Good Morning,
I live close to a county park and many cats make their way to our home. We trap, neuter and release the feral ones, and I volunteer at a local shelter that will take in the adoptable ones. I have four now that basically live in my yard - I only consider one female to still be "feral". The other three let me pet them but they are still skittish and are definitely not adoptable. They are very comfortable with us - we have insulated houses with warming disks and mylar blankets for them in the winter, etc. I put a collar with three small bells on it on one of the males that is a "hunter". He catches a lot of birds and squirrels. The bells are not working as I am still finding remains of birds in the yard. I tried to find a solution on line, to no avail. Does anyone have any advice as to what I can do about this? He caught a baby bird a few weeks ago and I heard it happen and screamed loud enough that he let the bird alone and we were able to rescue it and take it to the bird sanctuary. I appreciate your advice.
Lindy Foreman
I live close to a county park and many cats make their way to our home. We trap, neuter and release the feral ones, and I volunteer at a local shelter that will take in the adoptable ones. I have four now that basically live in my yard - I only consider one female to still be "feral". The other three let me pet them but they are still skittish and are definitely not adoptable. They are very comfortable with us - we have insulated houses with warming disks and mylar blankets for them in the winter, etc. I put a collar with three small bells on it on one of the males that is a "hunter". He catches a lot of birds and squirrels. The bells are not working as I am still finding remains of birds in the yard. I tried to find a solution on line, to no avail. Does anyone have any advice as to what I can do about this? He caught a baby bird a few weeks ago and I heard it happen and screamed loud enough that he let the bird alone and we were able to rescue it and take it to the bird sanctuary. I appreciate your advice.
Lindy Foreman