Hello! I am NEW to this and can use your advice!
I have been feeding some ferals for the last couple months and last weekend, I saw a wounded cat so I freaked out and called animal control. They were very kind to loan me a trap at no FEE BUT on the condition that once I caught this wounded cat, that I'd call them and give him to them to dispose. OF COURSE I wouldn't do that but I was desperate for a trap and didn't know where else to go for a trap late at night. I will lie and tell them that I had no luck trapping the wounded cat next week when I return the trap.
To make a LONG STORY SHORT, I ended up trapping a small kitty (looks about 2-4 months old??) tonight instead. (The wounded cat seemed better yesterday- had a golfsized bald spot with some raw area on it from what I could see which wasn't much but stopped limping). STill trying to decide if I should go ahead and try to trap him and have the feral vet check him out anyway. Your advice on this would be greatly appreciated also!
Anyway, now this kitty is in my bathroom still in the trap with a blanket over the trap with the bathroom light turned off. He/she has a saucer of food and another saucer of water in the trap. I have wired the trap door open so he can go in the litterbox which I have placed near the trap. Now, all this is IN the bathtub- I also have newspapers in the trap on top of the wires with towels BENEATH the trap. I have a TINY bathroom and have LIMITED space in where I can put stuff in the bathroom.
I live in a SMALL basement apartment- one living room and one bedroom with no doors. That's why I put the kitty in the bathroom. I have 3 indoor cats of my own. I don't know at this point if the kitty has any kind of disease/worms/fleas, etc so I want to keep him separate from my cats and have no contact between them until I get him checked.
I am planning on taking him/her to Petworth Animal Hospital which I understand deals mainly with ferals on Sunday. If everything goes well and he has a clean bill of health, a friend of mine will adopt him to keep her kitty company.
My question is what do i do with him tonight and tmr all day?? I HATE the thought of keeping him in the bathroom but what can I do? I have gone in a few times to check on him, make sure water and food was still there and spoke very soflty to him. I have also touched/petted him LIGHTLY a few times to try to comfort him and get him used to people.
Let me know if I am doing anything wrong so I can immediately correct it. By the way, I have been reading up on tips regarding ferals and trapping so I am trying to follow the instructions I've read but still would like some PERSONAL advice.
I have been feeding some ferals for the last couple months and last weekend, I saw a wounded cat so I freaked out and called animal control. They were very kind to loan me a trap at no FEE BUT on the condition that once I caught this wounded cat, that I'd call them and give him to them to dispose. OF COURSE I wouldn't do that but I was desperate for a trap and didn't know where else to go for a trap late at night. I will lie and tell them that I had no luck trapping the wounded cat next week when I return the trap.
To make a LONG STORY SHORT, I ended up trapping a small kitty (looks about 2-4 months old??) tonight instead. (The wounded cat seemed better yesterday- had a golfsized bald spot with some raw area on it from what I could see which wasn't much but stopped limping). STill trying to decide if I should go ahead and try to trap him and have the feral vet check him out anyway. Your advice on this would be greatly appreciated also!
Anyway, now this kitty is in my bathroom still in the trap with a blanket over the trap with the bathroom light turned off. He/she has a saucer of food and another saucer of water in the trap. I have wired the trap door open so he can go in the litterbox which I have placed near the trap. Now, all this is IN the bathtub- I also have newspapers in the trap on top of the wires with towels BENEATH the trap. I have a TINY bathroom and have LIMITED space in where I can put stuff in the bathroom.
I live in a SMALL basement apartment- one living room and one bedroom with no doors. That's why I put the kitty in the bathroom. I have 3 indoor cats of my own. I don't know at this point if the kitty has any kind of disease/worms/fleas, etc so I want to keep him separate from my cats and have no contact between them until I get him checked.
I am planning on taking him/her to Petworth Animal Hospital which I understand deals mainly with ferals on Sunday. If everything goes well and he has a clean bill of health, a friend of mine will adopt him to keep her kitty company.
My question is what do i do with him tonight and tmr all day?? I HATE the thought of keeping him in the bathroom but what can I do? I have gone in a few times to check on him, make sure water and food was still there and spoke very soflty to him. I have also touched/petted him LIGHTLY a few times to try to comfort him and get him used to people.
Let me know if I am doing anything wrong so I can immediately correct it. By the way, I have been reading up on tips regarding ferals and trapping so I am trying to follow the instructions I've read but still would like some PERSONAL advice.