Reality Check
I know what you are thinking. You are hoping that I will take those wild kittens off your hands. You are crossing your fingers when you call me that I can make everything perfect.
I can't.
It's not a perfect world. But I CAN help you to understand the reality of the situation.
The feral cat or kittens you see outside are not ever going to be happy in a home. Even if you want them to be. They won't. Putting them in a home environment would be no different that inviting a raccoon or opossum into your home.
The absolute best thing you can do for these feral cats is to get them spayed and neutered. I can help you with that.
Short of that, doing nothing is the worst thing you can do. Allowing them to go on in life intact producing litter after litter is dooming them to a horrible life.
You have the opportunity to get them while they are young. Before they become too wise and trap weary.
You need to trap these kittens now and let me get them fixed for you.
Don't be like the throngs of people who call me who learn that I can't take the adorable little fluff balls in and find them a home, give up all-together, do nothing and watch the number of cats quadruple the following year.
Two cats this summer are 12 next. The following year, the colony will grow to 67. By year three, you will have 372 cats born that YOU could have done something about. Imagine how you will feel knowing that you could have easily taken care of this NOW.
Unfortunately, most people do nothing till they see kittens. What would have been best would have spayed that pregnant female and circumvented these unnecessary births.
Now, friendly cats and kittens are a different story. But there are not nearly enough homes for them all. When you see a pregnant cat, the best thing to do is get her spayed. This will abort the kittens. This is not something that anyone likes to think about. But think about this. If you allow that cat to have her kittens and you even do all the work and find homes for them (GOOD LUCK), then that will mean that 4-6 bright-eyed, sweet little fluff balls will be killed in shelters simply because THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH HOMES FOR ALL THE KITTENS BORN IN THIS COUNTRY.
Get the picture? It's not pretty, but it's reality. Think BIG PICTURE and do the right thing. I'm here to help you. Just call me! 616 560-0555.
Thanks for listening to my rant!
Carol
