first time posting, long time lurker. my husband and I have 2 adorable cats and one on the way (new kitten coming home sunday!) but we have a dilemma with a stray/feral kitten.
about a month ago we saw a mom cat and about 5 kittens running around our backyard. they looked to be about 3 months old at the time. then they seemed to disappear. three days ago, however, we noticed a kitten on our neighbors deck. it would also come over and talk to our cats through the screen door. we left food out for it but it ran away whenever we tried to approach. it's had a constant presence in our yard the past few days.
we got a hav-a-heart trap today and caught it almost immediately. all the animal shelters we have talked to said they will not take it because it is "too old" and we will have to give it up to animal control where it will almost undoubtably be euthanized.
animal control is closed for the night, so right now the kitten is laying in the trap in our garage looking scared out of it's mind.
is there anything we can do? we don't want it to have to live outside but of course the alternative is much worse. is it true kittens of 4 months+ age cannot be domesticated? thanks.
about a month ago we saw a mom cat and about 5 kittens running around our backyard. they looked to be about 3 months old at the time. then they seemed to disappear. three days ago, however, we noticed a kitten on our neighbors deck. it would also come over and talk to our cats through the screen door. we left food out for it but it ran away whenever we tried to approach. it's had a constant presence in our yard the past few days.
we got a hav-a-heart trap today and caught it almost immediately. all the animal shelters we have talked to said they will not take it because it is "too old" and we will have to give it up to animal control where it will almost undoubtably be euthanized.
animal control is closed for the night, so right now the kitten is laying in the trap in our garage looking scared out of it's mind.
is there anything we can do? we don't want it to have to live outside but of course the alternative is much worse. is it true kittens of 4 months+ age cannot be domesticated? thanks.