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"Mary"... Suggestions? I would trap her using a hav-a-hart trap. You can rent one from a hardware, feed store or animal shelter for $3-5. If she's a small kitten, you can just use a squirrel trap. Use stinky wet cat food for bait. This is what the trap looks like http://www.havahart.com/nuisance/cat...rescue_kit.htm You don't need the kit. Some vets spay feral cats for free. I would vaccinate her also. I would then contact some rescue groups to see if you can find her a home. If everyone is full you can at least give her a little cat igloo outside to sleep in and leave some food for her. Thanks so much for caring for her. You will be saving yourself a lot of headaches with tons of kittens showing up at your door. Ok, I will have to locate a trap, as all of you have suggested. I'm not sure if the kitten was dumped or if the mom was a stray. The kitten doesn't seem to trust people and runs into the woods at the back of our yard if anyone approaches. I just hope to catch the kitten and not the squirrels, chipmunks, and bunnies that are frolicking around the yard. TONS of kittens!?! The nearby city has a humane society, but I believe that they kill animals that are not claimed. It would have no chance if they believe it is feral. If I catch it, I will find a no kill shelter or take it to the vet myself. I can't handle feeding it and then taking it in to put to sleep/death at the shelter. At least if it gets fixed, it won't produce more animals that are just out there starving, getting sick, and getting run over by cars. Thanks for the link to the "havahart" trap. |
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"JoJo" That is unless you wish to keep him, but I've got a thing about keeping cats outdoors, which I believe they are safer there - my opinion only. I understand not an option for you since you are allergic. I would love to have any pets, but unfortunately my allergies to kitties are pretty severe. I envy the people who can have any cat or dog they would like in their home. Thanks for the response JoJo. |
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"JoJo" That is unless you wish to keep him, but I've got a thing about keeping cats outdoors, which I believe they are safer there - my opinion only. I understand not an option for you since you are allergic. I would love to have any pets, but unfortunately my allergies to kitties are pretty severe. I envy the people who can have any cat or dog they would like in their home. Thanks for the response JoJo. |
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"MaryL" Please trap the kitten and take her to a vet to be spayed and treated (as needed) for worms, ear mites, etc. Continue to feed the poor little thing. If at all possible, find someone who will adopt her and give her a good (indoor) home. I will do what I can. Thanks for the reply. |
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"MaryL" Please trap the kitten and take her to a vet to be spayed and treated (as needed) for worms, ear mites, etc. Continue to feed the poor little thing. If at all possible, find someone who will adopt her and give her a good (indoor) home. I will do what I can. Thanks for the reply. |
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"Rhonda" Finding another home would be great, but if you can't -- there are many spay and release programs. So she would be spayed and then released back out to the wild or to me? I have never heard of that. I would keep feeding her, at any rate. I just can't stand to see a cat starve, and it sounds like you can't either! Lol, I carried a caterpillery thing out of the house this morning rather than flush it! If she keeps visiting, she will be eating. |
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"Rhonda" Finding another home would be great, but if you can't -- there are many spay and release programs. So she would be spayed and then released back out to the wild or to me? I have never heard of that. I would keep feeding her, at any rate. I just can't stand to see a cat starve, and it sounds like you can't either! Lol, I carried a caterpillery thing out of the house this morning rather than flush it! If she keeps visiting, she will be eating. |
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Hello Ivanna,
The spay and release programs are for the homeless outdoor kitties. Usually the programs want to make sure someone is at least feeding the cat or cats, then they will trap them, spay them, then release them back outside in the same area. They work with feral colonies, but some work with individuals like you with soft hearts. We're in the Seattle area, and there are a couple of groups that do it here. Rhonda PS -- I carry spiders outside in a glass! Ivanna wrote: "Rhonda" Finding another home would be great, but if you can't -- there are many spay and release programs. So she would be spayed and then released back out to the wild or to me? I have never heard of that. I would keep feeding her, at any rate. I just can't stand to see a cat starve, and it sounds like you can't either! Lol, I carried a caterpillery thing out of the house this morning rather than flush it! If she keeps visiting, she will be eating. |
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Hello Ivanna,
The spay and release programs are for the homeless outdoor kitties. Usually the programs want to make sure someone is at least feeding the cat or cats, then they will trap them, spay them, then release them back outside in the same area. They work with feral colonies, but some work with individuals like you with soft hearts. We're in the Seattle area, and there are a couple of groups that do it here. Rhonda PS -- I carry spiders outside in a glass! Ivanna wrote: "Rhonda" Finding another home would be great, but if you can't -- there are many spay and release programs. So she would be spayed and then released back out to the wild or to me? I have never heard of that. I would keep feeding her, at any rate. I just can't stand to see a cat starve, and it sounds like you can't either! Lol, I carried a caterpillery thing out of the house this morning rather than flush it! If she keeps visiting, she will be eating. |
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Ivanna,
Don't know why I did not think of this earlier - go to www.spayusa.org - I believe they will give you links to shelters in your area that offer reduced fee spaying programs. They have something on main page, half way down called Pets911, type in your zip and it will tell you where you can get low cost spay/neuter. Best of like and you're not alone - I would be feeding too! Although you got me on the bug - sorry no happy endings for bugs here - yuck! Creepy crawlies don't need to be seen "Ivanna" wrote in message om... Well I must first admit I've already been feeding it all week. It appeared very bony when I first started, but looks more like a normal kitten now. My concern is that this may be a female and that she will be bringing me loads more kittens to feed if she is not fixed. (I am way allergic to cats and couldn't have even one in the house) She runs away on approach, but stays within sight if she expects I will put a bit of food out for her. Suggestions? |
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