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All by myself for 25 years and yes to Vet ASAP.

One of my feral cats, Snicker, suddenly went blind and from what I could find out online it seems as if it something called "Blind Quiet Eye". Snicker got this suddenly. I had seen him a couple of days ago and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary, although it was at feeding time and there...

I didn't want anyone to be up in the air about the Lysine treats.....Chewy does carry them....the only ones that my feral cats eat without a fuss is the Vetri-Science Lysine Plus....not cheap. a bag is $15.00 but there are 120 bits in a bag.

Oh, and YES on the Lysine!! Look for the Lysine in treats (I think Chewy carries them). I am able to get most of the feral cats to take that on the first try. And, if you are giving a "small" pill to a feral cat, sometimes it will work to hide the pill in the Lysine treat. I keep the Lysine...

With my ferals (all very smart!!) I give them whatever treat I am going to use to hide the medicine in all by itself. Once they lap it up or eat it up willingly, then I put the medicine in. For example: if I am using tuna juice I will give the cat just the tuna juice by itself. Once the cat laps...

This is my first follow up to transitioning to the pine pellets from clumping litter. I have 20 cat litter boxes for the 50 feral cats. Some of the ferals are strictly outdoor and head to the hills to relieve themselves. The remaining use either the enclosed shelter litter boxes or the litter...

Hi everyone, I thought I would join in the conversation since I just picked up my first bags of pine pellets. I am really grateful to see this conversation because it wasn't until I got home that it dawned on me the bags weren't marked with "kiln dried". I hit the internet right away and...

Nothing to add to what has already been said, except how wonderful it is that you found him and have taken him in. It sounds as if he is settling in really well, he must be so happy inside, but probably fearful now that this wonderful life will end, so I agree that delaying the surgery is a good...

Well good news. I had a little (other) crisis which kept me from getting to the vet when I planned to go. Because of that I was rummaging through all of my cat meds and found da da!!! "DocRoy's GI Synbiotics Granules" which I bought about a year ago for one of the feral cats who had diarrhea on...

Hi everyone! thanks for your replies! I had decided to take a sample just before getting your email. I'll be doing that tomorrow...thanks so much. As for the water, the colony is located in an open space adjacent to the ocean and a river bed surrounded by marshes. So, they can get water from...

Well, it is me again! I got ammonia today for cleaning but I am really wondering why it is best for Giardia. All the information I read online said the FDA doesn't even consider ammonia to be a disinfectant. So, why is it better than using Clorox which is the best disinfectant. Does anyone know...

It is me again! I just read the article on Giardia and that must be what I am dealing with. I remember years ago taking in a kitten from the colony who was sick and having really bad diarrhea. I isolated her because she was so sick and I remember now that her diagnosis was Giardia. Wonder what...

It started about two months ago with an awful light brown horrible smelling diarrhea from two cats. Now it has hit everyone in the colony of 50 cats. It seems to stop and start, I really don't know what to do. Is there a colony caretaker here who has gone through this? If so, what was the...

I should have let you all know sooner!! So sorry. I got busy! I got up really early and opened the cat door, then went back to bed. When I got up at 10:00 he was gone!!! Yea!! I am so happy for him. He was one of the ferals I had seen around. I guess he won't be coming in again. And yet, after...

I was doing the night feeding which I do in the "feeding room" which is a part of the old garage when a feral came through the cat door and panicked when he/she realized he was inside!!!! That was last night. He scrambled up to a high cabinet where he has sat all day crying intermittently! I...

Hi Everyone, Things are still the same here. I wish I could report a change, but the crisis goes on. The County is attempting to help and will Euthanize none of the colony, thank heaven!!! but since they don't have a policy on TNR they don't know what to do about the neighbor problem. I am still...

Thanks so much for that idea, I will try right away. Sally

I have fed my colony of 50+ nothing but Friskies Wet and Dry for over 20 years. They have always been healthy with great looking coats. Never had any kind of illness run through the colony. I swear by Friskies. It is certainly not the most expensive, but it isn't the cheapest either. I highly...

Well, thank heaven the neighbor who left the food came by tonight walking her dog and said she had left it for me. Whew! that makes me feel better. Still glad I asked about the food since I had never heard of it, or seen it in any store. But there was still a tiny voice that was telling me to be...

So, I can't even figure out how to go to someone's site to read all of their posts. Is there a simple way to do that???