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We've been feeding the strays of our neighborhood for years. Normally once we've got a stray coming up daily we trap them and have them fixed and then return them. Doing this had cut down on the strays around.
One of the fixed strays we've been feeding for 2 years brought up a new cat. After a couple of weeks that cat has brought up kittens around 3 or 4 months old.
We named them all and plan on doing the same catch, fix and release for them. Until today...
My neighbor came over to tell me a women has been telling others at the church down the road that we have "stolen" her cat and kittens.
Now these kittens are very feral to the point if they even hear the door crack they take off. Now the mother has become friendly but you can't pick her up or you will get hurt. I had wondered if she was an abandoned cat for awhile now. It took a bit but whenever I would tend to my farm animals she would follow me but not get close and I would talk to her.
Now she comes running whenever she sees me and follows happily at my feet. I've checked my security cams and indeed seen a women coming by my house a lot. She never stops her car but she does call kitty kitty.
I'm wondering if I should stop her and talk to her? If she is the cats owner then why hasn't the cat been cared for? The cat was very skinny when she started coming up and would always be seen hunting birds around my back yard bird feeders. When she eats she does it so fast she chokes and is always on guard.
I'm just wondering if it would be right of me to catch, fix and release her when we do the kittens or if we should even fix the kittens as my husband is worried this women will become angry.
What are everyone thoughts? Also, lastly, is it wrong of us to be keeping the food available for the cat and her kittens if she has an owner?
One of the fixed strays we've been feeding for 2 years brought up a new cat. After a couple of weeks that cat has brought up kittens around 3 or 4 months old.
We named them all and plan on doing the same catch, fix and release for them. Until today...
My neighbor came over to tell me a women has been telling others at the church down the road that we have "stolen" her cat and kittens.
Now these kittens are very feral to the point if they even hear the door crack they take off. Now the mother has become friendly but you can't pick her up or you will get hurt. I had wondered if she was an abandoned cat for awhile now. It took a bit but whenever I would tend to my farm animals she would follow me but not get close and I would talk to her.
Now she comes running whenever she sees me and follows happily at my feet. I've checked my security cams and indeed seen a women coming by my house a lot. She never stops her car but she does call kitty kitty.
I'm wondering if I should stop her and talk to her? If she is the cats owner then why hasn't the cat been cared for? The cat was very skinny when she started coming up and would always be seen hunting birds around my back yard bird feeders. When she eats she does it so fast she chokes and is always on guard.
I'm just wondering if it would be right of me to catch, fix and release her when we do the kittens or if we should even fix the kittens as my husband is worried this women will become angry.
What are everyone thoughts? Also, lastly, is it wrong of us to be keeping the food available for the cat and her kittens if she has an owner?