy again. I have no idea what to do with this cat in terms of trying to keep her and socialize her or put her back outside. She's not a clear feral like the other one was. Any advice would be so appreciated! I'm new to this site but I'm going to try to upload some pics I just took (yes at 3:30am when I went in the room to see what the problem was) of her showing her belly. I caught her on Thursday evening and she was spayed Friday, so I've only had her about 6 days.
Alison