So to recap: my husband and I found a young kitten we fell in love with (and named Whisper) and subsequently had to put to sleep b/c she had feline leukemia. She's the offspring of a group of feral/stray cats that live by our house. I want to start feeding them, neutering them, and testing them for feline leukemia (and unfortunately, putting down any that are positive), and my husband's completely on board. So we got some wet food and left small piles of it out to "lure" the cats near the house, and the main supply of food is in our driveway, at night (when we feed them) we can see them but they can't see us. Anyway I put the food out around 9pm tonight, and it worked!! We had two adult kitties show up, one I'm calling Cow b/c it's black and white, and the other is Whisper's Mom (or Dad). Anyway they ate the food and headed off.
So here is our plan, let me know if there's anything we should change. We'll feed them at the same time every night, for a couple weeks, so hopefully they will settle into a routine of coming here. After a couple weeks I want to try to approach them, I believe Whisper's Mom may be approachable, b/c a few days ago she let me get very close. The other I have no idea if it's approachable. But I figure wait a couple weeks, so we don't scare them off from here completely. Then find a way to get them to the vet for testing and neutering.
I'm also wondering, is it likely that they'd bring the other cats in their group to our feeding spot? I know there's more cats than the 2 we saw. Do feral cats normally do that?
Thanks!
So here is our plan, let me know if there's anything we should change. We'll feed them at the same time every night, for a couple weeks, so hopefully they will settle into a routine of coming here. After a couple weeks I want to try to approach them, I believe Whisper's Mom may be approachable, b/c a few days ago she let me get very close. The other I have no idea if it's approachable. But I figure wait a couple weeks, so we don't scare them off from here completely. Then find a way to get them to the vet for testing and neutering.
I'm also wondering, is it likely that they'd bring the other cats in their group to our feeding spot? I know there's more cats than the 2 we saw. Do feral cats normally do that?
Thanks!