Will my feral cat come back?
Stray cats may be reunited with their families or adopted into new homes, but feral cats will find it difficult or impossible to adapt to living as pets in close contact with people. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t things you can do to improve feral cats’ health and quality of life.
Why do feral cats hide their kittens outside?
Feral cats or outdoor cats hide their kittens to protect them from predators. Like puppies, kittens are born blind and deaf, relying solely on their mother to keep them safe. An outdoor cat will pick a spot that is difficult to find and/or get to in order to minimize any danger to her kittens from predators.
How does an outdoor cat get lost in the wild?
The Top 5 Ways that Outdoor Cats Become Lost They become sick or injured and they hide. They become trapped and can’t come home. They become displaced after being chased. They become victims of unintentional transport. They become victims of intentional displacement.
What happens to a feral cat when it is neutered?
When feral cats are trapped, neutered and returned to their territory, they no longer reproduce. The cessation of sexual activity eliminates the noise associated with mating behavior and dramatically reduces fighting and the noise it causes. Neutered feral cats also roam much less and become less visible and less prone to injury from cars.
What to do with a missing feral cat?
Give them kindness and a little spot of love and that is all I can do. If they are friendly I can possibly have them taken to the nokill cat shelter. I can get the kittens before they become wild and then that is it. I keep my cats indoors because life outside can be a tough way to survive.
Are there feral cats living in your yard?
I do have a question though since this is something I’ve never dealt with before. A few months ago we realized that there was a family of feral cats living under our shed. We fed them and trapped 2 of them (we are working on the others) to spay/neuter. They have been in our yard almost every single day since we first noticed them.
Is it possible to tame a feral cat?
I just trapped a feral cat that my husband and I were feeding in our road for over three months. We made the decision to capture her and have her spayed and tame her. Its now the fourth day that we have had her. She is in her own little room, with fresh water and the same food we were feeding her outside.
How many feral cats have been lost in one day?
We lost six ferals and our own indoor/outdoor former feral cat, Tower, all in one day three years ago. I have never seen any of them ever again, even though I regularly walk every evening.
Can a colony of feral cats go missing?
It would be unusual for the whole colony to up and leave but not unheard of, usually they scout out new locations for a while so you notice them gone for a while during the day but they know there is food so they come back. I have had one or two of mine go missing but never anywhere near 6 at once.
