One of the outside kitties from my parents' yard

[Freedom]

Oh look at him!

Winter is coming, Elyse, are there any plans for the 5 kitties? You can make a shelter for them in the back yard and feed them regularly -- or rather, your folks, that is. You may be able to find a TNR program in your folks' area so the 5 can be fixed and released again, so no more kittens. Have you your folks and the neighbor thought about any of this?

[cassiesmom]

The cats seem to spend quite a bit of time on the porch across the street from my mom and dad, and the porch across the street and one door over. I'll ask my parents about those neighbors to start. My parents won't be able to maintain the responsibility of feeding them regularly. Mom is 80 and has arthritis in her knees and spine. Dad is 84 and is having a knee replacement on Monday. I just don't want any of the cats getting struck by a car.

[catmandu]

We just pray that these poor Cats were not abandoned , or were thrown out after their Guardian passed on.
This reminds me so much of the Porch Cats , and the Five who are now Found Hotel Cats!!!

[kaycountrygal]

Cute cat! Hope everything works out and they get fed regularly. It would be great as poster said to have them neutered/spayed but that might be very difficult to arrange.

[cassiesmom]

Update. Three cats are still outside. There is a long-haired brown tabby and white ("Chubby Tabby"), a short-haired brown tabby ("Skinny Tabby") and a tuxie. When I was leaving Mom and Dad's today, Chubby Tabby was peeking at me from the foot of the porch stairs. She didn't look afraid at all, so I started to talk and then opened the storm door just a bit. Then she did look afraid, so I closed the storm door. Then she ran up the porch stairs, sat down, looked at me and meowed! She ran off the porch and across the street. I think she thought I was going to offer her food. It p******es me off that they're still outside, but they are so quick I can't possibly grab them. I am starting to wonder if they have been TNR'd, because I haven't seen kittens. I've got some kibble that Cassie doesn't like -- I will take it over there and offer it to Chubby Tabby and her buddies. Chubby is adorable- she's got white ear tufts and a full, fluffy tail.

My dad accidentally closed one of the tabbies in the garage when he was installing the storm windows! He closed the garage door, closed the service door and went around to the side of the house where he was working. He came back about an hour later to put his ladder away and heard meowing! He opened the service door and the cat dashed out. He told me that if he had known he had a kitty closed in the garage, he would have tried to keep the kitty there until someone could try to scoop him/her up to safety.

I don't know what to do. It's getting colder. They are too quick for me to catch, and my parents physically can't handle the responsibility of feeding / supervising them all winter. (They would end up feeding the neighborhood squirrels, raccoons and possums if they started regular food for these cats.) The city can trap them but animal control is not no-kill. If I am present when they are trapped, the city would turn them over to me. But what are the odds of that happening. I could take them up to Harmony House (which IS no-kill) but I can't afford the fees for all three of them to be admitted. I'll talk to my dad again and see what he thinks.

[Freedom]

Since they are feral, most ACOs will just euthanize them on admission. I know you've said Harmony House will work with ferals.

You can NOT catch / pick up a feral -- you must use a trap! See if you can borrow one from someplace. Check with a TNR group in the area, many of them will loan out a trap for a small rental fee and a large deposit which gets returned when you give back the trap.

[moosmom]

How sweet!!! I'm glad those little ones have your parents to lean on. They are beautiful!!