Button Is Not Well!

[K & L]

Originally posted by moosmom
K & L,

I may get flamed for this one, but I only have Button's and the other kitties well being at heart.

You need to keep Buttons inside and make EVERY effort to get her to eat and take the antibiotics. Borrow a cage if you must, a trap to trap the Mama and the other babies. These kittens are FAR too young to be away from their mother. They CAN be socialized with time, love and patience. Wear heavy gloves to handle them at first. They WILL come around.

I've worked with feral kittens up to 6 months old. They were confined to a cage and were socialized and found wonderful homes.

You putting Buttons back outside while she is sick is VERY irresponsible. Putting her back outside will be a death sentence for her, as the URI can and WILL turn into pneumonia if not treated. These babies NEED you and so does their mother.

I IMPLORE you to take another look at the entire situation and do what is best for this kitty family. If I were closer, I'd volunteer. Unfortunately I am not. Please think about it!

Moosmom
Button is no longer a kitten! That is an old picture and I think I said I would get an updated one on her. She is almost 3 years old and VERY feral. We have been taking care of her since the day she was born. She's been TNR'd and fed daily. It was just this last week we noticed eyes matted and her not feeling well. We felt VERY successful that we were even able to trap her again. Thank you for your input. I know what you're saying. We've been working with these colonies for 5 years now. We've found homes for kittens, dumped pet cats, and work with these ferals by TNRing, feeding and providing water daily that we could not place anywhere. I guess you haven't read some of my previous posts on the park cats?

I don't consider us irresponsible considering we've TNR'd over 100 cats, found homes, feed/water, and do ALL of this with our own money!

Plus our 17 cats at home were either dumped or feral. We are quite experienced with them. I do appreciate your concern for the cats, and maybe you didn't realize the history behind us.

Here's a link to some of the cats we work with:

http://www.mindspring.com/~neal241/a...uaroranch.html