Feral cat issue

[anonymous-user]

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[Mobile Chicane]

What's the worst the RSPCA will do? Put it to sleep humanely (if required), rather than leave it to suffer in the wild.

[bexVN]

RSPCA or local charity. Quite often they will neuter and re release esp if cat is otherwise healthy, esp if there is a feral cat colony nearby.

These cats can live a wild life fine but neutering reduces fights, disease and of course kittens.

(Note uncontrolled breeding pair of cats in 7yrs = 450,000 kittens! assuming the offspring are allowed to breed uncontrolled as well)

[SmokinV8]

if rspca take it away it will be a needle job, they have far too many cute cuddly tame kitties needing homes

[omgus]

If you are worried when you next see him try to feed him. If he's still hungry chances are he will pull through, they are incredibly resilient creatures.


There natural resilience in no way stops me worrying massively about mine all the time.

[Who me ?]

A feral cat claiming your garden is a blessing. No pet cats digging up the beds,or marking your car ,making it stink . Years ago ,we lived in a fishing village with a large population of ferals on the pier. One cat took to my mother ( we suspect it was a pet gone wild) and with love and food she won it over. We moved house to another part of the village, and she managed to get it to come with us. It, reluctantly came indoors ,when the weather was cold, and my father made it a kennel , which cat loved ,(complete with bedding etc). Up till then we'd had problems with local cats digging up flower beds etc. No more, this bloke was a lot bigger and fiercer than the pets, and the she's walked back home gingerly , the toms just ran .

[Wigeon Incognito]

anonymous said:

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I don't know where abouts you are but near me the RSPCA would respond and help. It's a cat trap request so the first thing to remember is that in a group of the RSPCA inspectorate potentially covering the entire county there might only be four or five traps and they're always in hot demand, particularly when other cats might have much more wrong with them than a damaged eye.

In terms of how the RSPCA treat the cat once caught it's largely down to the local branch (not the inspectorate but basically a local independent franchise of the RSPCA that fundraises near independently). The HQ based inspectorate give £60 towards emergency treatment but the local branch gives what it can towards the rest of the treatment.

Around me in this case once trapped the cat would be tested for FIV and FELV then if negative treated, neutered, witness, flea treated and re-released.

Good luck with him!

[Jasandjules]

In your shoes once caught I'd be inclined to take him to the vet myself........

[mrmaggit]

Jasandjules said:

In your shoes once caught I'd be inclined to take him to the vet myself........

Me too, you may get an absolute blinder like our Black Cat. Lovely big old Bruiser, Guzzis' pal, went walkabout last September, still miss him.

[SmokinV8]

ditto what others say, if you catch him take him to your vet for treatment(just say you been feeding him for years and think its time to have his bits chopped), then release back into your garden to live a happy life.

[condor]

Perhaps the OP is considering the vet's bill for a cat that isn't owned by him.

I'm hassled by a feral cat for food - which I've now started to give him.
Next door neighbours originally fed him for a few months, but because they've got their own cat (that doesn't get along with the feral)...have now stopped feeding him.
He sits on my doorstep and mews loudly so I know he's there. I have bird seeders for the wild birds...so also feel obliged to feed a wild cat.

[Munter]

Poor Morris. I'm thinking there's going to be some smelly puss come out of that...

[timster]

Very good of you OP to have him back,keep us updated

[muppets_mate]

The abscess should heal quite easily once it's been drained. I'd be more worried about his eye being closed and the reddish/brown gunge around it. Hopefully once the vet's seen him it can be resolved. Although I don't suppose handling/treating a feral cat is exactly easy. It's hard enough sometimes when they're 'tame' pets!

Good luck to the OP and Morris

[bexVN]

The eye is due to the pressure of the abscess and probably the tear duct being blocked, it should resolve fine once the abscess is sorted.

Well done on catching him, he needs help and he's now going to get it thanks to you.

[Munter]

anonymous said:

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Bugger. Can't save them all though.

[Davey S2]

Well done for tyring to help him though.

[telecat]

Personally given you had told the RSPCA you would give him a home I'd be spitting mad that they didn't think to call and discuss him with you. Stinks of "somebody" deciding that it would be "better" for him to be put down.

[eztiger]

Does seem a bit off - the one thing I'm taking from this thread is don't get the RSPCA involved.

[bexVN]

Probably FeLV/FIV +ve, phone back and ask for more info esp if you have cats yourself as want to ensure there is no risk of viral infection etc to youir cats.