Is there any feasible way of making her a secure outdoor enclosure?
We have a large one now that has many cats in it. Leila would do even worse out there among them. She would have no escape route to go to get away from them.
On the other hand she might do fine in a one cat home. Could you work with a shelter that would have "new" owners return her to you if she did not work out?
Our shelters don’t work that way. When we turn a cat over to them we sign paperwork that we relinquish ownership to them. They could notify us if the cat was returned, but we would have to go through the adoption process to get her back. The only way this would work is if we found someone on our own, explained her problem, and then hope they would call us to return her.
Did you try Nancy, that psychic, yet?
No, I personally have just not gotten into the psychic thing as of yet. I’m not saying they don’t work; I just haven’t bought into it yet. I’m getting desperate enough it could be an option for me though.
Have you thought of trannies from the vet?
I’m assuming your talking diapers here? IF we could even get them on Leila, we’re not home all day long so this wouldn’t work except for a few hours out of the day. Plus the fact her temperament would probably not even give us a chance to get them on her. Leila is a very moody cat. One minute she may be as sweet as pie, and the next she growling, hissing, and swatting you. Sometimes she’s just sitting and I’ll walk by her and she’ll, in a mean way, attack. This is why I really don’t feel she’s adoptable and anyone would tolerate her.
But what about putting her back into the park. After all, isn't that what you do?
Yes, we TNR but for ferals. It’s not easy for a tame to survive in the park. For one, they are way too friendly for all the people that come and go there. Even though Leila is temperamental, she did come to us when we took her home. Sadly there are those that have done some terrible things to some of the animals there. Second, with Leila not being able to get along with other cats there is no way she’d be accepted into the colony. Getting food etc. could be very hard for her.
Park. It's the only solution that will truly free you and all your other cats from the terrible strain you are all under. You may have to sacrifice this one to the rigors of park living in order to give many others the life they need.
I wish it were as simple as that, but as you can see from the above answer it isn’t. I would rather put her down than put here somewhere I didn’t feel she could survive and might come to a horrible death, know what I mean?
I sure appreciate everyone’s thoughts and answers here because maybe eventually someone will think of something that might work. It’s very frustrating but when I make a commitment, like rescuing a cat, I cannot just give up and push it aside no matter how frustrated I feel. *sigh* I just wish she’d get a clue and no how good she has it!
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