My friend has a feral cat in her community that has 2-3 litters a year and they always end up in her garage. There is a cat door on the garage door for her own cat, but "Belle" will move her kittens there when they are old enough to start eating food.
We know that the kittens are in the garage (hidden very well) when the resident cat refuses to eat in there.
We saw Belle last week and she was huge, ready to deliver any day. Saw her again today and she is thin. Not sure where the kittens are right now, but know they will be around soon.
The question...how to catch a feral cat and have it spayed.
I know we could get a humane trap, however she is a nasty cat and would freak out if we tried to take her to the vet. I am not even sure they would be able to sedate her in order to get her out of the trap.
Any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated. We have taken in 6 litters in the last 2 years and it is getting increasingly harder each time to find homes for the kittens, not to mention it is getting more difficult to work with the feral kittens and socialize them.
Thanks for your help!
We know that the kittens are in the garage (hidden very well) when the resident cat refuses to eat in there.
We saw Belle last week and she was huge, ready to deliver any day. Saw her again today and she is thin. Not sure where the kittens are right now, but know they will be around soon.
The question...how to catch a feral cat and have it spayed.
I know we could get a humane trap, however she is a nasty cat and would freak out if we tried to take her to the vet. I am not even sure they would be able to sedate her in order to get her out of the trap.
Any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated. We have taken in 6 litters in the last 2 years and it is getting increasingly harder each time to find homes for the kittens, not to mention it is getting more difficult to work with the feral kittens and socialize them.
Thanks for your help!