Hello,
I have been attempting to catch some stray cats on my street and get them up to the shelter. The cats live outside and have limited interaction with humans (pretty much me putting food out for them). One of the kittens I caught (probably about 5 months old now) was pretty freaked out when I got her up to the shelter so she ended up in a feral cage. They are going to adopt her out as a barn cat. I don't know that taking her back and releasing her is much better because there are quite a few cats competing for food and they wouldn't recognize her as part of the group anymore because she has been gone about a month. In theory, any barn cat adopters are supposed to promise that they feed the cats and have water out but I still worry. I realize some people have barns that are better than some houses but that isn't always the case. What are your thoughts on cats going as barn cats?
I have been attempting to catch some stray cats on my street and get them up to the shelter. The cats live outside and have limited interaction with humans (pretty much me putting food out for them). One of the kittens I caught (probably about 5 months old now) was pretty freaked out when I got her up to the shelter so she ended up in a feral cage. They are going to adopt her out as a barn cat. I don't know that taking her back and releasing her is much better because there are quite a few cats competing for food and they wouldn't recognize her as part of the group anymore because she has been gone about a month. In theory, any barn cat adopters are supposed to promise that they feed the cats and have water out but I still worry. I realize some people have barns that are better than some houses but that isn't always the case. What are your thoughts on cats going as barn cats?