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I have a cat that was at one time feral. He is very hard to get into a carrier. I got a great tip from the urban cat league. You need a bathroom, A cat carrier, a pillow, and a cutting board. Put the carrier on one side of the toilet. It the cat will hide behind the toliet you can use the...

Oh good! It can really be hard to tell in situations like this. It sounds like you are on the right path.

It sounds and looks like these too are doing pretty good. I think that having a safe space for new cat to retreat or get up high is important. The "fighting" sounds a lot more like playing to me. It there was bloodshed or cat fur every where that would be a different story. I would let them be...

I haven't had my coffee yet. I meant to say screwed the tube to the trim.

I had this problem. I took a cardboard packing tube about 36'' tall wrapped it in sisal and screwed it to the wall. You could probably take some of the narrow cardboard scratchers and to the same. I figured 3 or 4 screw holes was better than the alternative.

Is there any way to add a liter box to that room? Top entry maybe would be a compromise if she'd use it.

This was part of socializing a feral he was in the cage for 9 days and then he had access to the room the crate was in. Then he would use it as his home base as he was allowed out into the closed room. I put together a shelf out of scrap wood well secured that the carrier was put on to create...

I've done it. Carrier or trap goes in the crate so you can shut it while cleaning litterbox and changing food and water. You don't want to risk getting bit both for your self and the cat (I don't know what the rabies protocols are where you live). Put a blanket over the big crate with a small...

As someone who has had a cat "adopted" by people who live a 1/4 mile down the road and finding out sometime later I would suggest you do every thing in your ability to make sure that the cats owners are not in the picture. Put up fliers with in a mile radius, if there is a neighborhood group on...

At the hardware stores/ lumber yards here they sell wire shelving by the piece in varying lengths. Making a gate out of these and heavy duty cable ties is a good way to take away the worry of stacking baby gates. I am currently introducing two cats and have a gate made of the shelves. At first...

Is she eating meals or are you free feeding?

It sounds like you're making progress. I adopted a very scared semi feral cat that ran away for awhile and was returned recently. Before he hid under the cabinets and wouldn't come out. On return I blocked all the "unders" and he has made huge progress. Also I just wanted to add that the fact...

I got him a bed to work on carrier training. He's been peeing on it pretty regularly. Before the urinary folks chime in the behavior stops completely if I put the bed away. He has never urinated inappropriately before and as I said he stops as soon as I put the bed away. He just seems obsessed...

Thanks for the advice and encouragement. I was thinking about clicker training but wanted to wait til he was a little more settled in. I am going to capitalize on his progress and see if I can get him used to going into/ coming out of a carrier for future vet visits. I was just unsure about the...

Long time reader first time poster. Last June we got 2 very shy semi feral "Barn Cats" from the shelter to live in our workshop. They both ran away in October but one came back at the beginning of December in very poor physical condition after what we believe was a very stressful situation for...