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I finally - after MONTHS - captured the 5 feral baby kittens. I still haven't caught the mother.
She refuses to go into the trap. I have tried everything. I've even tried tying a string to different dog crates and capturing her that way. (Manually). Nothing has worked.
The shelter told us we can only bring her in to be spayed on a Tuesday or Wednesday morning, so the window we have in catching her is very small. (Then there's the heat we have to contend with. She hides all day long).
I'm guessing she's probably pregnant again by now. I don't know this to be the case, but common sense tells me it's highly likely.
I don't know what to do. She MUST be spayed, but it's too late for that if she's pregnant again.
I'm actually afraid to even take her to the shelter now to be spayed BECAUSE I have no idea if she's pregnant again. I don't know what the shelter's/their vet's protocol is if they discover she is pregnant. Would they actually abort those innocent babies? (If so, I'll take my chances in having to catch her and her new kittens all over again... which was absolutely awful, because of the heat/humidity).
I might have to call the shelter to ask about that, but does anyone here have personal experience with bringing a feral cat in to be spayed, only to discover she was pregnant? What happened?
Thanks for any info. I'm really struggling on what to do. I don't want a feral cat hanging around here forever, having babies all the time because I can't catch her. I know I can stop feeding her, and perhaps she'll move on somewhere else, but that bothers me A LOT because I know she won't even have a chance at all of ever being spayed. I also worry about her having poor nutrition while being pregnant. (If she is pregnant again, at least the babies have a chance at being healthier if the Mom is fed well).
She refuses to go into the trap. I have tried everything. I've even tried tying a string to different dog crates and capturing her that way. (Manually). Nothing has worked.
The shelter told us we can only bring her in to be spayed on a Tuesday or Wednesday morning, so the window we have in catching her is very small. (Then there's the heat we have to contend with. She hides all day long).
I'm guessing she's probably pregnant again by now. I don't know this to be the case, but common sense tells me it's highly likely.
I don't know what to do. She MUST be spayed, but it's too late for that if she's pregnant again.
I'm actually afraid to even take her to the shelter now to be spayed BECAUSE I have no idea if she's pregnant again. I don't know what the shelter's/their vet's protocol is if they discover she is pregnant. Would they actually abort those innocent babies? (If so, I'll take my chances in having to catch her and her new kittens all over again... which was absolutely awful, because of the heat/humidity).
I might have to call the shelter to ask about that, but does anyone here have personal experience with bringing a feral cat in to be spayed, only to discover she was pregnant? What happened?
Thanks for any info. I'm really struggling on what to do. I don't want a feral cat hanging around here forever, having babies all the time because I can't catch her. I know I can stop feeding her, and perhaps she'll move on somewhere else, but that bothers me A LOT because I know she won't even have a chance at all of ever being spayed. I also worry about her having poor nutrition while being pregnant. (If she is pregnant again, at least the babies have a chance at being healthier if the Mom is fed well).