I am feeding a feral cat.

[GentryDixon]

Unfortunately, the dove, robins, and racoons (mother & 7 babies) get more than the poor skittish kitty.

[onehandle]

1. That's the way it works.

Kitty is an intruder.

[GentryDixon]

3. It makes me sad, as she was once a house cat.

Her owners moved away and left her. By the time I realized she was abandoned she was too afraid to socialize.

[onehandle]

4. If she was a house cat, she can come back to domestication.

It's the kitties born and 'raised' in a feral state that are most difficult.

[GentryDixon]

5. I have tried for over a year.

She doesn't run when I talk to her through my screen door, but if I move too quickly she scatters. She usually comes by early, and late at night.

[onehandle]

6. If you think she is in danger in her present situation, you can get a trap from animal control.

However, raccoons can fall for the thing.

Smelly cheap fishy cat food or sardines are the best lure for a feral cat.

[GentryDixon]

8. I have contacted a no kill shelter.

When I contacted them the raccoons had not shown up, but now they are here. This is the first time I have ever had raccoons. I live on an island of sorts. The reacoons had to swim from three directions, or had a long hike to get here. Either way, that put a wrinkle in the capture.

I wanted to get her captured, shaved down, as she has a huge matted hairball on her back, and then bring her back to be an inside cat. I call her she, just because she looks like a lady, but she could be a he.

Once the racoons move on, we will try again.

[riderinthestorm]

10. Sorry to say but those raccoons will never move on with a handy daily food supply

You're going to have to trap them one by one and either kill them or take them across water so they don't return.



I'm hard hearted when it comes to the raccoons. I suggest you work your way through trapping and removing them, and then trap the cat. Get the cat the TLC it deserves otherwise s/he is in for a bad end.

[Lochloosa]

2. And your not feeding a feral you are feeding your cat

[easychoice]

7. that is correct

You feed it,you are owned...
LOL

[avebury]

9. You really do not want to encourage the raccoons

to stay around. They can become a real problem. I would talk to someone at a wildlife department about how you can get rid of them.

[GentryDixon]

12. I already did.

I am on my own. They were not interested in helping me. They told me to call a commercial vendor.

[avebury]

13. Just be careful because they can

become a health risk plus I would be concerned about momma and babies growing to a larger raccoon population. On some of the Animal Cop shows on Animal Planet they showed some situations where home owners had really bad raccoon problems.

[shenmue]

11. {{{Hugs}}}