I have three strays coming around: a mom and her son and daughter. The mom is not even 2 years old and the kids are about 10 months. I need to get the females taken care of before they multiply. I've looked at a discount clinic and the price would be $56 each for spaying + $16 each for rabies shots + unexpected costs that I'm sure will come up because they always do.
I've barely even touched these cats because I can't get more than a couple of feet from them. I feed them because they have no one else.
I hesitated posting because I know I'll be told no, but has anyone had experience with carrot seed oil as a natural birth control? There's not as much information online as I'd like but it seems to be a possible option? There are lists of safe and unsafe oils for cats and then a list of oils to use with guidance from a professional and carrot seed is on that list.
$20 for a bottle of oil on Amazon vs probably $200 + (that I can't really afford) at a clinic on cats that aren't mine. How would I even catch them? Someone please tell me that they've tried carrot seed oil and it works and is safe.
If anyone's interested here's a backstory on the cats:
I used to throw my cats' uneaten food outside for the birds because apparently birds and squirrels like cat food. One day there was a small grey cat eating the food off the ground. So I fed her and she never left. Of course. About six months later another smaller grey cat shows up. Turned out to be her daughter. So there's Gray#1 and Gray#2. Last spring Gray#1 has babies next door. Shortly after, all four babies make their way to my backyard. Never saw Gray#1 again. I catch them and keep them in a large kennel on the patio and take care of them because I have no other choice. The whole time, I'm really stressed because I don't know what to do with the cats. They grow, my sister takes one, I give two to a woman who fosters and works with pet rescue and I keep one - she's in my lap right now. She's been fixed and is strictly an indoor cat. Great, that's solved. Shortly after that Gray#2 shows up with four babies. I don't see them for a while so I think maybe she took them back to wherever she came from. I feel better. Then they pop back up out of nowhere. Just two of them though. Months later I still have Gray#2 and her two black babies and I need to do something soon.
I've posted on this forum before but it's been a while and I lost my password.
Thanks for reading.
I've barely even touched these cats because I can't get more than a couple of feet from them. I feed them because they have no one else.
I hesitated posting because I know I'll be told no, but has anyone had experience with carrot seed oil as a natural birth control? There's not as much information online as I'd like but it seems to be a possible option? There are lists of safe and unsafe oils for cats and then a list of oils to use with guidance from a professional and carrot seed is on that list.
$20 for a bottle of oil on Amazon vs probably $200 + (that I can't really afford) at a clinic on cats that aren't mine. How would I even catch them? Someone please tell me that they've tried carrot seed oil and it works and is safe.
If anyone's interested here's a backstory on the cats:
I used to throw my cats' uneaten food outside for the birds because apparently birds and squirrels like cat food. One day there was a small grey cat eating the food off the ground. So I fed her and she never left. Of course. About six months later another smaller grey cat shows up. Turned out to be her daughter. So there's Gray#1 and Gray#2. Last spring Gray#1 has babies next door. Shortly after, all four babies make their way to my backyard. Never saw Gray#1 again. I catch them and keep them in a large kennel on the patio and take care of them because I have no other choice. The whole time, I'm really stressed because I don't know what to do with the cats. They grow, my sister takes one, I give two to a woman who fosters and works with pet rescue and I keep one - she's in my lap right now. She's been fixed and is strictly an indoor cat. Great, that's solved. Shortly after that Gray#2 shows up with four babies. I don't see them for a while so I think maybe she took them back to wherever she came from. I feel better. Then they pop back up out of nowhere. Just two of them though. Months later I still have Gray#2 and her two black babies and I need to do something soon.
I've posted on this forum before but it's been a while and I lost my password.
Thanks for reading.