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Ukealalio
Citizen
Username: Ukealalio
Post Number: 473
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 4:04 pm: |     |
We spotted a grey cat going under our porch around a month ago and when the snow storm hit, we decided to leave some food out so the poor thing wouldn't starve to death. I probably did the wrong thing but now it appears there are at least 3 cats not 1. These are totally feral creatures and they will not come anywhere near humans. I fear if I continue feeding these critters , my porch will become feral kitty central.
Any suggestions ?. |
Sylad
Citizen
Username: Sylad
Post Number: 282
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 4:05 pm: | |
Another reason why we need that animal shelter. |
amandacat
Citizen
Username: Amandacat
Post Number: 368
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 4:30 pm: | |
I believe the responsible and humane thing to do with regard to feral cats is to trap them, have them fixed, and then -- assuming they are not candidates for domestication -- release them. I'm sure there has been tons written on this topic, if you do an internet search you're bound to come up with some helpful links. |
musicme
Citizen
Username: Musicme
Post Number: 461
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 4:33 pm: | |
Ukes
invite the feral dogs. They'll clean out the cats. But then you'll have to invite the feral goats to get rid of the dogs,then the horses to...you see where I'm going.
Before you know it you will be living over the animal shelter.
You shoulda killed that fly when you had the chance!
Stop with the puss 'n boots already! |
Ukealalio
Citizen
Username: Ukealalio
Post Number: 474
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 5:10 pm: | |
Thanks musicme. Your solution sounds like a Passover song where the dog eats the cat who ate the rat, etc. etc. and so on.
These are real skittish creatures, perhaps we can take a tip from the capture of Gen Noreiga. Maybe if we blast my son's Powerman 5000 records (The Army used Kiss but I think these cats are fans) under the porch, they will find another residance. Got any lethal sound equipment I can borrow ?. |
Joan
Citizen
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 2498
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 5:18 pm: | |
Harsh as this sounds, you should stop feeding the cats. Wild cats already pose a serious health problem in the Tuscan section of town and as their population increases their territory will increase.
Amandacat's suggestion is a good one because it will prevent those cats which are trapped from reproducing.
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Mergele
Citizen
Username: Mergele
Post Number: 43
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 7:31 pm: | |
For some very good info on TNR programs and the thinking behind them: http://www.alleycat.org/resources.html
"Cats climb because being ruler of all you survey sucks when all you survey is ankles." -- Unknown |
kws
Citizen
Username: Kws
Post Number: 74
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 9:45 pm: | |
Cats outdoors? Feral or otherwise?? Say good bye to chipmunks and any birds (juncos, sparrows, catbirds, cardinals...) that spend time at ground level.
They are nothing but little assassins. And this from a former cat owner! They are killing machines. |
mellie
Citizen
Username: Mellie
Post Number: 408
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 9:54 pm: | |
it's the feral old ladies that scare the sh*t out of me! |
Catastrophe
Citizen
Username: Cat
Post Number: 33
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 10:26 pm: | |
me too! |
extuscan
Citizen
Username: Extuscan
Post Number: 262
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2004 - 1:08 pm: | |
Hey what a great excuse to talk about our favorite ferel cat! Ours was Bess. We got her at an animal shelter for $7 or something like that. This cat loved us... but it definately remembered its ferel roots. When we walked the dog, the cat would come along. She would climb the trees so fast that she could climb and come down from three trees in the time it took the dog to sniff one.
The squirrels used to walk along the chain link fence. She learned to do that too and catch them... We looked out our window one morning and there were two squirrels with bloody patches on thier bodies. Bess had struck, but not finished the job. She was a very successful hunter, and often left her work on our back doorstep.
This cat was totally cuddly though! She would fall asleep with us on the couch, in bed, or curl up on the floor with the dog.
We realized this cat was very bright one summer when we were having our living room remodeled. Someone wasn't flushing the toilet after using it. Eventually my mother asked the carpenter... is he forgetting to flush? He denied it! It kept happening again and again. Us kids were given the third degree. My mother stopped giving the carpenter beer.(!). Finally we found out that the cat had learned to piss in the toilet. She hadn't learned to flush.
But cats are wonderful things. Especially the wild ones. All we have now are these two pansy Himilayans. Ugh.
--John |
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