How to help a sick or injured feral cat?
Helping a Sick or Injured Feral Cat FCCO is a spay/neuter clinic for cats and does not offer full-range veterinary services. If one of the outdoor cats you feed is sick or injured, call your veterinarian and ask if they see feral cats. If they do not, call other vet hospitals in your area to see who does, or refer to the list below.
Is it possible for a feral cat to survive?
I do not believe she will survive, she has not eaten in days, and she stays in the very back of a cat house that I put out for her 2 years ago with a heated blanket.
How much does it cost to take care of a feral cat?
As you probably have already guessed, caring for feral cats involves a significant amount of money and time, but you still may be surprised at just how much money and time is spent caring for feral cats. Jennifer Behler, the chief operating officer at the San Diego Humane Society, says that most feral cat colony caretakers provide the following:
How does the San Diego Humane Society care for feral cats?
Jennifer Behler, the chief operating officer at the San Diego Humane Society, says that most feral cat colony caretakers provide the following: Trap, spay/neuter and return (with ear tipping); also known as TNR Monitoring health concerns by “arranging veterinary care when available or [for] humane euthanasia as needed,” Behler says.
Helping a Sick or Injured Feral Cat FCCO is a spay/neuter clinic for cats and does not offer full-range veterinary services. If one of the outdoor cats you feed is sick or injured, call your veterinarian and ask if they see feral cats. If they do not, call other vet hospitals in your area to see who does, or refer to the list below.
What to do if a community cat is sick?
If you come across a community cat who looks sick or injured, she may need immediate veterinary attention. It’s important for you to have an action plan in place to provide the best care and make the right decisions to save the life of any sick or injured feline.
How to take care of a feral cat colony?
Possibly one of the most important parts of caring for a feral cat colony is assisting with trap-neuter-return of the colony members. TNR programs involve humanely trapping feral cats, taking them to a veterinarian for spaying or neutering (and often vaccines, deworming, or other medical care), then returning the cat to the colony.
I do not believe she will survive, she has not eaten in days, and she stays in the very back of a cat house that I put out for her 2 years ago with a heated blanket.
