The Cat Thread

Adopt them!

I've had my babies for a month now (12 weeks old brother/sister)

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They've never had any human contact that didn't involve running into the garage and hiding behind a tin of paint, and they're quite big now - I suspect they'll always fear humans and run from them.

When I was younger my dad took in a feral cat who we guessed to be 2-3 years old. He was pretty hard work but calmed down after a few months, lived with us for the rest of his time. Best thing for them short of someone taking them in is probably to just leave them be. Poor things won't stand a chance if they get shipped off to a cat's home.

Adopt them - if this is not an option find someone else who'd adopt them - if this is not an option bring them to an animal shelter - if this is not an option bring them to a vet to neuter them.

Oh and of course give them something to eat and pet them if they let you!
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I can't catch them, therefore I can't take them to a shelter. Anyone got some cat traps?

Ozzy is the brother, black and white. He's a little bit stupid but super friendly. Maia is the sister, Calico. She is quite shy but much more inquisitive, getting friendlier and will allow you to stroke her if she's in the mood for it. She batters Ozzy when they play fight too which is quite amusing.

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I'm afraid ferals need human contact by around the 6-8 week mark, if they're going to become adapted to "normal" housecat behaviour :-( I can't really work out how old those little fluffballs are, but they look older than that.

Best thing now is to contact a local charity, who will hopefully be able to trap them, so they can be spayed/neutered.

@Dammit

I can't really add to anything much more than @BareNecessities has said other to say that when my partner lived in Birmingham (which has a large stray/feral population) if one contacts the RSPCA they'd come and collect them, neuter them and return them trimming a bit off their ear to show they'd been neutered and could be left to their own devices. Probably worth giving your local office (or Cats Protection as neutering is one of their primary objectives) to see what they can do.

Patch's latest interest - catch a mouse and pop its eye balls out...

^^RSPCA said "we don't do cats" when Damon called them, so clearly there are regional differences!

I'll give cats protection a bell.

biscuit has a drop of water on his chin at christmas

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and got on with the birds

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I changed our cats feeding schedule and now they don't wake me up at 5am every day. It's been two days and they have slept right through and only woken up when I've got up.

So happy.

What's the secret time? No matter what I've tried they always wake me up either an hour before my alarm or 10 minutes before.

no secret time, but I basically followed points 4 & 5 on this article and it's so far worked wonders. I was expecting it to take a week or two for them to settle in but it worked overnight.

I'm hoping it's not just a fluke.

The new theory to control feral populations is catch/spay/return.

Hopefully Cats Protection can help with that.

Responsible cat owners would also be nice :(

Will have a read.

Maia's got a similar line down the face thing to my tortoiseshell Lily! Lovely.

Total babe too!

However I'm slightly less enamoured with Maia today after she decided to leave me a 'present' in the laundry basket and piss all over the bed last night. First time either of them have gone anywhere other than the tray. Hoping it's a one off otherwise they're going to have to be banned from the bedroom.

https://www.facebook.com/thomas.barrett.5/videos/775144889182513/

anyone know more about this?

Yes: it's awesome.