Check with Alley Cat Advocates or any TNR group in your area.
Consider them a feral colony. They will help you. Live trapping is
easy. Just remember to be very careful. A feral bit my finger and
broke it.....and, two surgeries later, it is doing fine. Luckily I
had good insurance. And still had possession of the cat so she could
be spayed and quarantined for the appropriate amount of time. If your
cats really want to be outside, put up a dog kennel so they can go
thru the pet door into the kennel. It is great. With farmland, you
probably have fox and coyote. They will kill a cat in a heart beat.
My Mom has ferals (people dump them in the strip mall behind her
property) and she has to be concerned about the hawks. I just got a
very small kitten from the pine thicket. She is in the bedroom now,
napping. All of this is to say, be careful with your own cats. I did
not realize all the dangers when I moved to the farm. I had hoped to
have lots of cared for outside cats. That probably won't happen. Help
the ferals you can. Mom has had a couple of dozen spayed/neutered and
released. Some stay, some go. It is very hard when they go and all
you can do is hope they found a good place to live. ACA has a good
website with lots of information re caring for ferals.
I am very sorry Trixter left this world. I just lost Dixie Louise.
She made my life so much better though. I would not have missed one
second of the time we had together. Not a nano second.
Good luck.
On Jul 24, 2008, at 11:18 AM, Sharon Harden wrote:
Hi All,
I am new to Felv and just lost my Trixter to this awful Disease. I
want to thank all of you for the information I have been reading
from you all.
I have many ferals around my house because of the 3 fields that
surround me. I have talked to the farmer but he is not interested in
trying to help me help his cats. I have had to close up my cat door
to protect my other 3.
I dont know anything about rounding them up and would hate to catch
them just to be put to death. Any suggestions.
Regards to all, Sharon
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