I’ve recently rescued a colony of cats! All are getting along really well except for 1, who is so scared, constantly over reacts in a violent manner! She’s been in a mesh tent for a number of weeks, looking pretty comfy…many of hte kitties have spent nights lying beside the tent to keep her company. While she was in there, she’d often hiss & spit at the cats (& me at times) if we came close. It’s obvious to me that she’s EXTREMELY frightened, and when she hears a noise she strikes out without thinking. She once scratched me (very minor) & looked very remorseful immediately after. I let her out of hte tent 2 days ago for hte first time and things did not go well! She attacked a number of cats, including many that had been very nice to her while she was in there. Last night she put a claw into one of hte kitties eyes, so now she’s back in the tent. Any ideas how to get her safely mixing with the others? Only people experienced with feral cats please answer!
Em…it’s a MESH tent…so she can see the others, & they see her.
Mesh tents are much kinder than crating in my experience, though more expensive. More room for stretching and exercise, particularly if they are going to be in there for awhile!
And of course she’s fixed! I’ve rescued so many from teh street here, there is no way I would not have them desexed, that’s what causes the feral cat problems to begin with!
She was desexed within 24 hours of being trapped! And she’s known these cats all her life, they are all from the same colony and has been interacting with them through the mesh for almost 2 months.
I should have been clearer on 2 things…
1 I have lots of experience taming ferals….I’ve now rescued close to 30!
2. I’m not worried about me…she doesn’t attack me, just hisses & spits, but clearly doesn’t want to hurt me & responds incredibly well to my voice.
She’s just incredibly frightened & overreacting to some of the cats, even though they are being nice to her. I don’t think she poses a threat to me at all & despite her hissing & spitting I actually think she’s a sweety.
She loves playing…and I often involve her with play with the other kitties while the front of her tent is open…I put dangly toys inside then out to the ohters, then in, then along side of tent etc, which works well!

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My year old cat Huey likes to crawl up my chest, sink his claws into my neck and lick my face like a dog does. He does this mostly in the morning as soon as I show any sign of waking up.

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Animal control will not mess with it, they are decimating the rabbits and other small animals on my property as well as going after my chickens. Took out 3 yesterday, but I’d rather not have to wipe them out, just make em go away.
I can’t put out poison, the animals I want to save would also be drawn to it. I was wondering if coyote urine spread around would help.

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Dogs and cats be allergic to humans ?????

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I’d like to hear some stories and see how long it took to get the cat comfortable with humans.

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My cat is acting really strange. It’s licking it’s butt eevry 5 seconds or so. Also, he is dragging his butt on floor….. Does anyone know why he would do this and is it serious?
Also, does it make a difference if they are one year old (yesterday), male, nd fixed? and thanks for all the answers so far!
And, he has been washing his butt so much he must have the cleanest butt around so i’m not really sure how it can be really dirty…well maybe he can’t clean it…..that well…sorry to be gross but…
**UPDATE**

Me n my mum checked out his rear end. He had something there that looked like a piece of old poo a bit away from his are he poops out of. It wasn’t ON the area….we cut it off cuz we thought maybe that was the problem. DO you think he will be ok now?

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And if there is one leader, will it be a male or female?

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What about cooked eggs as well? Are there health benefits or anything else to know about cats, dogs, and eggs? Recipes?

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Please help!! I am doing a report on the out of control stray animal population and I can’t find any accurate information on how fast these strays multiply. I know its like thousands by the year but I would like a good source. Any good sites that have stats on stray numbers and spay and nuetering would be great!
San Antonio numbers and info would be great! I don’t know why I am not having any luck finding this stuff. Thanks!

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My cat, an adult male has a fixation with plastic bags. None of the other cats in the house do. When I come home from grocery shopping he licks the bags like its lined with catnip. He also licks the inside of bread bags and such. And, it is only plastic in bag form, any other plastic he doesn’t lick. What about the bags drives him nuts? This isn’t a new behavior either.

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