A family of feral cats are living in my tractor shed.

[HappyH]

Not really pets, but a very good thing. Mom cat had been hanging around the yard for a few weeks. Last week I went into the shed and found it was infested with kittens! I have been giving them some kitty crunchies and keeping fresh water there. It’s a tough neighborhood for feral cats but I am hopeful a few will stick around and move into my barn.

[Ocelot II]

1. Is there any way to get them trapped and neutered?

Some cities have TNR (Trap, Neuter, Release) programs for feral cat colonies. Too many feral cats = too many feral kittens with short, unhappy lives.

[HappyH]

2. Nowhere near a city here.

But there is a group that relocates feral cats as they are a great thing to have on a working farm. I have been in touch and they are interested but want the kittens to be about 5 or 6 weeks old first. They do neuter the cats and provide heart worm meds before relocating them. Next week they will attempt to catch at least 3 of the kittens. There is a beautiful grey one that I would like to live in my barn.

[Ocelot II]

3. Excellent! Farms always need cats.

The reason I inquired about neutering was because I knew someone who had a farm with a bunch of cats, and there was this one tomcat who completely dominated the colony and eventually they were so inbred that the kittens had a lot of birth defects and weren't surviving. It's good to know that there are folks who will neuter the kittens before finding farms for them.

[HappyH]

6. I know they neuter the adult cats

Not positive what they do with the kittens. I would think the small ones would be harder to operate on and people that want kittens I think more want a pet than a barn cat.
By next week I might be able to catch mom cat. If I can I’ll get her neutered cause I don’t want a slew of cats. She and the pretty grey kitten can be my barn cats.


Edit: cleared an auto spell mis spelling

[JMCKUSICK]

4. If you can afford it, please get some canned food too, especially in this heat for a mom.

[HappyH]

5. On the grocery list

Along with chicken, they all enjoyed the leftover grilled chicken tender this weekend.

[JMCKUSICK]

7. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, thank you HappyH