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Hi kitty experts! We feed a single feral kitty, a male assumed to be around 3-4 years old. He was neutered, vetted, and eartipped around 1.5 years ago. He’s gotten much friendlier over time, but he still won’t let us touch him. I believe he has tapeworms (I recently started seeing what I think...

Hi all, we have a feral kitty friend who lives in our yard, a large neutered male probably around 3 years old. We can’t touch or walk up to him, but he’ll come within a few feet of us at mealtimes. We’ve been dealing with fleas with our dog, and the cat is scratching so we’re almost certain that...

Hi experts! We have a single feral kitty (neutered male, about 2-3 years old) who lives in our yard. Between him, our dog, and a neighbor dog, we seem to be dealing with a significant flea outbreak and everyone is itchy! Our dog is on flea treatment but I’m wondering about cat options, and...

(I should add, we are open to having a litter box setup for him, or putting litter in some out-of-the-way part of the yard, but I’m not sure if that’s a bad idea.)

Hi there, we are guardians to a feral kitty who lives in our garden. My partner is finding that a particular bed where he is growing peas has become the preferred “litter” spot for the kitty. I think it’s probably just because the plants are small so the bed is mostly dirt right now. We...

Wow, what a perfect setup!! Thank you!!

Thank you! I definitely wouldn’t have thought of either of those options but they are such great tips!

Oh wow, thank you so much! I will pore over this now! I so appreciate your help!

Thank you so much and I’m looking forward to learning from your expertise (when your time permits)!!! I really appreciate it!

Wow, the setup you made sounds incredible and so smartly designed! Thanks so much for the advice and links! I so appreciate your help and will check all of this out.

Hi there, we recently became caretakers to an adult neutered male feral. (His rescuer normally does TNR, but he came from a location that he couldn’t be returned to, so he is now acclimating in our backyard garden and nearing release. A few folks here have been kind enough to give us advice...

That’s helpful; thanks so much. Did you have any sense of whether the presence of other cats had any effect, one way or another, on their inclination to roam? (i.e., did you get any sense that they were more inclined to stay close because of the friend group? Or do you think they would have...

Oh my goodness, your kitties are the cutest. I know I’ve heard that it’s best to adopt kittens in pairs — but didn’t know as much about introducing adults. It’s good to see that your adult cat accepted the new friend so readily. (So sorry to hear about her first friend!)

Thank you so much — this makes a great deal of sense and I so appreciate your expertise! To your question, we do plan on releasing him (though of course I’m nervous about it!). So it would indeed be an uncontrolled environment (at least, once both were acclimated and released). It sounds like...

Hi there, thank you so much for your reply! To your questions, the rescuer seems to be well established, seems to mostly work on her own with some fosters. Her focus is mostly on TNR and socializing/adopting out kittens of feral moms — I haven’t gotten the sense that the need to relocate a feral...

Thank you so much! I so appreciate your help. We haven’t tried playing cat music for him but that’s a great idea! I’ll make sure to read the article you suggest. As for calming products, we have Feliway spray and Rescue Remedy (drops in food/water); if there’s anything you’d recommend in...

Hi all, my partner and I offered a (backyard) home to a feral cat who was trapped by a rescuer. They had him neutered and vetted but didn’t feel his situation was safe for him to be returned to. He is acclimating with us now. (We have both had pet cats before but have never cared for ferals.)...