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I have been working with two feral tabby boys that showed up a little more than a month ago. I keep food and water on my porch for them. My goal is to tame them and bring them into my home when they are willing, but that is a time-consuming process. However, I'm making progress already. I talk to them and offer wet food every time I see them. One boy is looking at me with dreamy eyes and making blinky faces, even letting me get really close to him, though he's not ready for me to touch him yet.
Point is, I currently have a trap zip tied open on my porch and I move food bowl deeper into it each night. I have appointments for neutering, vaccines, FIV/FLV tests, etc. for both of them next week. The idea of those sweet shy kitties stuck in a trap really breaks my heart. They will be so scared. Am I betraying them? Will this ruin the trust I've built and destroy my chances with them?
I am doing this because I don't want them to make more feral kittens and because if they don't already have FIV, neutering is the best way to make sure they don't get it.
What do you think? What would you do?
Point is, I currently have a trap zip tied open on my porch and I move food bowl deeper into it each night. I have appointments for neutering, vaccines, FIV/FLV tests, etc. for both of them next week. The idea of those sweet shy kitties stuck in a trap really breaks my heart. They will be so scared. Am I betraying them? Will this ruin the trust I've built and destroy my chances with them?
I am doing this because I don't want them to make more feral kittens and because if they don't already have FIV, neutering is the best way to make sure they don't get it.
What do you think? What would you do?