Hi all. I'll take some time and get to know folks later hopefully, tonight I've come home after a 10 hour day at work to find a new and unpleasant problem with my feral mama and teenager.
Bit of backround: Discovered this small family living behind our garages at the treeline of neighbor's property this fall. Trapped mom and kitten - both very feral - vetted and neutered them and they were returned to their home at the treeline.
FAst forward to the brutal winter - they have good shelter, I feed them twice a day, they seem content, gave them a catnip banana they play with...
Tonight, I get home late and rush to feed my own cats and then go out with warmed thermogel disc, water, food and get them all set for the night.
Get back in my house and my cats start growling madly at me and I start sniffing myself and on the sleeve of my coat there's a strong odor of male cat.
So I assume another cat got into their feeding station/shelter and marked. So now besides praying my own 3 (fixed) males don't start trying to mark, I am worried about my girls outside.
Will they use their shelter now or do I have to change everything before they will go in again? It's pretty cold here and I have to work tomorrow at noon, so I don't have alot of time in the morning to deal with this. (I am off Monday but I'm hoping to get some advice/info from someone who hopefully has dealt with a situation like this and can advise me).
I will get a trap from my HS on tuesday, but who knows hwo long it will take to trap this male.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
Bit of backround: Discovered this small family living behind our garages at the treeline of neighbor's property this fall. Trapped mom and kitten - both very feral - vetted and neutered them and they were returned to their home at the treeline.
FAst forward to the brutal winter - they have good shelter, I feed them twice a day, they seem content, gave them a catnip banana they play with...
Tonight, I get home late and rush to feed my own cats and then go out with warmed thermogel disc, water, food and get them all set for the night.
Get back in my house and my cats start growling madly at me and I start sniffing myself and on the sleeve of my coat there's a strong odor of male cat.
So I assume another cat got into their feeding station/shelter and marked. So now besides praying my own 3 (fixed) males don't start trying to mark, I am worried about my girls outside.
Will they use their shelter now or do I have to change everything before they will go in again? It's pretty cold here and I have to work tomorrow at noon, so I don't have alot of time in the morning to deal with this. (I am off Monday but I'm hoping to get some advice/info from someone who hopefully has dealt with a situation like this and can advise me).
I will get a trap from my HS on tuesday, but who knows hwo long it will take to trap this male.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!