Now what? Found 6 little little baby kittens

[Folly's place]

Very good work!
May your foster families fall in love too...
Mary

 

[ChickNurse 21]

Great! Keep us updated!

 

[chickens really]

good news 3 being temp fostered and 2 found homes elsewhere and we ended up with our new family member .Hello MiloView attachment 1951946 View attachment 1951947
He was attached to my daughter since we found them

Milo is so adorable...
I'm so glad you found all of them somewhere to go so quickly...

 

[BigBlueHen53]

This is looking like a happy ending, great news.... only ... your neighbor still has breeding cats, right?

 

[Acre4Me]

@Rachel Taylor - glad you found homes for some!! At least you won’t be dealing with this neighbors irresponsibility for much longer since you are moving.

we moved to my current city area several years ago. There was a huge feral cat problem here. In the last 2-3 years they have instituted catch, spay/neuter, release programs. They notify the neighborhood they will be in to set traps (so pet owners keep their pets in those days). If they have extra spots for the vet, they spay/neuter shelter cats/kittens. We adopted a kitten from the shelter that was not spayed, but we had to sign a form indicating we would spay. Not sure how they would check if I did so. Noticed recently that all the kittens available for adoption currently were spayed/neutered, so maybe they’ve been able to get this done more frequently. Also, they hold low cost spay/neuter and shot clinics for dogs and cats. Anyone can make an appointment. Maybe your county will be able to institute some kind of measure to help reduce the feral cat population bc they definitely can be a problem!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I know in some big cities, like Tucson AZ for example, it only costs $25 to license your dog if it is spayed or neutered, and $60 if it is not. That, combined with the low-cost spay/neuter clinics, has gone a long way to reducing the number of randomly breeding dogs in the area. I suspect there are similar programs in place for cats. The number of animals that are humanely destroyed in the US every year is unconscionable. Many are purebred. Some are even registered.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

@Rachel Taylor - glad you found homes for some!! At least you won’t be dealing with this neighbors irresponsibility for much longer since you are moving.

we moved to my current city area several years ago. There was a huge feral cat problem here. In the last 2-3 years they have instituted catch, spay/neuter, release programs. They notify the neighborhood they will be in to set traps (so pet owners keep their pets in those days). If they have extra spots for the vet, they spay/neuter shelter cats/kittens. We adopted a kitten from the shelter that was not spayed, but we had to sign a form indicating we would spay. Not sure how they would check if I did so. Noticed recently that all the kittens available for adoption currently were spayed/neutered, so maybe they’ve been able to get this done more frequently. Also, they hold low cost spay/neuter and shot clinics for dogs and cats. Anyone can make an appointment. Maybe your county will be able to institute some kind of measure to help reduce the feral cat population bc they definitely can be a problem!

I know many cities have such a program, but I do not know of many counties that do. Manpower and funding are often limited, unfortunately.

 

[Birdsong 82]

Our shelter will not let you adopt unless they spay and it's part of adoption fee .We have program if you bring a stray it's free and only 15 dollars otherwise. Bit my neighbors figure it's an inconvenience to them. I can't believe people. They offer this because there so many cats there it cheaper to offer .It's sad when the won't take any more because there NOWHERE to put tthem. It's sad

@Rachel Taylor - glad you found homes for some!! At least you won’t be dealing with this neighbors irresponsibility for much longer since you are moving.

we moved to my current city area several years ago. There was a huge feral cat problem here. In the last 2-3 years they have instituted catch, spay/neuter, release programs. They notify the neighborhood they will be in to set traps (so pet owners keep their pets in those days). If they have extra spots for the vet, they spay/neuter shelter cats/kittens. We adopted a kitten from the shelter that was not spayed, but we had to sign a form indicating we would spay. Not sure how they would check if I did so. Noticed recently that all the kittens available for adoption currently were spayed/neutered, so maybe they’ve been able to get this done more frequently. Also, they hold low cost spay/neuter and shot clinics for dogs and cats. Anyone can make an appointment. Maybe your county will be able to institute some kind of measure to help reduce the feral cat population bc they definitely can be a problem!

 

[Birdsong 82]

The program here people bring in strays. They won't catch them ..it is cheaper than caring for literally hundreds at each shelter

 

[getaclue]

Our spay/neuter program for stray/feral cats, is county-wide. It's very low cost to have them fixed. IF it's a feral, to be released again, they notch the tip of the ear. That way it's easily identified as having been fixed. Many low-income families use this, claiming their cats are strays, then pay the low cost to have them fixed, and take them back home. They do this with stray dogs too.