My main goal for the strays in my yard is to eventually find them permanent homes, as is probably the same with most of us on here.
So far the 2 spayed females have made the best progress socially, and I can basically do anything with them as I would do with my 2 cats I own.
They are strongly attatched to me, everytime they see me they run up to greet me meowing, they will follow me around the yard wherever I go, they let me pet,brush, and play with them, even wipe their rear ends with a damp paper towel if they get mud on their behind, they basically claimed me as family.
I have posted videos of them both on here so everyone can see, watch the video you'll see what I mean.
The trouble is I cant keep them as pets, not enough money or room, 2 cats is the limit, and I want them to get adopted by other people.
I have spend a year getting them this friendly, and caring for them everyday.
Prettyboy is helping me with the cats getting them fixed, and offcourse I mentioned to her about finding them homes. Nobody I know personally wants any more cats, so it would be up to a shelter to find them homes. Trouble is they wont take them because the cats only trust me.
If my family goes in the yard with them, they will stay in the yard but thats all. If they come inside when it's quiet, they will come up to the other members of my family.
But when prettyboy comes over they stay in the yard and dont come up to her. Prettyboy told me to keep working with them, trouble is I think I have done all I can with them, they are like housecats to me, thats the best I can do.
I figure there are 2 ways to get them to trust anyone to pet them.
#1. If prettyboy came over everyday to visit and tried feeding them and playing with them, that's how I got them to trust me. But she works and has other important things to do,and I dont think coming over everyday is an option. And it wont help if it's dark out either.
#2. Get someone to take my word that they are good adoption candidates, and foster them for around 3 days in a normal house setup.
I notice around my family they arent very nervous, I guess because they see them everyday and know them.
I also think being outside it's hard for them to be very calm, hearing all the noises. Inside my house they act differently, they are calmer.
Any other ideas how to help them? They are SO close to being perfect members of someones family!
So far the 2 spayed females have made the best progress socially, and I can basically do anything with them as I would do with my 2 cats I own.
They are strongly attatched to me, everytime they see me they run up to greet me meowing, they will follow me around the yard wherever I go, they let me pet,brush, and play with them, even wipe their rear ends with a damp paper towel if they get mud on their behind, they basically claimed me as family.
I have posted videos of them both on here so everyone can see, watch the video you'll see what I mean.
The trouble is I cant keep them as pets, not enough money or room, 2 cats is the limit, and I want them to get adopted by other people.
I have spend a year getting them this friendly, and caring for them everyday.
Prettyboy is helping me with the cats getting them fixed, and offcourse I mentioned to her about finding them homes. Nobody I know personally wants any more cats, so it would be up to a shelter to find them homes. Trouble is they wont take them because the cats only trust me.
If my family goes in the yard with them, they will stay in the yard but thats all. If they come inside when it's quiet, they will come up to the other members of my family.
But when prettyboy comes over they stay in the yard and dont come up to her. Prettyboy told me to keep working with them, trouble is I think I have done all I can with them, they are like housecats to me, thats the best I can do.
I figure there are 2 ways to get them to trust anyone to pet them.
#1. If prettyboy came over everyday to visit and tried feeding them and playing with them, that's how I got them to trust me. But she works and has other important things to do,and I dont think coming over everyday is an option. And it wont help if it's dark out either.
#2. Get someone to take my word that they are good adoption candidates, and foster them for around 3 days in a normal house setup.
I notice around my family they arent very nervous, I guess because they see them everyday and know them.
I also think being outside it's hard for them to be very calm, hearing all the noises. Inside my house they act differently, they are calmer.
Any other ideas how to help them? They are SO close to being perfect members of someones family!