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Hello All,
About 5 months ago, we had a momma cat and three kittens show up. I began feeding them (dry cat food) to see what would happen. The momma cat became more friendly, and eventually wanted into the house. As I found out yesterday, she was also litter trained. She also heads straight to the cat scratcher is and good about not scratching furniture. Which leads to my suspicion that was actually someone's pet.
The momma cat I started feeding indoors with higher quality food, while the kittens (though I use the term kitten loosely) are still outdoors and seemed to have grown tired of the cat food. I'll set it out and it will stay in the bowl for several hours, in the meantime, attracting a very large black and white tomcat.
The kittens, I assume by now, aren't capable of being human friendly. I"m working on the momma cat for possible pet material, even though she's not much of a lap cat.
These cats also have a very odd habit. They raid trash cans and bring home bits of paper, gloves both medical and paint splattered regular, mask, small cloth children's dolls, plastic toys, and at one point, a pair of woman's underwear. The bad news is that they can completely trash the backyard in the space of three days.
This situation is untenable, and I am at the end of my rope. The contents of the trash quite honestly frightens me, considering the situation with Covid19. We are also worried about more kittens as we have three females and one male. We can't afford to have them neuteured.
As much I hate to admit it, we would prefer that kittens moved on.
Please help.
About 5 months ago, we had a momma cat and three kittens show up. I began feeding them (dry cat food) to see what would happen. The momma cat became more friendly, and eventually wanted into the house. As I found out yesterday, she was also litter trained. She also heads straight to the cat scratcher is and good about not scratching furniture. Which leads to my suspicion that was actually someone's pet.
The momma cat I started feeding indoors with higher quality food, while the kittens (though I use the term kitten loosely) are still outdoors and seemed to have grown tired of the cat food. I'll set it out and it will stay in the bowl for several hours, in the meantime, attracting a very large black and white tomcat.
The kittens, I assume by now, aren't capable of being human friendly. I"m working on the momma cat for possible pet material, even though she's not much of a lap cat.
These cats also have a very odd habit. They raid trash cans and bring home bits of paper, gloves both medical and paint splattered regular, mask, small cloth children's dolls, plastic toys, and at one point, a pair of woman's underwear. The bad news is that they can completely trash the backyard in the space of three days.
This situation is untenable, and I am at the end of my rope. The contents of the trash quite honestly frightens me, considering the situation with Covid19. We are also worried about more kittens as we have three females and one male. We can't afford to have them neuteured.
As much I hate to admit it, we would prefer that kittens moved on.
Please help.