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Since my greyhound Rosie died in April a black feral cat has been coming through my garden. She was very thin and poor and I started putting some food out for her. I also got a wormer from a vet nurse friend which I put in her food. After a couple of weeks I started to see some kittens scurrying about in the undergrowth. The were extremely shy and as soon as I opened my back door they would disappear. Mother would still appear for food I had put it out after I returned indoors. A neighbouring farmer said the cat had carried those kittens to my garden from some old buildings 1/2 mile away. Between May and the end of August I rang the local cat protection many times for help to get the cat and kittens caught and neutered. I only ever got an ansa-phone but I always left a message and my tel. number. I NEVER got a return call from the CP. After the end of August the kittens disappeared. I think one may have died but a neighbouring farmer said he had caught two and they had been neutered and were now at his brothers farm.
I didn't see the mother cat for a couple of weeks at the end October then in November three more kittens appeared with her. They were then about 6 weeks old I guess. I again have been trying to contact the local CP with no more luck. Eventually I got in touch with the National CP and have applied for and been offered help to get these three kittens and their mother neutered. The problem is now to catch them. These kittens however are not so wild as the previous litter but it is still going to be difficult to catch them, and unfortunately I think the mother is having her 3rd litter of kittens since May.
The kittens are getting used to Ruby now. They will stand their ground but can also spit and scratch furiously if pushed. Mum has warned Ruby off a few times so Ruby has a cetain amount of respect for all of them She would still like to play though as can be seen in this video.
First a pic of 3 kittens and mother cat
I didn't see the mother cat for a couple of weeks at the end October then in November three more kittens appeared with her. They were then about 6 weeks old I guess. I again have been trying to contact the local CP with no more luck. Eventually I got in touch with the National CP and have applied for and been offered help to get these three kittens and their mother neutered. The problem is now to catch them. These kittens however are not so wild as the previous litter but it is still going to be difficult to catch them, and unfortunately I think the mother is having her 3rd litter of kittens since May.
The kittens are getting used to Ruby now. They will stand their ground but can also spit and scratch furiously if pushed. Mum has warned Ruby off a few times so Ruby has a cetain amount of respect for all of them She would still like to play though as can be seen in this video.
First a pic of 3 kittens and mother cat
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