If you take care of feral cats....
07-18-2012, 11:41 AM
#21
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thank you all to help out these lost/forgotten/unwanted animals... I myself have caught, fixed and rehomed 10 cats in the past year & half- thank goodness to these low cost clinics.
I really want to know why can't the vets charge less to spay/neuter? why the $300 +? If they were more affordable, then we won't be having such a huge population of unwanted animals. doesnt' this make sense? My feral fixed cats had no problems with their surgeries like my 2 cats that were "fixed" at the reg vets. greed i tell you...
talk about spoiled kitties- our postman wrote us a note back in the winter -thanking us for what we do (he has seen the kittens/cats) and nominated MommaGirl as the most spoiled feral in the area... my husband took all of our patio cushions (I had to replace them -ouch $)piled them up and hung a heat lamp for MommaGirl during the winter months. I am not allowed to use the downstairs bathroom for he doesn't want her to run away for her spot is right outside the window( I do use the bathroom)- but she is a spoiled princess. she is scared of everyone else, but when she sees my husband- you can't get her to shut up or stop rolling.
word of warning (stop reading if you can be squeamish): do NOT advertise kittens/cats if they are black or partly black on the net for FREE. alot of people take these, sell them on the black market to owners of exotic pets... this was shared with me by multiple animal caregivers (vets and rescue groups who do not interact with each other) Charge a good amount of $ then donate it to a rescue group- the high cost will deter alot of these ruthless, soulless creeps.
I really want to know why can't the vets charge less to spay/neuter? why the $300 +? If they were more affordable, then we won't be having such a huge population of unwanted animals. doesnt' this make sense? My feral fixed cats had no problems with their surgeries like my 2 cats that were "fixed" at the reg vets. greed i tell you...
talk about spoiled kitties- our postman wrote us a note back in the winter -thanking us for what we do (he has seen the kittens/cats) and nominated MommaGirl as the most spoiled feral in the area... my husband took all of our patio cushions (I had to replace them -ouch $)piled them up and hung a heat lamp for MommaGirl during the winter months. I am not allowed to use the downstairs bathroom for he doesn't want her to run away for her spot is right outside the window( I do use the bathroom)- but she is a spoiled princess. she is scared of everyone else, but when she sees my husband- you can't get her to shut up or stop rolling.
word of warning (stop reading if you can be squeamish): do NOT advertise kittens/cats if they are black or partly black on the net for FREE. alot of people take these, sell them on the black market to owners of exotic pets... this was shared with me by multiple animal caregivers (vets and rescue groups who do not interact with each other) Charge a good amount of $ then donate it to a rescue group- the high cost will deter alot of these ruthless, soulless creeps.
07-18-2012, 12:08 PM
#22
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We just adopted two feral kittens. The mother was a feral that a friend of a friend kept feeding until he could get her inside. She was pregnant and had four kittens. Just got them yesterday and they have decided to play hide and seek and we haven't been able to find them. They are in the house somewhere. All the bedroom doors were closed so they are somewhere in the main part of the house but they have definitely hidden themselves well. I guess when they get hungry enough they will show themselves. Meanwhile, we'll keep looking.
The animal control here does spaying and neutering and shots so when they get old enough we'll take them and have that done. It's cheaper than our vet.
The animal control here does spaying and neutering and shots so when they get old enough we'll take them and have that done. It's cheaper than our vet.
07-18-2012, 04:13 PM
#24
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In california they have a group called feral cats. they will help trap them or whatever needs and then they have a time that they do all the fixing for free. they do except donations if you can. it is all volenteer so if you can give some time that day if they need its welcome. we just watched and made sure they were okay after the surgery. We had over 25 cats done that came for dinner out of those we ended up falling in love with some of the kittys that were sick and we got better. so we ended up with 12 cats we were in county and a large place but we also had everyone fixed of course. We have lost all but one now.Last month on the 27th we lost our tabby so the one left crys if she think she is alone. She has never been alone before without her sister or the others. But she refuses to get along with others without beating them up. She's 16 now and set in her ways. She was the baby of the bunch.
07-18-2012, 05:15 PM
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Thank you for stepping up and taking charge! We took in an adorable little guy last fall and although it was expensive getting him fixed, his shots and havingmhismblood checked to,ensure he was ok around our existing guys,
he was worth every penny!
he was worth every penny!
07-18-2012, 05:38 PM
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My daughter does this. She lives in the city and people are constantly moving and leaving the cat behind. So, when she's convinced they're feral cats, she takes them to the Animal Council and gets them neutered and their shots before turning them back lose in the neighborhood. She does try to find homes for the younger ones.
07-18-2012, 08:34 PM
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Ugh. Mama is finally out of her cage and walking around - I'm hoping this will help her lack of bm since Monday. But the tom cat - he was doing great, but now he has diarrhea and even threw up once. The low-cost clinic could see him free of charge for the first week, but it's over an hour away and my schedule is really solid until Monday. I hate the thought of having to take him to a regular vet ($$$).... now that all these kitties are hidden (temporarily) in our house, another cat was snuggled on our front porch. I swear they tell each other where to find help! (If I'm remembering them all, I think we're now up to 12 feral/strays that we've fixed)
07-19-2012, 06:17 AM
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We've checked there too. No kitties. I can't imagine where they're hiding but they sure have done a good job. I did hear one meow a couple of times this morning. Nothing like a 5:00 wake up call. LOL They come out and eat and use the litter box then hid again. I can see where they've been in the mornings. Things distubed that weren't. Mainly my dining room table. That will have to stop. I guess our mistake was not keeping them confined to one room until we got them tamed more. Lesson learned.
07-21-2012, 09:41 AM
#29
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Being on social security our local Humane Society has a plan that only cost us $5 for our male and $10 for our little female. The vet that we used doesn't like to do them until they are 6 months old. I agree with that since they can have issues if not fully developed when spayed or neutered. Fortunately the big male that is now lliving under our house has been done. He is fed twice a day like our other outside animals and is very friendly. I have 3 indoors only cats and a small house so I sure would like him to go home. If not he is welcome as long as he behaves himself. We have had skunks that lived under the house years ago and were no problem I just didn't feed THEM ! LOL
07-21-2012, 12:22 PM
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I also want to stress that kittens can be spayed and neutered at around 2 pounds. That is our clinic's limit. They do absolutely fine. All mine were done as kittens and i have had zero issues. My males have never sprayed and their urine is not smelly. I think it has to do with the fact they never developed a lot of the male hormones due to pediatric spay. I had more problems years ago when they waiting until the cats were older.
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