One of my veterinary college professors told me feral cats will never become pets. From prior experience, I knew this view was incorrect.
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Taming Feral Cats
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It’s well known that cats, particularly feral cats, like to spray in order to mark their territory. They tend to do this at vertical objects like walls or a doorposts. But often they may just urinate on the carpet as well. The issue is further aggravated if your cat is suffering a urinary tract infection. You thought that cat urine smell was bad before? With a feline UTI thrown in, that urine has a uniquely awful odor. A cat’s urinary infection is also accompanied by feline urinary incontinence, wherein the cat is unable to control the urine.
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Cat Urine Smell – Remove it Once and For All
When you think of New York City you don’t usually think of small communities, you think of a big metropolis. Well New York City is really a conglomeration of small communities each with their own leaders and culture. Take for instance a small fishing village on Jamaica Bay. The ASPCA of NYC has a van that visits communities on a regular basis to allow people to get their pets, or feral pets, spayed and neutered. This week the ASPCA van will be near this fishing village and the people of the community are spending their Sunday trapping Mom Cats and young adults to get them spayed and neutered. Traps and carriers are being filled with food, people are hollering from yard to yard “Got one!” “That one is too young” “Yay, been trying to get that one for months.” “Need another carrier over here!”
What’s so special about this? These folks are not an organized group that are animal activists, they are simply community residents that love their own cats and the feral cats that live in their area. They want the cats to be healthy and cared for and not run rampant producing more cats than the community can tolerate. And they are going to have to get up at 6am on a Monday morning to take the cats they trapped to the ASPCA van and wait in line and hope there are not too many more ahead of them.
It’s great to see a community that is commited to caring for it’s feral cat population, and attempt to control the population, without any government interference, and with the help of the municipal ASPCA.
Kudos to this community and to New York City.