Stray Cats in St. Inigoes

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Inkpen

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itsbob said:
"Feral Cat MANAGEMENT??"

Sounds like an expensive solution to a cheap problem.. so tell me, do fixed feral cats kill local wildlife any less? What do we do while we wait for all these fixed cats to die naturally? Bring the squirrels, and the chipmunks into the houst to protect them??

You can't be serious..
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See..you have no interest in learing or readin more.
1. cats are hunters..no amount of breeding, training, declawing will change that. They are the perfect hunting animal.
2. Cats only score on 1 out of 10 attacks.
3. The number 1 killer of birds is other birds, squirrles and snakes They get up into the nests and eat the eggs. Racoons love bird eggs!!
4. Cat do hunt and kill birds, but not with a lot of success.
Birds fly, cats do not.
5. Cats have excellant hearing and can sit for a long time waiting for a mouse to appear.
6. Mice/rats/moles are the # 1 food for cats..easy to catch and a lot of them.
7. Cats spend 18-20 hours a day sleeping..the result of a high protein diet.
8. Feral cats avoid humans.
9. Fed and vetted ferals are healthy and will not spread rabies or other diseases.
10. They keep the rodent population down in many areas.
11. Ever seen the rats around here or in a city? Huge..cats eat a lot of them.
12. Some resturants like feral cats for that very reason..rodent control..better than any poison, and free.
13. Feral cat cononies are not for all areas esp when you have endangered wilife..esp nesting seabirds.
14. Those colonies are ofter moved or destroyed.
15. I try to work with wildlife instead of killing them off.
16. There are no absolute answers to the feral cat issues, but there are ways to manage them.
Read more:
alley cat alllies.
 
cattitude

cattitude

My Sweetest Boy
Cowgirl said:
Ink, I have another question.... How many thousands of dollars are spent spaying and neutering feral cats each year? I think that money could be better spent building more shelters for the friendly dogs and cats that get euthanized because there aren't enough shelters.
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Ugh..you know there's a point to this...I see that. But having been in rescue for a long time, I've also been asked to foster an 18 year old poodle. Why not put that dog down and save a puppy? What about just killing all the pittbulls..I mean they're all bad, right?

What about chaining of dogs..just to live a life at the end of a chain. I mean certainly they're better off euthanized too right?

There are no easy answers when it comes to animals. Everyone has their opinions. It's really silly to fight over it.
 
Chasey_Lane

Chasey_Lane

Salt Life
cattitude said:
A feral cat is generally born in the wild...or had been a stray/homeless cat for a long, long time and cannot be rehabilitated.
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At what point is a stray considered feral? How many months/years does it take for a once tame cat to become mean? Would Scooter Pie still have been a nice kitty 5 years from now, still living in the wild?
 
bohman

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Cowgirl said:
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I honestly don't think a cat is better off being feral than being humanely euthanized. :shrug: Feral cats have to go through so much just to survive....I would rather trap and euthanize a feral cat than have it trying to survive...getting hit by cars, fighting for food, getting fleas and ticks, suffering from nasty oozing eye infections, suffering from cuts and scratches from fights with other wild animals....need I go on?

I don't see what the problem is with trapping feral cats and humanely euthanizing them.
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Holy crap, it took 89 posts to arrive at any common sense in this thread. I think I'll be moving on.....nothing to see here.
 
RoseRed

RoseRed

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Inkpen said:
11. Ever seen the rats around here or in a city? Huge..cats eat a lot of them.
12. Some resturants like feral cats for that very reason..rodent control..better than any poison, and free.
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Taco Bell could have used their help. :yay:
 
cattitude

cattitude

My Sweetest Boy
aps45819 said:
So it's just a matter of the cat's attitude?
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If that's what you call it. Really Aps, if you care, read up on it. There's a lot of information out there.

You know, you have your passion for bikes, big SUVS driven by dumb chicks on cell phones..and some of us have a passion for animals. I don't get your affinity for bikes and you don't get my affinity for animals. And those of us that love animals have differing opinions on how to save them. But it sure would be nice if we could all be respectful of each other on here..I've posted this before. Let's have good discussion, good debates. But just to post something pissy just to be pissy..I don't know ..perhaps that's just a matter of "attitude" as well.
 
cattitude

cattitude

My Sweetest Boy
Chasey_Lane said:
At what point is a stray considered feral? How many months/years does it take for a once tame cat to become mean? Would Scooter Pie still have been a nice kitty 5 years from now, still living in the wild?
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I don't know the answer to that. Scooter Pie was going to be adopted. Read the articles if you want to know. Most strays you can approach..most often you don't even SEE a feral cat.
 
desertrat

desertrat

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cattitude said:
If that's what you call it. Really Aps, if you care, read up on it. There's a lot of information out there.

You know, you have your passion for bikes, big SUVS driven by dumb chicks on cell phones..and some of us have a passion for animals. I don't get your affinity for bikes and you don't get my affinity for animals. And those of us that love animals have differing opinions on how to save them. But it sure would be nice if we could all be respectful of each other on here..I've posted this before. Let's have good discussion, good debates. But just to post something pissy just to be pissy..I don't know ..perhaps that's just a matter of "attitude" as well.
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Did you just tag Aps feral? :lmao:
 
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Inkpen

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RoseRed said:
Taco Bell could have used their help. :yay:
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Actually, there was a little feral colony in PF and one in Solomons that are mamaged and live on rodents :)
Shop owers care for them and like having them around.
 
Cowgirl

Cowgirl

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cattitude said:
Ugh..you know there's a point to this...I see that. But having been in rescue for a long time, I've also been asked to foster an 18 year old poodle. Why not put that dog down and save a puppy? What about just killing all the pittbulls..I mean they're all bad, right?

What about chaining of dogs..just to live a life at the end of a chain. I mean certainly they're better off euthanized too right?

There are no easy answers when it comes to animals. Everyone has their opinions. It's really silly to fight over it.
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I agree with you...there are no easy answers. Why kill 1 animal just to save another? :shrug:

You know, these animal extremists (yes, that's what I'm going to call them) would be much more effective if they didn't act so high and mighty....you catch more flies with honey. They are scaring alot of people off. If they'd just tone it down a bit, people would be more open to their ideas.

I am an animal lover, have been my whole life. Had just about every animal under the sun. I am big into livestock....made agriculture my career.....so I think I tend to be more realistic* about things.



*I understand that people have different views on what is realistic...so that's why it's in quotes.
 
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Inkpen

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Chasey_Lane said:
At what point is a stray considered feral? How many months/years does it take for a once tame cat to become mean? Would Scooter Pie still have been a nice kitty 5 years from now, still living in the wild?
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Scooter was a nice cat to start with and would have made a nice pet. that was the plan..to get her spayed next Friday and get her adopted.
 
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Inkpen

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Nucklesack said:
F-That how is it cheaper than sitting on the back porch with a .22 ? (a brick is about 10 bucks)
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Go for it!!! Post it on Your tube..have fun!!
make sure you are shooting a wild cat and not a pet or some kid...
 
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