I know this should probably go into the Stray and Rescue area, but I need help ASAP.
I caught a kitty for my TNR program tonight, and have him downstairs in the bathroom, and he's been mewing pitifully, and not at all aggressive like all my other ferals have.
He's not a kitten, so he has to have been owned previously. I don't know if he's been neutered (I'm about to go and try to get a look), but in any case, if he's not microchipped and has no owner, what should I do?
Should I try to convince the shelter to evaluate him for adoption? If they say no, should I ring around other shelters? Should I just assume he'll be fine living where he is (it's fairly safe as far as feral colonies go), and just get him neutered, vaccinated and release him?
I have to ring at 6am tomorrow to get him into the clinic for surgery, and it's too late now to ring my other TNR contact for her opinion...
I caught a kitty for my TNR program tonight, and have him downstairs in the bathroom, and he's been mewing pitifully, and not at all aggressive like all my other ferals have.
He's not a kitten, so he has to have been owned previously. I don't know if he's been neutered (I'm about to go and try to get a look), but in any case, if he's not microchipped and has no owner, what should I do?
Should I try to convince the shelter to evaluate him for adoption? If they say no, should I ring around other shelters? Should I just assume he'll be fine living where he is (it's fairly safe as far as feral colonies go), and just get him neutered, vaccinated and release him?
I have to ring at 6am tomorrow to get him into the clinic for surgery, and it's too late now to ring my other TNR contact for her opinion...