Quote Originally Posted by Freedom
Aw, Trudy is so pretty and she knew a good thing when she had it! Is it possible she is not a feral but a cast off? And she lived with the colony because she had no choice? That once upon a time, she KNEW what a home is and that it is good?

No matter. She knows it now, and she picked hers!

I don't do your type of work for a reason - I would bring them all home with me! But reading this, my heart went out to her on the Wednesday evening adventure, and I would have taken her in then!

I am SO glad you took her in. She clearly is ready to make the transition. Good luck with her, as her future just took a great turn for the better!
It is very possible she was a dump and just took time to gain full trust with us. It was very hard to leave her Wednesday, but our household is bursting at the seams right now and it just seemed impossible to take in one more. Although we have homes for the 2 foster kittens we still have Sable and now Trudy that need a good home. It's not so easy finding homes for the adults as it is kittens.

One good thing it has gotten Kevin (and me) more motivated to update the garage area.

TNR is hard since you can't save them all for housecats, but the thing we keep in mind is we're saving more from being born to a life of a feral. We maintain the colony by feeding/water nightly now for around 9 years. Believe it or not, there are some of the original ones still there. Normally a ferals life span is about 2 years. So TNR is a good thing!