Thank you Jcat.muffy You made a huge contribution to the welfare of your "old" ferals and are doing the same for the "new" ones. It's uncanny how they seem to know whom to turn to. Awarded!
Thank you Jcat.muffy You made a huge contribution to the welfare of your "old" ferals and are doing the same for the "new" ones. It's uncanny how they seem to know whom to turn to. Awarded!
It does take a bit of time but I've gotten into a rhythm over the years.U ultranerdcat Badge awarded! That's a lot of feeding stations; it must take you forever.
Hi Anne, Not totally sure if I qualify, but I have taken in 10 ferals since 2013, raised and socialized 7 feral-born kittens, and do my very best to give good advice on this blog and promote the cause of TNR (often not recommending the "R" part). Also help to promote the causes of a couple of small rescues that good friends operate. I hope I qualify. Thank you so much.If you help feral cats on a regular basis, whether by managing a colony, involvement in TNR operations or advocating for feral cats in your community, we'd like to award you this badge -
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You certainly do qualify!Hi Anne, Not totally sure if I qualify, but I have taken in 10 ferals since 2013, raised and socialized 7 feral-born kittens, and do my very best to give good advice on this blog and promote the cause of TNR (often not recommending the "R" part). Also help to promote the causes of a couple of small rescues that good friends operate. I hope I qualify. Thank you so much.
I've just seen your thread with all the pictures in one of our other forums.I'm so glad I have found this site! I have 4 colonies of ferals totaling 40 lovely kitties! I have been managing the colonies for a minute now and practice TNR and advocate every chance of every day I get! Just settling into the site, their is SO much useful information I'm sure I will be binge reading for hours! Kris
TNR stands for trap-neuter-return. It's the only humane way to manage a colony of feral cats. As the name implies, it involves humanely trapping each cat, spaying or neutering, and then returning the cat to its original territory. TNR has many benefits and without it, generations of feral kittens perish in agony in each colony.
What you should do is take care of neutering any cat that you feed. Feeding and not neutering is nothing short of cruel. You mean well, but in this case, it is the proverbial road to hell that is paved with good intentions. The cats will breed. The cats will also get sick and injured due to mating-related catfights. Within a few months, you're going to be way out of your depth and you'll end up abandoning the cats as you won't be able to afford that many and they will likely die of disease and starvation.
And how lucky you are that you do. Badge awarded!So I help adopted cats, abandoned tame cats and ferals too.