Post #798499 by Sandbartender on Thu, Nov 7, 2019 7:16 PM

On 2019-11-07 14:52, Prikli Pear wrote:

On 2019-11-07 09:57, danlovestikis wrote:
Sandbartender that was wonderful news. I went to the web page and read all about. We had never heard this before. Thank you.

Wendy, yes, this is done to try and humanely control feral cat populations. Our neighbors behind us were feeding strays and have since moved. The area strays have migrated to our place, so we've started trapping and taking them to the local spay/neuter program. They're not too happy about it, but if it can prevent a litter of kittens, that's a win. Two were already clipped before we started, and there's about four to go. It takes persistence, because those cats get wary...

Prikli Pear- thank you for doing all of that! I wish more people would. We live on the edge of a massive park (625sq acres of densely wooded and swampy terrain) and the feral cats are always an issue.
I've tried a few times to cage them, but the ones that survive the winters here are very tough and extremely wily. They'd have to be, with the raccoon, coyote, fox, wolves, badger and other things out there.

We had a tiny little black fluff ball lurking around one of our older windows for warmth, but I couldn't ever even get outside with it. Every time it saw me it would dash away, and it never took any food from the trap. Not even tuna or salmon. :(