Hi, I just joined today when looking for advice on dealing with a new stray/feral. Our family consists of myself, my husband and now 6 cats.
Ghost (10), my feral FIV+ girl who we trapped at 1 ½ years old when her mother and brother disappeared (we couldn’t leave her out there alone).
Then there’s Tinky (9), the lost little lady who took weeks to trust us before one rainy, icy night she ran up to my husband for help. Soaking wet and shivering from the cold, we discovered she was declawed and extremely underweight and brought her in immediately. She was also spayed. We put up signs but no one ever claimed her.
Next is Goblin (8), the boy who attacked feet if you walked too close (maybe from being kicked by other humans). He doesn’t do that anymore.
Molly (8) is our resident PITA (pain in the a**) but we deal with her occasional tendency to not use the litter box and just put doggie training pads in her favorite places to be bad. She came to us spayed and extremely underweight. I think her litterbox issues got her kicked out of her previous home. We’ve had her checked many many times for disease, infection, etc. but the vet can’t find anything wrong.
Jack (6), the big, bad tomcat who had quite a few battle scars but turned out to be the biggest orange marshmallow I’ve ever seen.
Lastly there’s Snowball (age TBD). He is the reason I found your site. Right now he hates everything about us (he’s only been with us 3 days). I’ve already got some really good advice from the site for ways on getting him to the vet to be fixed.
It's been 3 years since I've dealt with a new feral and I'm having doubts about what is in Snowball's best interests but hopefully over the next few months he will begin to trust us and we can start to introduce him to the other furry members of his new family.
Ghost (10), my feral FIV+ girl who we trapped at 1 ½ years old when her mother and brother disappeared (we couldn’t leave her out there alone).
Then there’s Tinky (9), the lost little lady who took weeks to trust us before one rainy, icy night she ran up to my husband for help. Soaking wet and shivering from the cold, we discovered she was declawed and extremely underweight and brought her in immediately. She was also spayed. We put up signs but no one ever claimed her.
Next is Goblin (8), the boy who attacked feet if you walked too close (maybe from being kicked by other humans). He doesn’t do that anymore.
Molly (8) is our resident PITA (pain in the a**) but we deal with her occasional tendency to not use the litter box and just put doggie training pads in her favorite places to be bad. She came to us spayed and extremely underweight. I think her litterbox issues got her kicked out of her previous home. We’ve had her checked many many times for disease, infection, etc. but the vet can’t find anything wrong.
Jack (6), the big, bad tomcat who had quite a few battle scars but turned out to be the biggest orange marshmallow I’ve ever seen.
Lastly there’s Snowball (age TBD). He is the reason I found your site. Right now he hates everything about us (he’s only been with us 3 days). I’ve already got some really good advice from the site for ways on getting him to the vet to be fixed.
It's been 3 years since I've dealt with a new feral and I'm having doubts about what is in Snowball's best interests but hopefully over the next few months he will begin to trust us and we can start to introduce him to the other furry members of his new family.
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