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I'm used to feeding strays, on the way to work I've gotten kind of overly attatched to a maybe 3-4 year old male "feral" who has severely bonded with me, and an older female who was cautious but very friendly to me too, sadly she just passed on the other day from FIV and a respiratory infection.
I was lucky enough to meet some people who know these animals and others in the area, The male cat, who I call rudy, used to bodyguard the little girl. I think she might have been his mom or something, she was very sick and skinny for a long time. There's only a few cats in the immediate area,I was told most of the colony was adopted out a while ago and the remaining ones are FIV positive and deemed too feral to adopt out, but there's people who leave food regularly. Rudy and his mom have been climing on my lap for a while, He seems to still be healthy, but mostly toothless, Apparently nobody else can get close to him but he'll climb on my lap, lay on his back in front of me, all kinds of "my own domestic cat" behavior if I call him by myself. Basically I've still got one stray on the side of the road who acts like Im coming home to my own pet and awkwardly treats me like a friend. I really need to help this one.
If you wanted to skip the backstory, I was wondering if anybody had any ideas for indoor/outdoor enclosures I can use to bring this cat inside before winter. He's got FIV so I cant keep him with other cats, and he's really friendly but from what I've seen and been told Im the only human he trusts, including neighbors who have been feeding him for years (I don't live in the area, just pass there off the train from work.) Im trying to negotiate keeping him, but with dogs and other cats around I need to have some kind of space specially for him where he's not going to get in trouble.
I've become far too mutually attatched to this animal to leave him on the side of the road, so any help is appreciated. I've been thinking about building an enclosure indoors and one outside I can move him back and forth between them, but Im not experienced with bringing strays indoors. Thanks for anything anyone can suggest!
I was lucky enough to meet some people who know these animals and others in the area, The male cat, who I call rudy, used to bodyguard the little girl. I think she might have been his mom or something, she was very sick and skinny for a long time. There's only a few cats in the immediate area,I was told most of the colony was adopted out a while ago and the remaining ones are FIV positive and deemed too feral to adopt out, but there's people who leave food regularly. Rudy and his mom have been climing on my lap for a while, He seems to still be healthy, but mostly toothless, Apparently nobody else can get close to him but he'll climb on my lap, lay on his back in front of me, all kinds of "my own domestic cat" behavior if I call him by myself. Basically I've still got one stray on the side of the road who acts like Im coming home to my own pet and awkwardly treats me like a friend. I really need to help this one.
If you wanted to skip the backstory, I was wondering if anybody had any ideas for indoor/outdoor enclosures I can use to bring this cat inside before winter. He's got FIV so I cant keep him with other cats, and he's really friendly but from what I've seen and been told Im the only human he trusts, including neighbors who have been feeding him for years (I don't live in the area, just pass there off the train from work.) Im trying to negotiate keeping him, but with dogs and other cats around I need to have some kind of space specially for him where he's not going to get in trouble.
I've become far too mutually attatched to this animal to leave him on the side of the road, so any help is appreciated. I've been thinking about building an enclosure indoors and one outside I can move him back and forth between them, but Im not experienced with bringing strays indoors. Thanks for anything anyone can suggest!