This. Are you moving and wanting to take some feral cats you've grown to like with?Why relocate ferals?
Are you going to get them fixed before setting them free again?
Our cats have been I/O cats too. We've taken two of them primitive/boat camping (kept on tie-outs). They've always been spayed/neutered/chipped/tagged and never wandered off our property. Actually our current cat jumped overboard from our pontoon boat in the middle of the night (unbeknownst to us at the time) down over July 4th weekend at Monroe and was lost for 9 days before we got a call from a vet down in Ellettsville saying they had her. A little girl had found her in the woods and her family took her to be scanned for the chip. She apparently ate very well while she was on her own because she had gained a couple of pounds. If she had been a male, I would have renamed her "Bear Grylls".I'm not passionate about this issue, just raising a different point of view from someone who lives in an area close enough to town that people have felt this was "far enough" and relocated a few (live) animals out this way.
As to cats specifically, we have two indoor/outdoor cats as do the neighbors. The cats sorted out their territories without much fanfare after arrival and once established we haven't had any problems. Except when another cat mysteriously appears. I've had one of mine go missing for days after a stray showed up and to say it upset me would be a pretty big understatement. Both of our I/O cats were raised outdoors exclusively before coming here. They have the necessary survival instincts to do fine here on our place where they have plenty of places to run/hide/escape and I don't worry about them being out. But another cat pushing them out of their territory reduces their odds of surviving a coyote encounter substantially.
One of mine I brought here specifically because I knew he would get shot hanging around the homestead he showed up to. I'm not someone to shoot cats myself but as mentioned, I don't try to tell people how to handle their business on their property. I'd prefer to see problem strays be put down or spayed/neutered and adopted out rather than relocated.
3 cats Long distance, anybody ever attempted?
Were you successful?
Thanks in advance!
Okay, I don't like this... but that was some funny stuff.My longest attempt at a feral cat was 75 yards and yes, I was successful.
I've made longer attempts with success. Moving them is just killing songbirds on someone else's place. And they belong indoors. Barn cats being the only exception. If you live in coyote country, consider them expendable. Same for outdoor cats living near roads. Or living near me. Feral cats are a scourge on the native small game and songbirds.My longest attempt at a feral cat was 75 yards and yes, I was successful.
I have owned a 40X in 222 for almost 40 years now. Its been productive since the weekend I found it on a sale rack.I've made longer attempts with success. Moving them is just killing songbirds on someone else's place. And they belong indoors. Barn cats being the only exception. If you live in coyote country, consider them expendable. Same for outdoor cats living near roads. Or living near me. Feral cats are a scourge on the native small game and songbirds.
You shoot a 222 in town??I have owned a 40X in 222 for almost 40 years now. Its been productive since the weekend I found it on a sale rack.
It is interesting that when 6 to 40 ferals are removed from a small corner in town, two things seem to happen.
Song birds return and those that allow inside/outside cats to roam at will, tend to keep pets where they belong instead of the neighbors yards.
You said it thanks, just a road I wasn’t willing to take. I’m still the new guy ya know.Okay, I don't like this... but that was some funny stuff.
My IO cats have been good at pest control outside, like moles, voles, mice and chipmunks. They stayed in our yard and didn't venture out near our fairly busy road. I don't have a barn, but I'll settle for them protecting the house and yard from pests.I've made longer attempts with success. Moving them is just killing songbirds on someone else's place. And they belong indoors. Barn cats being the only exception. If you live in coyote country, consider them expendable. Same for outdoor cats living near roads. Or living near me. Feral cats are a scourge on the native small game and songbirds.