Hello,
My name is Josh and I am not a cat owner but I am a love all animals and am very conflicted with what to do with a particular stay in my area.(there seems to be a lot of strays around here but almost all of them are not people friendly which leads me to believe they are feral.(all though most of them seem to be well fed...sometimes really fat even)
The cat I am here for is very friendly and it leads me to believe she was a house cat earlier in life. We first saw her a week ago and she came up to us and was skin and bones and appears to have given birth recently as her mammaries are swollen.
We feed her some lunch meat and she wolfed it down like there was no tomorrow and then went on her way. We didn't see her again for another week.(which was yesterday) We gave her a can of tuna and she again wolfed it down.
Tonight was the kicker though. My boyfriend and I had invited 2 friends over for a BBQ and when we went out to start the grill the cat was on the steps waiting for us. We again gave her a can of tuna which she wolfed down and then we didn't have anymore tuna but was still acting hungry so we cooked 2 hotdogs and then cut them up into small chunks and she at that as well. Then the 2 friends showed up and brought some dry cat food with and she ate a bit of that as well and hung out with us and rubbed up against us and socialized. She is a VERY nice cat. She hung out with us for hours before wandering off.
Here is the dilemma:
We live only 1 mile away from the largest "no kill" shelter in all of Minnesota(http://www.animalarkshelter.org/)
We don't know where her potential kittens are though. We are going to buy a bag of cat food tomorrow because I am sure at this point she will continue coming here for food and we will give her as much as she needs everyday.
I just don't know if she has a liter of kittens that she is still nursing somewhere and I don't want those kittens to die of starvation if we bring thier mom to the no kill shelter.(and I'm sure they could adopt her easily enough because she is clearly not feral....but IS CLEARLY a stray at this point in her life)
What should I do??
If she is nursing kittens somewhere in the neighborhood do you think she would potentially bring them here once they are old enough? 1 of the friends who came over tonight already wants to adopt one of the kittens if she has any.
My name is Josh and I am not a cat owner but I am a love all animals and am very conflicted with what to do with a particular stay in my area.(there seems to be a lot of strays around here but almost all of them are not people friendly which leads me to believe they are feral.(all though most of them seem to be well fed...sometimes really fat even)
The cat I am here for is very friendly and it leads me to believe she was a house cat earlier in life. We first saw her a week ago and she came up to us and was skin and bones and appears to have given birth recently as her mammaries are swollen.
We feed her some lunch meat and she wolfed it down like there was no tomorrow and then went on her way. We didn't see her again for another week.(which was yesterday) We gave her a can of tuna and she again wolfed it down.
Tonight was the kicker though. My boyfriend and I had invited 2 friends over for a BBQ and when we went out to start the grill the cat was on the steps waiting for us. We again gave her a can of tuna which she wolfed down and then we didn't have anymore tuna but was still acting hungry so we cooked 2 hotdogs and then cut them up into small chunks and she at that as well. Then the 2 friends showed up and brought some dry cat food with and she ate a bit of that as well and hung out with us and rubbed up against us and socialized. She is a VERY nice cat. She hung out with us for hours before wandering off.
Here is the dilemma:
We live only 1 mile away from the largest "no kill" shelter in all of Minnesota(http://www.animalarkshelter.org/)
We don't know where her potential kittens are though. We are going to buy a bag of cat food tomorrow because I am sure at this point she will continue coming here for food and we will give her as much as she needs everyday.
I just don't know if she has a liter of kittens that she is still nursing somewhere and I don't want those kittens to die of starvation if we bring thier mom to the no kill shelter.(and I'm sure they could adopt her easily enough because she is clearly not feral....but IS CLEARLY a stray at this point in her life)
What should I do??
If she is nursing kittens somewhere in the neighborhood do you think she would potentially bring them here once they are old enough? 1 of the friends who came over tonight already wants to adopt one of the kittens if she has any.