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First let me start by saying I have cats, dogs and tarantulas and my name is Emily. A member of the tarantula forum I belong to suggested this site to me and I'm very happy I came to check it out!
Secondly, I have been feeding a stray cat for over a month now, he looked pretty rough when I met him and looks better now but still rough lol. I think it is a mature male that has been fixed, he's missing a few teeth and some of his fur is missing from fighting or a skin problem. I made him a shelter from a storage container like I've seen online and fitted it with blankets, next to that is his food and water, these are all on the back porch. At first he would eat and leave never going into the little shelter but now he stays in the yard almost all day unless he goes next door to nap under the neighbors grill tarp where it's a bit cooler in the afternoon. Each evening he chills on the porch, we visit him and then he sleeps in his shelter through the night.
I'm taking him to my vet on Friday to get vaccines, dewormed, some tests and to see if he is actually a boy. I don't know if he can ever live in the house because of the pets we already have but it would be nice if that happens. If for some reason he has to be outdoor only we will set up an outdoor enclosure in the backyard attached to the garage, It will be the area that is fenced in which will be more than big enough for him.
It would of course be ideal that he has no bad health issues to pass onto the cats inside and that after going to the vet maybe he could come in but I'm not putting all of my eggs in that basket yet. I guess I have some questions and I'm sorry for asking in my first ever post please forgive me.
Firstly do any of you have any outdoor only strays in your care? Have any of you done a outdoor cat run for a stray and not just pet cats? Do you still feed strays even if it's frowned upon in your city? Am I making a mistake here by caring for this kitty, because I don't feel like the humane society is going to give him a brighter future as he is old and kind of rough looking and as soon as I'd hand him over I could be signing over any chance he might have.
Again please forgive my getting right to it in this post, also thank you in advance for looking this over. I hope to return here with more posts and join in on other topics.
Secondly, I have been feeding a stray cat for over a month now, he looked pretty rough when I met him and looks better now but still rough lol. I think it is a mature male that has been fixed, he's missing a few teeth and some of his fur is missing from fighting or a skin problem. I made him a shelter from a storage container like I've seen online and fitted it with blankets, next to that is his food and water, these are all on the back porch. At first he would eat and leave never going into the little shelter but now he stays in the yard almost all day unless he goes next door to nap under the neighbors grill tarp where it's a bit cooler in the afternoon. Each evening he chills on the porch, we visit him and then he sleeps in his shelter through the night.
I'm taking him to my vet on Friday to get vaccines, dewormed, some tests and to see if he is actually a boy. I don't know if he can ever live in the house because of the pets we already have but it would be nice if that happens. If for some reason he has to be outdoor only we will set up an outdoor enclosure in the backyard attached to the garage, It will be the area that is fenced in which will be more than big enough for him.
It would of course be ideal that he has no bad health issues to pass onto the cats inside and that after going to the vet maybe he could come in but I'm not putting all of my eggs in that basket yet. I guess I have some questions and I'm sorry for asking in my first ever post please forgive me.
Firstly do any of you have any outdoor only strays in your care? Have any of you done a outdoor cat run for a stray and not just pet cats? Do you still feed strays even if it's frowned upon in your city? Am I making a mistake here by caring for this kitty, because I don't feel like the humane society is going to give him a brighter future as he is old and kind of rough looking and as soon as I'd hand him over I could be signing over any chance he might have.
Again please forgive my getting right to it in this post, also thank you in advance for looking this over. I hope to return here with more posts and join in on other topics.