Hello all, I posted about a feral kitty we caught had had treated for an ear infection: Advice on a 10+ year old feral kitty currently in my spare bedroom
Well, long story short, she went on a multi-day hunger strike, and eventually I left the window open and she left that way. I wasn't really sure what else to--I obviously couldn't force-feed her, and we tried every possible type of tempting food product for her, to no avail.
I didn't see her for a full week. She showed up this morning for the first time since she'd left, and waited for me like always. I left a can of Fancy Feast for her, and she ate it all.
The bad news is that the ear infection that we'd originally trapped her for is back. She was holding her ears out to the side, Yoda-style. When the vet treated her for this (with a Convenia shot), she said that the ears were really bad. I know she was practically deaf when we caught her.
So, now we're back at square one. Her ear infection is back. I'm guessing she won't go anywhere near a drop trap, which is what we used to catch her earlier this month. She's clearly too feral to be an indoor kitty.
I was thinking I might start to slowly feed her closer and closer to the same window she left from, leaving it open and then try feeding her just inside the window, to see if she might start coming in and out of the house at will. (RIP our heating bills.)
Does anyone else have any ideas? I feel like I've already pretty badly bungled this, and just want to help her, with no idea how to,
Well, long story short, she went on a multi-day hunger strike, and eventually I left the window open and she left that way. I wasn't really sure what else to--I obviously couldn't force-feed her, and we tried every possible type of tempting food product for her, to no avail.
I didn't see her for a full week. She showed up this morning for the first time since she'd left, and waited for me like always. I left a can of Fancy Feast for her, and she ate it all.
The bad news is that the ear infection that we'd originally trapped her for is back. She was holding her ears out to the side, Yoda-style. When the vet treated her for this (with a Convenia shot), she said that the ears were really bad. I know she was practically deaf when we caught her.
So, now we're back at square one. Her ear infection is back. I'm guessing she won't go anywhere near a drop trap, which is what we used to catch her earlier this month. She's clearly too feral to be an indoor kitty.
I was thinking I might start to slowly feed her closer and closer to the same window she left from, leaving it open and then try feeding her just inside the window, to see if she might start coming in and out of the house at will. (RIP our heating bills.)
Does anyone else have any ideas? I feel like I've already pretty badly bungled this, and just want to help her, with no idea how to,