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Thank you! I did get a "cooling" mat that is a cool fabric. I wasn't sure how she might take to the "gel" type mats...We have her "area" shaded, and there is a gap between our wall and the neighbors fence that she uses during certain parts of the day that stays shaded most of the time. She's...

Yay! Good job! 🎉

Hi there! First off - you are doing such wonderful things for this kitty! We have had a very similar experience actually. Back in 2013, we rescued a feral kitten that had started coming to feed with my little fixed colony at our house. He was no more than a couple of months old when he first...

Oops sorry - I didn't realize this thread start back in 2021! Am just getting caught up to the new posts, LOL

I'm in AZ too! It's definitely warm, but given what you've said, they should be fine for awhile. You're right they tolerate (even love) more heat than we do. When we first took in our former feral, Chopper, back in 2013, he had to stay in our garage for some time until we figured out...

Hi, there! You are getting great advice from the pros here! Just wanted to add a couple of things, as I recently integrated two kittens with my two elder cats and a dog. One of the kittens was really antagonistic towards everyone else. I did put pheromone diffusers in the main rooms that...

Hi, Seymour! First of all, thank you for being such a friend to ferals. As for the difficult to trap mama - this is tough. I have been there with a mama cat that I was never able to trap before she moved on, assuming to another street (she left behind two of her offspring that I had fixed...

Hi all! First time in 11 years, I was able to get my feral girl (I TNR'd her and her siblings 11 years ago, she's the last that still comes around) to use a winter shelter. I have been thrilled with that. As the weather started to turn a bit here, in the Phoenix area, in early March, she...

HAPPY UPDATE!!!!! YOU GUYS ARE MY LUCKY CHARMS, I SWEAR!!! She just went back into her house!! She was sunning herself in her chair, something she hasn't done in ages, and when my husband came home and pulled up into the driveway, she jumped down off the chair, something she does a lot. But I...

Like a TOTAL nut, I went out and found the pieces of fur that fell out of her bedding and now that there really isn't any ambient "urine" smell, I smelled the fur and it did not smell like cat urine at all. I can only imagine what that would have looked like if someone was walking by our house...

I had planned on trying to trap the tomcat again this weekend, but now, I'm not certain that setting up a trap in front of her yard is a great idea when I'm trying to make her feel more relaxed about things...thoughts?? :confused:

I'm keeping a close eye on her cot to see when she lays on it so I might be able to pull some fur from it! LOL, I did actually try smelling the fur, but at the time the area still smelled a bit like cat urine, so I just wasn't sure. And yes! I have ordered another, albeit different house than...

I have several food bowls that are used and rewashed every day (but they are not used solely by her - the neighbor's cat comes for every feeding, and occasionally the problematic tomcat) - would one of those still work? I found some of her "old" fur from the house on the ground, probably from...

This is the first time I've used Pooph, and I'm actually a little concerned that might be part of the problem...the first time I washed her bedding (about a month ago, when we had the first marking incident) I washed her bedding (might have been hot water - can't remember), and then my friend...

Thank you! :redheartpump:I have had a feeling the last couple of days, that he's right too (I hate that, LOL!). My friend with a lot of cat expertise was pretty sure it was lingering scent from the tomcat that was keeping her away, and so I was frantic about trying to eliminate that, and I think...

[SORRY SO LONG, BUT NEED TO GIVE HISTORY] Hi, everyone! I'm so heartbroken and stressed. My beloved feral that I've been caring for, after fixing her as a kitten as part of a litter that was born next door to us over ten years ago, seems to have abandoned her little house that I got her for...

Thank you so much! She is actually doing much better today, I'm grateful.

Hi all - I am a first time kitten foster and had to take my foster kitten to the vet for the first time for some tummy issues (approximately 7-8 weeks old). She was SUPER stressed at the vet. They took blood and did subQ fluids early this morning, and we got home around 8:30 a.m. She's been...

Unfortunately, from what I'm reading, a lot of pages say either need to be able to administer meds into the ear, or take them to the vet.  :(  http://www.feralcatbehavior.com/516/the-ear-mite-fight.html But here are some other pages...in case you want to look into these alternatives...

Since we haven't made a specific plan for moving yet or looked at any real estate, I wouldn't be able to really make that call (trapping and moving).  I was always under the impression that trapping and moving was a measure of last resort, so exploring other ideas first.  Of course, if it was...