Can Owner Passing Trough A Feral Colony Rise Risks To Indoor Cats?

My cat does not eat all can content. He is a small cat. In the second day after opening, I should throw away the remaining content.

Instead of doing this barbarous thing, I decided to offer the leftovers to a cat colony nearby (I am not the caregiving person to that colony, thus I just leave the cans near the area).

My question is: is there any risk to bring home some disease or parasites from just stepping on the feral's territory?

Thank you!

That is nice of you to offer the food to the feral cats. Just be sure that you have spoken with the caregivers so they know it is you. They may be caring for cats with special dietary needs as well as being worried about who is feeding them. If you do not know the caregivers, please leave a note. Be sure that by leaving the cans you are not making extra work for the caregivers as well.

Just be sure once you are home that you wash your hands well. As an extra precaution you could wear old shoes and not take those shoes into your home.

I had a kitten once with a compromised immune system. I also volunteered at a local cat shelter. I would wear old clothes and shoes to the shelter and once home remove my clothes and wash immediately and shower. All was fine.

I leave the cans on site with the lid on. If the caregiver wants to use it, OK. If not she can throw away the can. I know her, because I met her once. But lost contact.
Good idea to leave a note.

Canned cat food will spoil if left out too long. It could make the cats sick if they eat opened cat food that has been allowed to sit out in warm weather. Please contact the caregiver and see if you can come up with a plan.

I did contact (by chance) the caregiver. We came to the conclusion that I must leave the can open or purr it into a bowl in the morning when I pass by the colony in the morning.

There is still a problem: if I use a bowl, that has to be cleaned to avoid diseases. So this is extra work.

Alternatively, I could just let cans open (they shaped like canned fish cans). Still, being built in Aluminium, the cans will move when licked.

Men stepped on the Moon and I cant find a solution to feed a cat

solomonar said:

There is still a problem: if I use a bowl, that has to be cleaned to avoid diseases. So this is extra work.

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Since you already managed to contact the caregiver, why not also ask a favor to just wash the food bowls for you? Then leave the clean ones again outside so it is easier for you to just transfer the wet food onto the clean bowls?

I am also feeding cats outside but since nobody is kind enough to help me take care of the cats I wash their bowls everytime I come home from work. I just make sure that I do not use the same sponge I use when I wash my own cats' food bowls.

BTW, thank you so much for feeding these cats. You have a good heart.

@Marya Bayote
I mean cleaning is extra work for her. But I think that leaving some sponges on site may help.

The sequence:
a) I leave the cans in the morning
b) If the caregiver was there before me, she will clean the bowl in the evening
Is she will come after me, she will clean the bowl immediately.

She cant call me :-(.

You could place the food on a napkin or paper plates. Napkin doesn't move a lot if at all. Paper plates too but if they are big enough in my experience cats put one paw on one side of the plate or just walk and eat as the plate is moving.

MissClouseau
Great idea!
I was a bit reluctant about using paper as food plate, but I imagine cats will eat all in a matter of minutes - no time left for bacteria to proliferate on the wet paper fibers.

I use recycable paper plates like this and throw them to the trash bin when they're done eating. You might find a good deal on the price if you buy many. If you eat non-creamy cookies/crackers (like I do every day with tea), you could use this plate for that first and then to feed the cats after cleaning the crumbs. That's more environment-friendly (saving the water I would use to wash a regular plate for my cookies)

Love to you for supporting the kitties <3