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 pushed some food up to him, which made him cry even more. He is frozen in terror, the poor little guy! I am guessing he is about 4 or 5 months old.
I have never had this happen before. Usually, if a feral comes in the house, it is a planned event on their part. They have thought through the whole idea and have watched as one of "my" cats go through the door.
I have a net I could get him with, but hate to do that, because it will terrify him even more and the position he is in makes it difficult to net him. I am sure if I climb to put the net over him he is going to run anyway. And he can get to other high places all around the room. It is also pretty high up, so I can't risk pushing him over the edge, since, in his terrified state, he might hurt himself.
Any ideas from all of you experts out there? I don't know how to fix this!!! He is crying so mournfully now, I think he must have a pal he is missing too.
Sally
I have never had this happen before. Usually, if a feral comes in the house, it is a planned event on their part. They have thought through the whole idea and have watched as one of "my" cats go through the door.
I have a net I could get him with, but hate to do that, because it will terrify him even more and the position he is in makes it difficult to net him. I am sure if I climb to put the net over him he is going to run anyway. And he can get to other high places all around the room. It is also pretty high up, so I can't risk pushing him over the edge, since, in his terrified state, he might hurt himself.
Any ideas from all of you experts out there? I don't know how to fix this!!! He is crying so mournfully now, I think he must have a pal he is missing too.
Sally