Puddy Tat

[SurprisingWoman]

Feral cats don't have an easy life and can be disease carriers, just like other wild mammals.

Taking it to the shelter will give it a chance and a dignified death if it doesn't work out.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

Mr. Puddy Tat tried to eat me and the dog through the cage!! I've had raccoons in the trap that weren't as bad as this!!! I took him to my vet who put him down right away(and he did it for free!) I brought him home and put him out in a sunny spot by the apple tree where he can rest in peace.

Sometime life sucks

 

[Sunny Side Up]

Good for you, for taking the time & making the effort to do The Right Thing.

Here's a

for you for your sorrow.

 

[tristancolli]

That was wrong of the vet feral cats can still be saved it just takes time i have re habilitated many they they are now adopted loving indoor cats. and for you who say just to shoot him you are sick he may have been feral but he is still a living thhing, just because he was born in the wild and doing the only thing he knows how to in his life doesn't mean he should die that would be like me going and killing a homeless person for begging.

 

[kcsunshine]

Please don't feel guilty. Better the easy sleep than suffering from being hit by a car or attacked by some other wild animal.

 

[gsim]

Do not let anyone put a guilt trip on you. You were both compassionate and responsible and more tolerant than most would be. It is not your fault that some low-life scum bag dumped/abandoned him in your locale. No way some bleeding-heart hand-wringer should judge you, not knowing anything of your situation.

 

[FarmerChick]

no two people think alike on these issues usually

so you did what was RIGHT for you. Many agree...some will not. Do not worry about it. You must do what you think is right in life regardless of the opposition.

just move forward and yup, life does just suck sometimes..LOL

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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I agree. You did the right thing. Wild animals may seem "free" and living a good destiny, but their free life is often fraught with illness, internal parasites, being the prey for some other predator, and cold nasty winters.

 

[Sunny Side Up]

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But many feral cats cannot be reaccustomed to domestic life, no matter how much you try. A humane euthanasia is a sensible option for an animal beyond the resourses of anyone to care for and attempt to retrain.

and for you who say just to shoot him you are sick he may have been feral but he is still a living thhing, just because he was born in the wild and doing the only thing he knows how to in his life doesn't mean he should die...

This was a cat abandoned by its owners who turned to preying on the OP's chickens. Please don't call folks names for the choices they make in dealing with predators on their property.

...that would be like me going and killing a homeless person for begging.

Ummm, NO. Not at all the same. One is an animal which due to human intervention and irresponsibility have caused its population to reach unnaturally high proportions. It is a sad situation, but humane euthanasia, along with other forms of feline population control, are now necessary. The other is a p-e-r-s-o-n for whom kindness & compassion & consideration are due.​

 

[Miltonchix]

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The 30-06 makes it where you have to bury whats left where it falls. The good thing is no wounded cat running off to die somewhere else. So, the -06, while extreme overkill, is instantaneous death over a possible slow death.
I used to use my .22 but I had too many run off shot, only to show up again in a week or 2.

If I have to resort to trapping the wiley night stalking cats I shoot 'em point blank still in the trap with a .25 pocket gun.

The "what to do with feral cats" debate is always going to make someone mad. Since dispatching about a dozen ferals on my place I have song birds, rabbits, and other NATURAL/NATIVE critters in abundance. Before, the cats killed everything in sight. I had virtually no birds and stinking crap filled flower beds.