A woman I know who lives out in the country has been feeding some feral cats. I've offered many times to try to get them into the shelter where I volunteer, but she's refused, and now two of them are pregnant.
So now she's willing for me to take them to the shelter, but neither of us knows how to capture them safely. I've called around, and no one has a trap available at the moment... can anyone suggest another method?
I'm also concerned that the shelter may not have room for them at the time we show up there. If that turns out to be the case... would it be better for us to set up cages for them in the garage or in the fenced backyard (assuming warm weather)? The garage has no windows, and I don't know how an outdoor cat would feel about being so totally isolated from the outside world.
There's absolutely no place in the house for them -- and even if there were, I'm very concerned about the possibility of spreading diseases to our six cats. How should we go about preventing that?
And what other issues should we be thinking about?
Many thanks for your guidance...
So now she's willing for me to take them to the shelter, but neither of us knows how to capture them safely. I've called around, and no one has a trap available at the moment... can anyone suggest another method?
I'm also concerned that the shelter may not have room for them at the time we show up there. If that turns out to be the case... would it be better for us to set up cages for them in the garage or in the fenced backyard (assuming warm weather)? The garage has no windows, and I don't know how an outdoor cat would feel about being so totally isolated from the outside world.
There's absolutely no place in the house for them -- and even if there were, I'm very concerned about the possibility of spreading diseases to our six cats. How should we go about preventing that?
And what other issues should we be thinking about?
Many thanks for your guidance...