I am moving within the month and can't take any cats with me. For the past two years I have been feeding a feral/stray cat colony of around 10 cats and TNRd around 35 cats. The property manager barely tolerates my feeding the cats in front of the dumpster. (High rate of foreclosure/evictions; condos sell for $20,000 [no, that is NOT $200,000].
Even were there a caretaker available, given the situation, that is not a viable option. I will be in the old area around once or twice a month and can leave out some dry food then and only then (until I get caught).
One option I do have is moving the cats to a farm/barn about 60 miles away. The other option is to start decreasing the amount of food I give them, hoping they will look else where for food. There are many dumpsters and birds; we do not have a mice problem.
Given the situation, would it be better to leave the cats to fend for themselves or move some of the cats--which ever ones I can trap--to a barn/farm (there are other cats there). Any other suggestions, ideas? Thanks.
I will shed tears about this.
Even were there a caretaker available, given the situation, that is not a viable option. I will be in the old area around once or twice a month and can leave out some dry food then and only then (until I get caught).
One option I do have is moving the cats to a farm/barn about 60 miles away. The other option is to start decreasing the amount of food I give them, hoping they will look else where for food. There are many dumpsters and birds; we do not have a mice problem.
Given the situation, would it be better to leave the cats to fend for themselves or move some of the cats--which ever ones I can trap--to a barn/farm (there are other cats there). Any other suggestions, ideas? Thanks.
I will shed tears about this.