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Hi,
I posted days ago about feeding 5 aggressive adult ferals under our building and you guys helped me out. Thanks.
2 days ago There was a big cat fight, 3 of the adult ferals were involved. after a while of hearing loud shouting and fighting one of them was just sitting calm and not moving a bit. I thought "Yeah, Wise kitty. Don't get involved in that", I later went down to see the most horrific scene I have ever seen in my life and it will stuck in my head forever, The cat's right eye was literally popping out of its face from the fight and was full in blood, also lots of blood EVERYWHERE on the ground around the cat, this kitty really bleed a lot and I don't know for how long. One of the nice neighbors took the cat for a vet but I didn't ask how is the cat now, just too afraid from the answer.
Now, I feel I'm somehow responsible for this.
I feed them on a daily basis at the same time but the food is enough for only 2-3 cats (~200 grams of dry food, I can't really afford more than that daily). These 5 cats together were not always gathered under our building before but since I started putting food for them they stayed there. I know that cats are EXTREMELY territorial especially with these unneutered ferals and I think I've made the territory to be a fight arena for cats to win it.
Is putting no food at all better than making the cats fight to a degree that one cat can literally kill another cat to win the territory? They are big cats and don't seem to be sick or starving for me at all, they look chubby and clean. I was just trying to bond but I think the risk is greater than the reward. correct me please if I'm wrong.
I posted days ago about feeding 5 aggressive adult ferals under our building and you guys helped me out. Thanks.
2 days ago There was a big cat fight, 3 of the adult ferals were involved. after a while of hearing loud shouting and fighting one of them was just sitting calm and not moving a bit. I thought "Yeah, Wise kitty. Don't get involved in that", I later went down to see the most horrific scene I have ever seen in my life and it will stuck in my head forever, The cat's right eye was literally popping out of its face from the fight and was full in blood, also lots of blood EVERYWHERE on the ground around the cat, this kitty really bleed a lot and I don't know for how long. One of the nice neighbors took the cat for a vet but I didn't ask how is the cat now, just too afraid from the answer.
Now, I feel I'm somehow responsible for this.
I feed them on a daily basis at the same time but the food is enough for only 2-3 cats (~200 grams of dry food, I can't really afford more than that daily). These 5 cats together were not always gathered under our building before but since I started putting food for them they stayed there. I know that cats are EXTREMELY territorial especially with these unneutered ferals and I think I've made the territory to be a fight arena for cats to win it.
Is putting no food at all better than making the cats fight to a degree that one cat can literally kill another cat to win the territory? They are big cats and don't seem to be sick or starving for me at all, they look chubby and clean. I was just trying to bond but I think the risk is greater than the reward. correct me please if I'm wrong.