Hello. I am new here and found this site off of the PetFinder forum. I will try to keep this short and sweet. I am a cat person, actually I am a cat magnet. I have three cats of my own, I found 1 and 2 found me. I live in an apartment complex that is famous for people dropping off cats. We are a very small community with three buildings and I believe around 40 apartments.
I have been feeding several strays for quite a while now, I have even put two kennels out for them to sleep in when it is cold. My husband and I are getting ready to move. There is one boy cat in particular that comes to my window wanting food. There are two other apartments that I know of that feed these strays, but they do not care too much for him because they let their cats run around in heat and blame him for spraying and kittens. Now, I am not berating them at all, after all I might need their help. I have already taken one mama and two kittens to the Michigan Anti Cruelty Society. What do I do with this boy? He started to trust me until I locked him in a kennel one day (the day I took the others) and I accidentally let him out because I thought he was someone else's cat (he tricked me!) He showed up last spring, I think someone dropped him. He looks like he has had it pretty rough. I want to help him, but everyone is telling me he is a wild cat and there is nothing I can do. If you ever saw the Disney movie Oliver and Co., he reminds me of one of the street strays. I know that is corny, but he acts tough then looks at me with the sweetest eyes. Is there anything the shelter can do for him? Do I just let him be? I have a live trap sitting outside right now with food in it. He stared at me through the window this morning telling me he is not that naive and just walked away. I need some advice please.
I have been feeding several strays for quite a while now, I have even put two kennels out for them to sleep in when it is cold. My husband and I are getting ready to move. There is one boy cat in particular that comes to my window wanting food. There are two other apartments that I know of that feed these strays, but they do not care too much for him because they let their cats run around in heat and blame him for spraying and kittens. Now, I am not berating them at all, after all I might need their help. I have already taken one mama and two kittens to the Michigan Anti Cruelty Society. What do I do with this boy? He started to trust me until I locked him in a kennel one day (the day I took the others) and I accidentally let him out because I thought he was someone else's cat (he tricked me!) He showed up last spring, I think someone dropped him. He looks like he has had it pretty rough. I want to help him, but everyone is telling me he is a wild cat and there is nothing I can do. If you ever saw the Disney movie Oliver and Co., he reminds me of one of the street strays. I know that is corny, but he acts tough then looks at me with the sweetest eyes. Is there anything the shelter can do for him? Do I just let him be? I have a live trap sitting outside right now with food in it. He stared at me through the window this morning telling me he is not that naive and just walked away. I need some advice please.