I have recently being caring for 4 feral cats and have also had 3 of them desexed. Unbeknown to me there was also a 5th who never comes to my house so I only really found out about her recently. Anyway she had recently had some kittens who are about 14 weeks old I'm guessing so day before yesterday I caught the torte shell who was coming for food with who I think must be the father who I had desexed. I had the kitten desexed yesterday and thought I would like to keep her. At the moment I have her locked in my bathroom hiding in a side opening box. I don't think this is ideal for her socialisation so thought tomorrow I will buy a extra large dog cage so I can keep her in the lounge where there is more happening. Only problem is I have a Jack Russell dog so aren't sure if this will make it harder to tame the kitten or not. If anybody could please give me some advice I would be really appreciate your help. I'm also worried that I maybe I should have got the vet to do a checkup on the kitten when they desexed her. I just wasn't sure at that stage if I was going to keep her or TNR and continue feeding her and the others. It's winter here now and last night there was a storm so I just didn't have the heart to release her into the cold. Would she be able to pass any disease to my dog. I also don't want to take her back to the vet as I don't want to traumatise her any more than necessary.
Any advice would be greatful. I have done a lot of research over the last few months on feral cats but nothing mentions what to do when you have a Jack Russell that likes to chase cats. Thanks Angela
Any advice would be greatful. I have done a lot of research over the last few months on feral cats but nothing mentions what to do when you have a Jack Russell that likes to chase cats. Thanks Angela