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Old January 21st 04, 09:40 PM
RobinB.
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"Sheri" wrote in message
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Help! I'm at my wit's end. A family of 4 feral cats has been living in
my parents' front yard for the last 6 months (snip)


Hi Sheri, good luck to you, but I came across this wonderful group that has
TONS of information Trap/Neuter/Release. You'll have to join the group,
but I found an absolutely amazing amount of information for the newbie
trapper.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/feral_cats/


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Old January 22nd 04, 11:20 PM
Sheri
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"RobinB." wrote in message news:

Hi Sheri, good luck to you, but I came across this wonderful group that has
TONS of information Trap/Neuter/Release. You'll have to join the group,
but I found an absolutely amazing amount of information for the newbie
trapper.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/feral_cats/


Hi --- I'll definitely check it out. I know it's going to be difficult
to trap the one remaining female. I released her mom, sister, and dad
today. The 2 females were spayed a week ago, and I wanted to give them
recovery time. I had also hoped to hold them until I caught Little
Sister, but they seemed so miserable in the cage. Daddy cat was
neutered yesterday. He was relaxed last night, but was thrashing
around in the cage this morning. I let him go because I was afraid
he'd injure himself. He's very feral. I also ended up trapping and
neutering another male who was trying to mate with Little Sister. I
guess that's one was of keeping her from getting pregnant, but I know
if she keeps going into heat, I can't catch all of her "suitors". More
will definitely show up.

Sheri
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Old January 28th 04, 02:01 AM
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well one suggestion that worke to trap my two ferals(one in 99 one in
last summer...take a dog cage (the plastic kind...i used a 24" long
vari kennel with a string tied to the door on side which opens...and
when they walk in pull it...this was used for trapping right outside the
slidding glass door...the back of cage must be against something cause
you will be pulling string and using it as a brace...so might use a
stake or two in ground if this is being done far away from deck... also
yopu need to hold it real tight cause they will be pushing to get
out...might want to have a glove to protect hand when you latch the
door... good luck...hope you can get her spayed asap
ps the first cat nknew me for a week as i fed couple cats around him
the second cat was only her 3rd day showing up and she was much more
afraid0-had to feed her and leave but first would let me watch him
eat...ferals make great cats once they tame-they are very bonded to the
tamer(my exp with hershey and lucy)

 




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