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All's well - the girls have now been eating out of their newly-positioned boxes for the past 3 days. Thanks for all the best wishes.
The change to the norm seems to have set Little Cow back a bit, as she's not been seen much since the boxes moved - just the odd glimpse here and there, but she'll adapt over the coming weeks. Ruby, on the other hand, appears to be thriving - all the family have now had the experience of her sitting about 10-15 feet away while food is being prepared, meowing her little heart out. Indeed, she did it to me yesterday when I popped outside at a non-food time....she came out of one of the boltholes in the barn and started meowing like crazy at me. Bizarrely, she hadn't really touched her food at this point - I think she just wanted to chat!! That said, I put a few treats down for her and they were wolfed a few minutes later once she'd had a good groom. There's a little bit of me is concerned her meowing might be a sign of something more sinister like an illness, so I'll keep an eye out on her. Before too long, I plan to take them both to the vets for proper flea and worm treatment (apparently the over-the-counter sachets aren't particularly effective but are 'better than nothing', in the words of my local vet), and the first lot of vaccinations. This is assuming, of course, that they can be caught!! Still, my local vet has loads of feral experience so that's really encouraging.
best to all
The change to the norm seems to have set Little Cow back a bit, as she's not been seen much since the boxes moved - just the odd glimpse here and there, but she'll adapt over the coming weeks. Ruby, on the other hand, appears to be thriving - all the family have now had the experience of her sitting about 10-15 feet away while food is being prepared, meowing her little heart out. Indeed, she did it to me yesterday when I popped outside at a non-food time....she came out of one of the boltholes in the barn and started meowing like crazy at me. Bizarrely, she hadn't really touched her food at this point - I think she just wanted to chat!! That said, I put a few treats down for her and they were wolfed a few minutes later once she'd had a good groom. There's a little bit of me is concerned her meowing might be a sign of something more sinister like an illness, so I'll keep an eye out on her. Before too long, I plan to take them both to the vets for proper flea and worm treatment (apparently the over-the-counter sachets aren't particularly effective but are 'better than nothing', in the words of my local vet), and the first lot of vaccinations. This is assuming, of course, that they can be caught!! Still, my local vet has loads of feral experience so that's really encouraging.
best to all
