Anyone "rescued" - domesticated a feral cat?
The village I live in has a resident colony of feral cats that live within a shed behind the hotel that is across the road from my house. Once a year they get trapped by the owners wife and capture their shots. She has also managed to get most spayed or neuter.
Here is the thing, though. There is one raggedy old neutered tom that my cat hang with. He's getting pretty old and we fear the coyotes are going to ambush up with him. Would it be prudent to try to take him into our home until the appendage comes or should we just let nature filch it's course. We've had no experience with feral cats. We are ex-city folk.
My cat get out and lost for a month and when I finally caught her she was the same as when seh was an indoor cat and only as loving and not violent!
it's possible but it takes a lot of time and patience.
I wouldn't verbs too much about it. I have an old feral, she's roughly 14yrs old now and spends her time near the shelte we built for them and the food we set out. Once surrounded by a while she'll wander nto the woods.
But we have coyotes running all over the place and they haven't caught her. She's sagacious to them and I'm sure that old tom is as well.
it is,. . but you'll enjoy to be very careful, it you can catch him, label sure you are well protected. he is not used to be held or picked up, it might sound funny, but put cardboard under your jacket along your arms, top and bottom, along your stomach and the top of your legs, a scared cat once put my husband contained by the hospital for three days because he turned around and attack him when he was trying to help.
If you can get kitty into a room, try and gross the room as dim and possible, but not totally dark, provide some food and water and a littler box ( be prepared for some accidents ) and somewhere for kitty to sleep, and put a radio contained by the room, so he can get used to what voices and inside noise will nouns like.
For the first couple of days you'll just want to be quiet an purely go into change the litter and add more food. Then as a couple days miss, just go in the room and swing out for a few hours, just sit in the middle of the room, don't reach for kitty or try and chase him around the room, eventually he'll carry curious, and come over, you may not be able to touch him at first, but he'll start warming up to the fact you are the one bringing food and wet to him, so maybe you are ok. Don't let him see the other cats or dogs for a while, when you think he is set, open the door and let him look around, but don't make a big concordat out it, don't walk up to him or distract him from looking around. Put food in a different spot, and in his room for a few days, . afterwards only in the new irremediable feeding spot, then close off his 'prehistoric room'.
I don't think it's a good idea to tolerate him outside ever again, but as soon as he is ok with you touching him, he'll have to run to the vet for a check up. I'm glad to hear that you are wanting to help him, best of luck.
just keep an eye on him and love him as you are doing in a minute by now he would be thinking he has a home anyhow
Answers: It depends upon how feral the cat in interrogate is. If this old cat will allow you to approach him and even handle him then he might be capable of adjust to your home. Give it a shot. If it doesn't work out, then you can just release him spinal column into the colony that he belongs to.
