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Hi all, new here. Hoping I'm posting this in the right area because I could use some help.
So long story short this young small stray showed up in my backyard who I immediately started feeding. Very skittish but she had a flea collar around her neck so either she slipped out or was booted out. A few weeks after she showed up I noticed her collar was stuck behind her left front leg and tried for at least a week to earn her trust enough to try and catch her to at least get that thing off. I finally grabbed her one night but she slipped and my cat (a stray I took in last year) ran out and chased her right out of the yard. She eventually came back but is more skittish than ever, still has that collar stuck on her and now she's most definitely pregnant. She may be a month along pregnancy wise, still comes to my yard for food but I don't know if I'll be able to catch her again.
My mom had the idea of cleaning out the shed and putting all sorts of blankets down in hopes that she might nest there. She seems to sleep somewhere around the corner during the day and I'm afraid she might have her kittens in someone's yard who might not tolerate having a stray. Our local rescues are all full (and difficult to get answers from based on my past experience) and animal control isn't taking in any cats that aren't sick or injured. Is there anything I can do to help make my yard more inviting that she might stay during the day, as a start? She's been in the shed a couple times, it's quiet during the day and right now we don't use the backyard too much except to let the dog out. I'd also like to get that collar off but I don't know what to try with her being so super wary of me now. Any suggestions would be super helpful.
So long story short this young small stray showed up in my backyard who I immediately started feeding. Very skittish but she had a flea collar around her neck so either she slipped out or was booted out. A few weeks after she showed up I noticed her collar was stuck behind her left front leg and tried for at least a week to earn her trust enough to try and catch her to at least get that thing off. I finally grabbed her one night but she slipped and my cat (a stray I took in last year) ran out and chased her right out of the yard. She eventually came back but is more skittish than ever, still has that collar stuck on her and now she's most definitely pregnant. She may be a month along pregnancy wise, still comes to my yard for food but I don't know if I'll be able to catch her again.
My mom had the idea of cleaning out the shed and putting all sorts of blankets down in hopes that she might nest there. She seems to sleep somewhere around the corner during the day and I'm afraid she might have her kittens in someone's yard who might not tolerate having a stray. Our local rescues are all full (and difficult to get answers from based on my past experience) and animal control isn't taking in any cats that aren't sick or injured. Is there anything I can do to help make my yard more inviting that she might stay during the day, as a start? She's been in the shed a couple times, it's quiet during the day and right now we don't use the backyard too much except to let the dog out. I'd also like to get that collar off but I don't know what to try with her being so super wary of me now. Any suggestions would be super helpful.