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Hi everyone! I need some advice.
There's an empty wooded lot next to my apartment building where I've noticed a stray cat for about a year. I usually see her at night and she is very skittish.
Now she has kittens! Five GORGEOUS babies who are old enough to climb and play. They still have blue eyes. I'm guessing they're around six weeks old?
The problem is, the property she's on is totally fenced and there's no way for me to get in. She hangs out on a ledge above the parking lot of my building. I was able to climb up there and grab one of the babies, who was obviously terrified of me. The momma hissed but nothing more. I put the baby back and put some wet food on a plate and slid it onto the ledge. When I came back, she was there with all five kittens eating from the plate.
So I'm thinking that over a period of a couple days I might be able to grab all the babies. But I don't think there's any way I can get the mom. I live in South America and there's no TNR groups around, plus because of the very high steel fence there's no way for me to get a trap into her space. She won't me come closer than about five feet to her before she runs. Plus, in order to even get that close I have to climb partway up a wall.
What are my options here?
It feels terribly cruel to remove her babies from her, but I don't want a colony to start. Neighbors poisoning them is also a real possibility.
There's an empty wooded lot next to my apartment building where I've noticed a stray cat for about a year. I usually see her at night and she is very skittish.
Now she has kittens! Five GORGEOUS babies who are old enough to climb and play. They still have blue eyes. I'm guessing they're around six weeks old?
The problem is, the property she's on is totally fenced and there's no way for me to get in. She hangs out on a ledge above the parking lot of my building. I was able to climb up there and grab one of the babies, who was obviously terrified of me. The momma hissed but nothing more. I put the baby back and put some wet food on a plate and slid it onto the ledge. When I came back, she was there with all five kittens eating from the plate.
So I'm thinking that over a period of a couple days I might be able to grab all the babies. But I don't think there's any way I can get the mom. I live in South America and there's no TNR groups around, plus because of the very high steel fence there's no way for me to get a trap into her space. She won't me come closer than about five feet to her before she runs. Plus, in order to even get that close I have to climb partway up a wall.
What are my options here?
It feels terribly cruel to remove her babies from her, but I don't want a colony to start. Neighbors poisoning them is also a real possibility.