I will try to make this a brief as possible... I have been feeding 2 feral cats for over a year. They live behind an abandoned restaurant and are both TNR cats. Prior to me caring for them many others were feeding them.
I have been feeding them twice daily like clockwork. They would always come when I called and roll over on the pavement when I arrived. They would not let me pet them but would get within 3 feet of me. Recently the property owner leased the building and he has told me I am no longer allowed to feed them. Unfortunately there isn't an area around it that I can move my feeding to. I felt I had no other choice but to trap them and attempt to relocate them to my property.
I have a basement and lots of outdoor space that would be much safer for them. I trapped both of them on the same day and moved them into a room in my basement. They reacted as expected but somehow got out of the designated room (they somehow squeezed through a space near the ceiling after jumping on a cabinet) and are now loose in a large unfinished basement which is surrounded by a crawl space. The crawl space is sealed so they cannot get to the outside. They are hiding and I have not seen them since the escape.
I have continued to leave food down at the same time twice daily and otherwise stay out the basement. I put flour around the bowls and they are eating and I see their paw prints so I know they are still in alive and not stuck somewhere. What do I do now? My plan was to ultimately have a window with a cat opening they could go in and out of the basement area after I have them confined for 4 weeks. Now I cannot interact with them as they hide and I cannot get to them.
What the heck should I do? Do I need to retrap and seal up the room better? Or should I leave them with free range and still let them outside after 4 weeks with access to the basement? Ugggg
I have been feeding them twice daily like clockwork. They would always come when I called and roll over on the pavement when I arrived. They would not let me pet them but would get within 3 feet of me. Recently the property owner leased the building and he has told me I am no longer allowed to feed them. Unfortunately there isn't an area around it that I can move my feeding to. I felt I had no other choice but to trap them and attempt to relocate them to my property.
I have a basement and lots of outdoor space that would be much safer for them. I trapped both of them on the same day and moved them into a room in my basement. They reacted as expected but somehow got out of the designated room (they somehow squeezed through a space near the ceiling after jumping on a cabinet) and are now loose in a large unfinished basement which is surrounded by a crawl space. The crawl space is sealed so they cannot get to the outside. They are hiding and I have not seen them since the escape.
I have continued to leave food down at the same time twice daily and otherwise stay out the basement. I put flour around the bowls and they are eating and I see their paw prints so I know they are still in alive and not stuck somewhere. What do I do now? My plan was to ultimately have a window with a cat opening they could go in and out of the basement area after I have them confined for 4 weeks. Now I cannot interact with them as they hide and I cannot get to them.
What the heck should I do? Do I need to retrap and seal up the room better? Or should I leave them with free range and still let them outside after 4 weeks with access to the basement? Ugggg
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