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His dad is very feral indeed, but he sort of trusts me now too, because I've been feeding him for a long time now. I've been trying to trap him forever but he is trap shy. I have a thing for feral cats and feral tomcats particularly. Unlike his son, if I try to step outside dadcat will take...

Thanks much all, you've helped put my mind a bit more at ease. Timewarp - He's definitely feral, I know who his daddy is (a grizzled tomcat who also comes to eat at the feeding station in my yard). But being a very hungry young lad, Paulie fell into a consistent routine so I've been working...

I think I probably just need some hand-holding here more than anything else, but I'm worried and I have to do something with that worry so here I am. I'd love opinions on this. I trapped a new feral "teen" (maybe about 7 mos?) last week. He had been friendly to me when I'd go out and feed...

My big old boy Quincy (the blonde one in my profile pic) was diagnosed via ultrasound with pancreatitis and IBD about five months ago. He has thankfully been stable for probably close to three months now. My vet said it probably wasn't necessary to change his diet, but also when I first...

Thank you! Unfortunately we are kind of falling for her charms. Since she's probably only 6 to 8 months, she still remembers how to meow when she wants something. My adult ferals never made a peep (except for the ones that got socialized, months later). But this girl is complaining about the...

Great, thank you! I thought she kind of read as female, which is why I wanted to trap her ASAP. Of course I've been wrong before, I had a black & white family here in 2018 and until I trapped the adults, I was convinced the male was the female and vice versa.:lol: Dad was just so darned...

Thank you! S/he'll be number seven, and the one I call Cowcat2 will hopefully be eight. There are currently two more (Cowcat and Stacks) who only turn up occasionally so hard to say if I'll get them.

I trapped this cute little feral kitty tonight for TNR. I passed up the chance to trap a different cat because I know him to be male (will get him next time, hopefully in a few days), because I believe this kitty to be female and at just about "that age". No one was yowling or fighting, but...

Yeah I find the homeopathy really really hard to believe myself. After I read the description more carefully, turns out it's something you're supposed to add to food, not a topical, so I nixed that idea. I've sent the vet's office an email, and I may try the carrier idea. I hadn't thought of...

I did have him in the bathroom with the shower running on hot and the vaporizer (without any vaporizer additive) running, but it didn't seem to help much. :-(

Following three vet trips last week, including one for an ultrasound, my boy Quincy has either caught a cold or is having a stress and/or steroid related herpes flare. He's fine and acting normal, except that he has nasal congestion and sneezing. The vet says ride it out since it is almost...

Update on Quincy: We went to the vet again first thing the next morning (without an appointment) because he completely stopped eating and drinking that evening. They gave him a dexamethasone injection and a Cerenia injection, and scheduled his ultrasound for Thursday. A few hours later he was...

Okay, sounds good, I will mention that to his doc. I've had cats with just about every medical problem before, but believe it or not, I haven't had one that couldn't keep food down before, so I am just really lost on this. Thanks much for the reply!

We've already been to the vet (earlier today), so this is me consumed by anxiety and trying to figure out what is happening while I wait two days for further info. I knew one of the cats was vomiting in the middle of the night, about once every week or two. Basically sludge...some bits of food...

Those are REALLY nice, wow! I found some in a pattern that is safe for the cats but they will inevitably rust, like they all do. I'm going to keep these ones in mind for next time!