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Hi everyone,
I'm posting to seek advice about this young feral in my neighbourhood. We have quite a few ferals who roam our neighbourhood as people leave food out for them but I have noticed this one cat in particular.
She's a tiny thing that I noticed because she was never scared by me approaching, I'd get extremely close to her (maybe a feet) before she'd notice me and run away. I fear she may be going blind as when I approached her recently, I saw that one of eyes was completely red like it had been scratched out in a fight.
It broke my heart because I walked right in front of her today and when she felt my presence she cried out meowing for this older tom cat she's started to follow around for support and ran around in circles and under parked cars. I don't know if she'll survive in the winter with her eyesight getting so bad. I've thought about trapping her but I'm not sure how.
Also if I take her to the vet and confirm she is losing eyesight, what could I do then, as well vets in my area cost a fortune.
She's not friendly enough (she's terrified of people) to become an indoor cat but I can't just leave her in her state. Has anyone been in a similar predicament?
I'm posting to seek advice about this young feral in my neighbourhood. We have quite a few ferals who roam our neighbourhood as people leave food out for them but I have noticed this one cat in particular.
She's a tiny thing that I noticed because she was never scared by me approaching, I'd get extremely close to her (maybe a feet) before she'd notice me and run away. I fear she may be going blind as when I approached her recently, I saw that one of eyes was completely red like it had been scratched out in a fight.
It broke my heart because I walked right in front of her today and when she felt my presence she cried out meowing for this older tom cat she's started to follow around for support and ran around in circles and under parked cars. I don't know if she'll survive in the winter with her eyesight getting so bad. I've thought about trapping her but I'm not sure how.
Also if I take her to the vet and confirm she is losing eyesight, what could I do then, as well vets in my area cost a fortune.
She's not friendly enough (she's terrified of people) to become an indoor cat but I can't just leave her in her state. Has anyone been in a similar predicament?