Long story but my dad has gone into sheltered housing as he has Parkinson's, he has left behind two semi-feral cats that he's had for about eight years since they were kittens. The cats are very suspicious and jumpy around everyone, even my dad sometimes, although they tolerated him better and even let him brush them at times.
We and a friend of his are taking it in turns to drive over to his currently empty house (about 2 miles away) and feed them every day, but this cant carry on as we need to sell the house to pay for his care.
I've rung every shelter I can find and got on long waiting lists for some of them, but most just say "no space". I have two fairly wimpy cats and a new baby in my house so I don't fancy taking on some ferals too and the friend Who's helping feed them boards dogs for a living!
Via Facebook I have managed to find an old school friend who will be willing to take them on his farm if I can deliver them (about 75 miles), but we can't catch them! My husband has been there for hours (I'm no help as I have to look after the baby) but as soon as he gets close to them or close to the door to shut them in the house they bolt out again. There is a cat flap, but only a cheap one, not one that you can lock.
Someone suggested taking some cages down there to trap them, but surely that would only catch one, as the other one surely wouldn't come near after seeing the caught one?
I'm at my wits end, can you drug them with something? Get someone round with a tranquilliser gun?
At the moment I'm angry, but at the end of the day it isn't their fault that they are so bloody unhelpful!
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What can I do with my dads semi-feral cats? I can't even catch them!
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Mikocat · 24/09/2012 16:25
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