Hello all, urgent advice/input wanted !!!
I have 3 well adjusted cats at home, my place is very small, so I have been pretty firm about not trying to bring any more home, however at my job there were some pretty feral cats living in a seldom used, no electric, equipment barn, I have fed them, made a next box for them, and the ones I have been able to tame down I have taken to be fixed, and rehomed, one of these was "Andy" he started off very wild/feral ( last winter ) but over last few months tamed way down, to the point he comes when called, can be picked up, rubbed all over, etc I am looking for another job, and my boss hates cats, he will shoot them if he sees them out in open, he discovered their nest box, and smashed it, and ordered me to quit feeding them, and has threatened to lock barn up so I cannot get in there to feed them, because of all these reasons I expedited finding him a home, along with a younger approx 7 month old male kitten that was very bonded with Andy, and had tamed down really well. I found a lady wanting a couple barn cats that lives about 30 miles away, so about 3 weeks ago I took them both to be neutered/rabies shot, and then went directly to new home, I told them to set up kennel to confine them until they healed, and got acclimated to new place, this morning Andy was at my job in the equipment barn, hungry, tired, and VERY affectionate, wanting rubbed, and scratched.
I want to take him home now so bad, I do not know if he came back because of me, or this place, and of course here he is in danger, but anywhere else I will think he is going to try , and come back here, I am in tears, the vet where he got neutered was in a completely different town , 40 miles away, and then the home I took him to another 30 miles in opposite direction, so he came back 30 miles over totally unknown territory....things with my boss are pretty tense, and I do not expect to be there much longer, so leaving him there is not an option, since he will starve, or be shot, I am so scared bringing him home, because I tried bringing a really sweet female cat from there home ( I found she loved people but not other cats, or dogs ) I tried for 4 1/2 months, and she had my 3 , and me so stressed from her aggression that I finally rehomed her, so I am scared it would be a repeat with him, although since he has been neutered almost a month now maybe he would be okay.
I have 3 well adjusted cats at home, my place is very small, so I have been pretty firm about not trying to bring any more home, however at my job there were some pretty feral cats living in a seldom used, no electric, equipment barn, I have fed them, made a next box for them, and the ones I have been able to tame down I have taken to be fixed, and rehomed, one of these was "Andy" he started off very wild/feral ( last winter ) but over last few months tamed way down, to the point he comes when called, can be picked up, rubbed all over, etc I am looking for another job, and my boss hates cats, he will shoot them if he sees them out in open, he discovered their nest box, and smashed it, and ordered me to quit feeding them, and has threatened to lock barn up so I cannot get in there to feed them, because of all these reasons I expedited finding him a home, along with a younger approx 7 month old male kitten that was very bonded with Andy, and had tamed down really well. I found a lady wanting a couple barn cats that lives about 30 miles away, so about 3 weeks ago I took them both to be neutered/rabies shot, and then went directly to new home, I told them to set up kennel to confine them until they healed, and got acclimated to new place, this morning Andy was at my job in the equipment barn, hungry, tired, and VERY affectionate, wanting rubbed, and scratched.
I want to take him home now so bad, I do not know if he came back because of me, or this place, and of course here he is in danger, but anywhere else I will think he is going to try , and come back here, I am in tears, the vet where he got neutered was in a completely different town , 40 miles away, and then the home I took him to another 30 miles in opposite direction, so he came back 30 miles over totally unknown territory....things with my boss are pretty tense, and I do not expect to be there much longer, so leaving him there is not an option, since he will starve, or be shot, I am so scared bringing him home, because I tried bringing a really sweet female cat from there home ( I found she loved people but not other cats, or dogs ) I tried for 4 1/2 months, and she had my 3 , and me so stressed from her aggression that I finally rehomed her, so I am scared it would be a repeat with him, although since he has been neutered almost a month now maybe he would be okay.