Cats Outside

Well Terry I think you might be better of having them trapped as I think that you will always be wondering if they are ok and you just would not rest

I don't know....since they are wild and therefore "feral" they will be hard to have trapped and if you get the ASPCA or someone like that involved most likely they will just be put down as they will be viewed as un-adoptable---are there other places they can get food??? Other people that feed them?

i think that's a good idea, since whoever stays there won't be feeding them like u did, and the cats r used to it so they might expect it!

Terry, Do be careful feeding cats outside unless you take them to get a rabies shot. I will share a true story with you. When I was a child. There was a neighbor who lived about 5 miles away and they were elderly. They heated their home with wood and fed a cat on the back porch. One day the lady went out back to get some firewood and the cat was on the firewood. she reach down to feed it and it attacked her. Her husband walked the 5 mile journey to our home to get someone to take them to the Dr. None of us had phones and the elderly couple did not have a car nor did they drive. The hospital began her on the shots for rabies and the cat was killed and we had to keep the head in ice until the Health Dept could pick it up. We did not have running water so it was hard to keep ice on hand. The cat did have rabies and she had to take all the injections. I cant remember how many. they moved the first chance they got closer to us. So we could help them out. be very careful of any animal that is in the wild.

If you are moving you will need to trap them and take them to the humane society or take them to your new residence to live in your new yard. We get ferrell cats a lot at my home too. Last year we had at one time about 7 or 8 cats to feed, so I had to trap them one by one and take them to the shelter. They were very ferrell and would never let us near them, so I had too. We have neighbors who get these dogs and cats and then don't treat them right or quit feeding them and they wind up at our place. I feed them if I see them, I can't stand to see an animal go hungry, but I can't take them all in and give them proper vet care, etc. So I have no choice but to take them to the shelter, we don't have animal control out here in the country.