Hi, I will preface this by saying I've been feeding a feral colony at a shopping mall for the past 6 months. We work on a tnr.
I also have two house cats who I adopted when they were 5 weeks old, they aren't from the same litter but are sisters in every sense of the word.
This brings us to the new chap. I got a call from my mom last week that there was a feral trapped in a locked courtyard. I called the person who traps at the colony I look after to help tnr this young chap.
Alas, he was captured and got neutered. Unfortunately the place where my mom works wouldn't allow her to release him again. It's in the cbd, and releasing him outside the massive office building would have led to him being poisoned. (there's been a spate of cat poisonings in the CBD).
So I decided I would take him. I took him back to the vet to test for leukaemia and FIV. He's got FIV. I still decided that I would try and brought him home.
He's been huddled under a bed for a few days, he comes out to eat and do his business and fiddle. But not if he thinks I'm awake. This morning I reached under the bed to give him a treat, and he got quite hissy. He hasn't really done this before.
What can I do to make this easier for him? Sadly space is limited because for now his sisters have complete run of the house.
Many Many Thanks.
I also have two house cats who I adopted when they were 5 weeks old, they aren't from the same litter but are sisters in every sense of the word.
This brings us to the new chap. I got a call from my mom last week that there was a feral trapped in a locked courtyard. I called the person who traps at the colony I look after to help tnr this young chap.
Alas, he was captured and got neutered. Unfortunately the place where my mom works wouldn't allow her to release him again. It's in the cbd, and releasing him outside the massive office building would have led to him being poisoned. (there's been a spate of cat poisonings in the CBD).
So I decided I would take him. I took him back to the vet to test for leukaemia and FIV. He's got FIV. I still decided that I would try and brought him home.
He's been huddled under a bed for a few days, he comes out to eat and do his business and fiddle. But not if he thinks I'm awake. This morning I reached under the bed to give him a treat, and he got quite hissy. He hasn't really done this before.
What can I do to make this easier for him? Sadly space is limited because for now his sisters have complete run of the house.
Many Many Thanks.