I've been feeding a colony of feral cats for the past 16 years or so.
The cat colony dwells where I work, so it's handy for me to help them. Of course the cats have changed over the years and the current "dynasty" of feral cats that I'm helping is totally different from the one I started with. The current colony includes at least 12 cats.
My two home cats come from that colony. My elder cat is the last survinor of the original dinasty, none of them is still alive that I know.
I bring them food everyday in the morning and I leave them enough dry food and fresh water for the whole day. They are provided with plastic bowls and I also prepared them beds for the night in sheltered places.
The place where I work is closed during the weekends, but I have got a special permission to access the site everyday of the year, at every time of the day.
I also purchased a live trap cage for cat in 2012. With this trap I trapped at least 10 cats, I had 6 females neutered in the last two years, I captured several others kittens.
Since last August I caught 10 cats (2 females, 8 kittens). The females have been neutered and released, the kittens have been rehomed, the last one the day before Christmas.
Every rehoming is thoroughly screened before giving them a kitten. I require that a form is filled for every cat given in adoption so that the new owner knows what duties and rules apply for an adoption.
Since 2000 I think I have had 20 cats neutered and I have rehomed not less than 35 kittens. I have bought many tons of food and spent some 25,000 euro for them so far.
I also try to help other rescues when I can. At the moment I have a feral cat in my courtyard. I feed her too, though I would like her to trust me more.
Thanks for your attention
The cat colony dwells where I work, so it's handy for me to help them. Of course the cats have changed over the years and the current "dynasty" of feral cats that I'm helping is totally different from the one I started with. The current colony includes at least 12 cats.
My two home cats come from that colony. My elder cat is the last survinor of the original dinasty, none of them is still alive that I know.
I bring them food everyday in the morning and I leave them enough dry food and fresh water for the whole day. They are provided with plastic bowls and I also prepared them beds for the night in sheltered places.
The place where I work is closed during the weekends, but I have got a special permission to access the site everyday of the year, at every time of the day.
I also purchased a live trap cage for cat in 2012. With this trap I trapped at least 10 cats, I had 6 females neutered in the last two years, I captured several others kittens.
Since last August I caught 10 cats (2 females, 8 kittens). The females have been neutered and released, the kittens have been rehomed, the last one the day before Christmas.
Every rehoming is thoroughly screened before giving them a kitten. I require that a form is filled for every cat given in adoption so that the new owner knows what duties and rules apply for an adoption.
Since 2000 I think I have had 20 cats neutered and I have rehomed not less than 35 kittens. I have bought many tons of food and spent some 25,000 euro for them so far.
I also try to help other rescues when I can. At the moment I have a feral cat in my courtyard. I feed her too, though I would like her to trust me more.
Thanks for your attention