The feral cat project or natural pest control

Two weeks

Both will come when I call "kitty , kitty" and have the canned food . Foggy will hold her ground when I walk by and Amy, ever hopeful, does come to the feeding area every time I come by . They have another week in the cage then I'll turn them out and keep my fingers crossed . I returned their travel crates to the Nevada Humane Society today . The adoption specialist who helped me before was there . I let her know the progress and she let me know I could get more anytime , she also thanked me for taking them . They are trying very hard to be a no kill shelter and are very close .



Day 10

I'm popular ! Feral Amy loves canned food she comes to the cage door when she sees me coming at "canned food" time and even talked to me . Foggy came out today and took some food off the plastic knife . Foggy does wait until Amy is eating before slowy approaching . I do the "kitty , kitty , kitty " chant while giving them the food . They still have another 12 days or so in the cage before I turn them out .

Day 6

I have seen both cats out but they run and hide as soon as they see me . It's been unusually hot for August the last couple days and Feral Amy has come out in the open to catch a breeze . She sits in or on the large crate , Foggy has been in the cat house most of the time .

Feral Amy








The Nevada Humane Society has a program that adopts out feral cats . The cats are fixed , vaccinated and free after your application is accepted . I was approved last week and picked up my feral cats this morning . They are attractive grey shorthair adult females and they are wild .

My plan is to have them do small rodent control in the hay and around the buildings . Right now they have to stay in a cage for @ 3 weeks so they learn this is where they live . I have them in a 4' x 6' cage with a small cat house , large crate and small crate to hide in . I opened the doors to their travel crates and the one called , "Feral Amy " at the shelter, came out gave me a look like I was the worst thing she'd ever seen and went in the cat house . The other cat called "Foggy" won't come out of her travel crate .



The adoption people were very nice and encouraged me to come get more any time, they had plenty . These two came from a cat hoarder , from the Reno Gazette-Journal August 7 2008 -

"The Nevada Humane Society is expecting more than 40 cats and kittens taken from a Sparks home during a police investigation. Twenty-nine have arrived at the shelter at 2825 Longley Lane, with the rest expected within a week. About 75 percent are feral, unsocialized and in need of barn homes. The rest are friendly and would make great pets. Most are in good health and mostly gray or gray with white. "

I'll update their progress on this entry - check back to see how the feral cat project goes