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My friend Tom, who is my baby girl Kalis' 'cat daddy' has about 9 feral cats... Kali was one of the litters last year (born may, the rest of the litter was killed by an aggressive male who didn't like any offspring that were not his). After Tom rescued Kali Baby and I adopted her in July he found another litter.
He has been able to tnr 3, of course all males. 1 time did he actually come close to getting a female he couldn't get her in the carrier and got himself pretty scratched/bit up...
I tried to get him to socialize the 6 kittens so they could be adopted out... I was able to find homes for 2 of them... that was last oct-nov. I keep telling Tom he needs to try to get the other kittens as they will most likely be able to mate (real soon)... he tries to just say ohh he will ... in the spring... in a few weeks... etc. I told him today when I saw one of the male kittens and could CLEARLY see he was male that he needed to act soon... I cannot touch any of the kittens now, they run if they see you. Tom feeds the cats and can OCCASIONALLY touch maybe 1 of the cats while it is distracted eating. Of course it is one of the males already tnr'd
I tried googling feral cat help for western ny and couldn't find hardly anything. I told Tom he needs to get a have'a'heart trap instead of trying to use a regular carrier because he cannot grab the cats to get them in there and if you move most of the time they run. The kittens are pretty much all feral now because they were not socialized enough and the adult cats were 'teaching' them not to trust people basically.
I know at least one of the kittens is female as it is a calico, and at least 2 of the adult cats are females. now that is going to produce A LOT of kittens if I can't get him to trap these guys...
Does anyone know of any place in western NY (Albion NY to be exact) that helps? I know Tom is rather frugal moneywise and I don't know if I can persuade him to buy a have'a'heart trap... even though he likely spends just as much on buying food for them all... and we know of a place that will do a slightly cheaper spay/neuter for ferals but they don't help with like traps or ideas of trapping
I don't know I just don't want more kitties that end up not having a good home and ferals have such short lives and so many things happen to them. I was so lucky to be able to help Kali. You could never tell she was born of a feral momma
here is a picture of one of the kittens last sept.
He has been able to tnr 3, of course all males. 1 time did he actually come close to getting a female he couldn't get her in the carrier and got himself pretty scratched/bit up...
I tried to get him to socialize the 6 kittens so they could be adopted out... I was able to find homes for 2 of them... that was last oct-nov. I keep telling Tom he needs to try to get the other kittens as they will most likely be able to mate (real soon)... he tries to just say ohh he will ... in the spring... in a few weeks... etc. I told him today when I saw one of the male kittens and could CLEARLY see he was male that he needed to act soon... I cannot touch any of the kittens now, they run if they see you. Tom feeds the cats and can OCCASIONALLY touch maybe 1 of the cats while it is distracted eating. Of course it is one of the males already tnr'd
I tried googling feral cat help for western ny and couldn't find hardly anything. I told Tom he needs to get a have'a'heart trap instead of trying to use a regular carrier because he cannot grab the cats to get them in there and if you move most of the time they run. The kittens are pretty much all feral now because they were not socialized enough and the adult cats were 'teaching' them not to trust people basically.
I know at least one of the kittens is female as it is a calico, and at least 2 of the adult cats are females. now that is going to produce A LOT of kittens if I can't get him to trap these guys...
Does anyone know of any place in western NY (Albion NY to be exact) that helps? I know Tom is rather frugal moneywise and I don't know if I can persuade him to buy a have'a'heart trap... even though he likely spends just as much on buying food for them all... and we know of a place that will do a slightly cheaper spay/neuter for ferals but they don't help with like traps or ideas of trapping
I don't know I just don't want more kitties that end up not having a good home and ferals have such short lives and so many things happen to them. I was so lucky to be able to help Kali. You could never tell she was born of a feral momma
here is a picture of one of the kittens last sept.