We had a mamma have kitten in our back yard beneath the hot tub. Our back yard is ideal because it is fenced in with lots of trees and fun things for the kitties to play on, comfortable things for them to sleep on, and we have been feeding them cause they looked thin. Two of the kittens disappeared. One was a beautiful siamese looking baby and we think someone took him in. The tortie baby disappeared a few months later he was big enough to fend for himself so we think he wandered off in search of new territory. Now we just have mama and the little black one who i affectionately named Moglee he was the runt. Mama is preggers again, and we are fearful that when it gets cold she will chase Moglee out. He is very tiny and doesn't look like he could fend for himself. We have gained some trust from him but he still wont let us touch him. We want to bring Moglee in. We just lost Booboo a farm cat we took in a decade ago to heart problems and i sort of feel like he sent Moglee to us to help heal my broken heart. Any advice for earning more trust from Moglee so we can bring him in before it gets too cold?
The sooner you get him trapped the better. The older the get makes it even harder to tame. It would be good if you could trap mama and get her fixed so she is not adding to the over population of feral cats.
Do you have a Feral Cat Coalition in your area? They will spay and neuter feral cats for a low price or a donation and then you could set her free and feed her. I have a mama cat and 3 of her daughters that were spayed and then I am the caregiver and feed them. She had 5 in the first litter but we lost 2 and then she got pregnant right away, I was able to capture them because mama was so weak from taking care of the first litter. By the way she had 6 in her second litter and both litters were all GIRLS. She will be much happier and stay healthy if you can get her spayed.
Good luck..........here is the site for feral cat coalition. www.feralcats.com
http://www.feralcat.com/taming.html
Do you have a Feral Cat Coalition in your area? They will spay and neuter feral cats for a low price or a donation and then you could set her free and feed her. I have a mama cat and 3 of her daughters that were spayed and then I am the caregiver and feed them. She had 5 in the first litter but we lost 2 and then she got pregnant right away, I was able to capture them because mama was so weak from taking care of the first litter. By the way she had 6 in her second litter and both litters were all GIRLS. She will be much happier and stay healthy if you can get her spayed.
Good luck..........here is the site for feral cat coalition. www.feralcats.com