It makes my day to know that there is someone like you out there taking care of feral -- I admire your effort and good luck bringing in the rest of the feral babies -- are you trapping them in a regular trap? If so, I highly recommend you consider using a drop trap -- Nina suggested that I use to re-trap Maddie who escapted out of her new adopted house two days later after she arrived (she was semi-feral cat) -- she was missing for 5 weeks until I finally re-trapped her with a drop trap -- after many many walks with putting out the flyers in all over the area -- the persistence had finally paid off -- I can't express how overwhelmingly happy we were to see maddie again..Maddie was sooo happy to be back home where she originally came from, and where all her brothers and friends are -- ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Dubose<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 6:04 PM Subject: Re: Need help ASAP with a kitty
You are a very good purrson......... I just took on 2 new clients that have "house ferals"..... :) It just warms my coal black heart to see what hoops they will jump through for those cats....... I am in the process of relocating one of my feral colonies to my backyard, which is HUGE. There is a cottage in the the back, w/ 2 other buildings also. This colony is small, only 12 cats, they are losing their home due to "progress", of course. They have lived on the same greenbelt in Austin for years, and it was sold last year to built "single family dwellings"...... Gag........ The poor deer are being displaced too. Anyway, I have moved 5 to my yard, and one was tame and came to live inside. "Thomacina" is a huge orange tabby that was not feral, he was dumped @ the colony as a kitten and remained friendly. I noticed that his ear was draining constantly, & full of pus, so I took him to my vet who said he had 3 types of very nasty bacterial infections going on, plus a growth that needed to be removed. After we got the infections cleared up, Dr. Samon stepped in and removed his growth, ear canal and stitched him up. So far so good, it was cancerous. I put him in a foster home for 2 weeks so he could recoup and finish his meds, and then introduced him to my motley crew of rascals & hooligans in fur. I have never introduced a kitty that old to my gang (he's maybe 3 yrs?) so I wasn't sure what would happen. he fit right in, and now sleeps on my bed every night. It's funny when you take a kitty outta a bad situation where they are living on hand outs and move them inside, you can really see appreciation in their eyes everyday. He just LOVES sleeping in a soft bed...... I still have 6 more cats to move over to my home, I got sidetracked w/ the houston 14 from the rescuer / collector situation (felv+ exposure cats) But for now, I have trained the colony to eat in a good Sam's yard on a deadend street. Nice people, young hippies that have "rock art" all over their yard......... So, kitties are somewhat outta harm's way for now. The main thing to remember is that you need to crate them for no less than 2 weeks in their new environment. That way they can see, smell, hear the comings & goings in their new home. They HAVE to get familiar or they could try and find their old home. Very important. I put my 5 in a big "walk in" type pen that was inside my out building, for 6 weeks. One day I just left the door opened so they could be free in my yard. I didn't see then for 2 weeks, I was so upset. They just reappeared one day, probably had been hiding the whole time. Now they are fed @ 6am after I tend to the house cats. Spoiled, spoiled, little brats........... Susan J. DuBose >^..^< www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com<http://www.petgirlspetsitting.com/> www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org<http://www.tx.siameserescue.org/> www.shadowcats.net<http://www.shadowcats.net/> "As Cleopatra lay in state, Faithful Bast at her side did wait, Purring welcomes of soft applause, Ever guarding with sharpened claws." Trajan Tennent ----- Original Message ----- From: HIDEYO YAMAMOTO<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 6:12 PM Subject: Re: Need help ASAP with a kitty Oh.. thank you! I am a little crazy that way -- I just don't know when to give up sometimes -- I would have staked out in the car all day long until she showed up every day --- since I did not want anyone else to be trapped and observed by her, I would hide in my car and had a string attached to the flap door of the trap so I can manually release when she goes into the trap - I was so happy to have her back - she is one of the very feral one and I cannot still pet her-- but she is a good girl! ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Dubose<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 1:53 PM Subject: Re: Need help ASAP with a kitty Wow, Hideyo! That's an impressive story. You sound like you earn your "wings" everyday.......... :) Susan J. DuBose >^..^< www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com<http://www.petgirlspetsitting.com/> www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org<http://www.tx.siameserescue.org/> www.shadowcats.net<http://www.shadowcats.net/> "As Cleopatra lay in state, Faithful Bast at her side did wait, Purring welcomes of soft applause, Ever guarding with sharpened claws." Trajan Tennent ----- Original Message ----- From: HIDEYO YAMAMOTO<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 11:36 AM Subject: Re: Need help ASAP with a kitty It's just so awful -- people think that they can just dump these precious living creatures anywhere they want and they are going to be just fine -- I am so devastated to hear this story.. please please find out where your uncle took them and maybe you can perhaps retrap them.. I have done that.. my stupid neighbour adopted this feral kitty and she kept peeing in the house so, she dumped her some place far away from her house - so I found out where she took her and I staked out for a week and finally re-trapped her back and now she is with me -- I will be praying for those precious lives that they are going to be okay!..
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