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Hi, I have been caring for feral cats for five years now and several live in my yard. I already have 4 in the house one of which had a broken leg back in 2014. I nursed him for 4 months in a crate/room. He is a wonderful house cat now. Well, there's another one that's been here for about 2...

Hi all, I took in a feral kitten at 3 months old. Was very inexperienced with feral kitten and thought it would be easier than my 9 month old feral was (although he was easier). I let her out of the cage too soon and she will run when she can, although she approaches me and bats her eyes as...

Hi, I was unfortunately involuntarily made into a colony keeper. It started with one litter that I fixed and then decided to build a cathouse for. I kept one with a broken leg and then two females only came to eat daily. The two males and one red male stayed and lived in the house for 4...

I had a good experience with my first feral. Even though he had a broken leg and I nursed in for 3 months in a crate, and 2 more in the room, he hissed at me every single time. I had agreed to take in my first kitten (a rescue) at the same time I caught him. So I put up a screen door and they...

I have a kitten (and there are likely more). It'a about 10-11 weeks old. How likely can it be socialized in a few weeks? I have a place that will take it to adopt out, but they say it must be socialized. Anyone have any success? Any good advice. I have a large dog crate and will keep it in...

I am so defeated. I have two feeders on my small block and I am the only one who fixes the cats. I have asked them to stop leaving food out (they are both on main streets), so that this issue stops, but it continues. I have fixed over 15 cats in the past 8 years (the last 4 the worst of...

Hi, I took in a kitten from outdoors (3 months) and it has been in a contained bedroom for a month. It's been dewormed and vaccinated. I can hold her, but she runs from me - although it seems she stays a little longer before she runs. I have three other cats in the house and they engage with...

I am very conscientious about my cats' health. I have recently taken in another Stray (my third) and really didn't want him (as I care for a colony of ferals as well). I've been trying to find another home for him, but to no avail. My resident cats were settled before Bunny came, and one is...

Hi, I have been taking care of ferals for 4 years now and have had to learn everything the hard way. One of my ferals was hurt by a raccoon not too long ago as I didn't realize that even the empty bowls caused an issue with intruders. Anyhow, I take all bowls in at night now and it's very...

Hi, I TNR in my yard (have two feeders on my block) and have been for about 4 years now. One was a stray and I ended up taking him in recently (3 months ago). He was in the room for about 2 months due to a parasite that had a three week waiting period to clear up. I have two rescues, a 4...

I recently trapped a new cat that had been feeding for a couple of months. He was in a standoff with another feral and was abo to fight. I shooed them away and caught him two days later. It turns out that he's friendly and sweet. I have two cats and I often babysit for my daughters so it's...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me. I took time and spent money to build two extra (I built a cathouse to hold at least 8 cats) winter shelters for the feral cats.  I rarely saw them do anything but sniff them out.  They never used them.  I made them out of styrofoam insulation 1" and...

I'm new to cat rescue and ended up with no choice adopting one feral of a 10 cat colony I was in the process of sterilizing.  He has a broken leg.  Luckily there's little nerve damage and he's walking without a limp (even though with no surgery I was told he would). Anyway, two days before I...

Hi, I have currently sterilized a colony outside my home.  I know who was feeding them and explained that they had to be spayed/neutered and how to look for the sign. In any event, I felt very bad for these cats and built a cathouse to fit all of them.  I made it out of plywood, 1" insulation...

Hi all, I have been currently trapping a colony of 11.  The reason I got involved (did it 4 years ago as well), was when I saw the 5 kittens that were born (I first saw them at around 2 1/2 months.  About three weeks ago, I saw one of them limping.  We have construction going on next door and...