Comments on: Socialization process starting http://www.feralcatbehavior.com/66/socialization-process-starting.html Blogging about feral cats and life in general Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:49:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Socialization process starting by: hissy http://www.feralcatbehavior.com/66/socialization-process-starting.html#comment-84 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:49:19 +0000 http://www.feralcatbehavior.com/66/socialization-process-starting.html#comment-84 Dear Susan, Having helped several times with trappings in mobile home parks, I can well understand your frustration. If it were me, I would leave my cats inside or provide them with a safe enclosure in back of the trailer that would still be on your space lot. I don't know what the attraction is for feral cats and mobile home parks. Perhaps the availability of food in the garbage cans and all the nifty crawl spaces beneath each trailer. But even if you did trap the two living underneath you now, your cats would be in danger from all the other toms in the neighborhood. There is a website where you can find feral cat rescue in your area, here is the link http://members.tripod.com/~Kirra/ Best of luck! Dear Susan,

Having helped several times with trappings in mobile home parks, I can well understand your frustration. If it were me, I would leave my cats inside or provide them with a safe enclosure in back of the trailer that would still be on your space lot. I don’t know what the attraction is for feral cats and mobile home parks. Perhaps the availability of food in the garbage cans and all the nifty crawl spaces beneath each trailer. But even if you did trap the two living underneath you now, your cats would be in danger from all the other toms in the neighborhood.

There is a website where you can find feral cat rescue in your area, here is the link

http://members.tripod.com/~Kirra/

Best of luck!

]]> Comment on Socialization process starting by: Susab E. Bresnehan http://www.feralcatbehavior.com/66/socialization-process-starting.html#comment-83 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:20:09 +0000 http://www.feralcatbehavior.com/66/socialization-process-starting.html#comment-83 Dear Feral Cat people "in the know", My name is Susan Bresnehan and I just moved into a rented trailer in a trailer park in Westport, Ct. 2 weeks ago. I have 2 beautiful 4 & 1/2 year old Maine Coon cats that I just moved here with. The people who lived in my rented trailer before me fed the feral mom and 2 kittens and they continue to live under my trailer. There are also a lot of other feral cats in this trailer park in Westport, Ct. I am very afraid for my cats when I have to let them back out on their own in 2 to 6 weeks from now. We have lived at our new Westport, Ct. location for 2 weeks and I have kept my cats in. His name is George and her name is Liberty -George & Liberty are scared of all people, animals and vehicles except me cats. I have already contacted the Westport (Ct.) Dog Warden and he has told me there is no department that deals with cats, feral or otherwise. There is, he told me, a volunteeer organization called "T.A.I.L.S." that came out to this location to help this problem a couple of years ago, but they could not catch and neuter/spay all the feral cats. He has the number and the officer said he would contact them again, but because they are a volunteer organization, that he could not make any promises other than phoning them to see if "Tails" could come back out and try again. Other than calling him back and asking the "T.A.I.L.S." volunteer organization out here again, do any of you have any further suggestions to help me? We moved from a house on 1/3rd of an acre with a field over our stone wall, a school and wods doen the cul-de-sac road and they have been outdoor cats all their lives. I can't "turn them into indoor-only cats" at this point in their lives. I can't handle any more cat fights between George and Liberty and I fear for thier safety when I have to stop going out with them! Does anyone have any suggestions, other than what I have already brought up? If you do, please write to me, Miss. Susan Bresnehan, sbres444@yahoo.com if you do. I would greatly appreciate any helpful suggestions. (Especially after I just lost my mom to Stage 4 Breast Cancer this past December 20th!) Sincerely and gratefully, Miss Susan E. Bresnehan sbres444@yahoo.com "S.Bres" Dear Feral Cat people “in the know”,
My name is Susan Bresnehan and I just moved into a rented trailer in a trailer park in Westport, Ct. 2 weeks ago. I have 2 beautiful 4 & 1/2 year old Maine Coon cats that I just moved here with. The people who lived in my rented trailer before me fed the feral mom and 2 kittens and they continue to live under my trailer. There are also a lot of other feral cats in this trailer park in Westport, Ct.
I am very afraid for my cats when I have to let them back out on their own in 2 to 6 weeks from now. We have lived at our new Westport, Ct. location for 2 weeks and I have kept my cats in. His name is George and her name is Liberty -George & Liberty are scared of all people, animals and vehicles except me cats.
I have already contacted the Westport (Ct.) Dog Warden and he has told me there is no department that deals with cats, feral or otherwise. There is, he told me, a volunteeer organization called “T.A.I.L.S.” that
came out to this location to help this problem a couple of years ago, but they could not catch and neuter/spay all the feral cats. He has the number and the officer said he would contact them again, but because they are a volunteer organization, that he could not make any promises other than phoning them to see if “Tails” could come back out and try again.
Other than calling him back and asking the “T.A.I.L.S.” volunteer organization out here again, do any of you have any further suggestions to help me? We moved from a house on 1/3rd of an acre with a field over our stone wall, a school and wods doen the cul-de-sac road and they have been outdoor cats all their lives. I can’t “turn them into indoor-only cats” at this point in their lives. I can’t handle any more cat fights between George and Liberty and I fear for thier safety when I have to stop going out with them! Does anyone have any suggestions, other than what I have already brought up? If you do, please write to me, Miss. Susan Bresnehan, sbres444@yahoo.com if you do. I would greatly appreciate any helpful suggestions. (Especially after I just lost my mom to Stage 4 Breast Cancer this past December 20th!) Sincerely and gratefully, Miss Susan E. Bresnehan sbres444@yahoo.com “S.Bres”

]]> Comment on Socialization process starting by: Aelurophile http://www.feralcatbehavior.com/66/socialization-process-starting.html#comment-13 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:52:53 +0000 http://www.feralcatbehavior.com/66/socialization-process-starting.html#comment-13 I really enjoy reading your blog (I found it via your links at the bottom of your catsite posts). I think it's wonderful that you adopted Guinevere & Sinatra. Hopefully they will provide enjoyable companionship for each other. I really enjoy reading your blog (I found it via your links at the bottom of your catsite posts). I think it’s wonderful that you adopted Guinevere & Sinatra. Hopefully they will provide enjoyable companionship for each other.

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