30 000 feral cats

[smallgamer]

Yep protect your self they are mean and wild.

Yes, that's right, that is exactly why. Not because grouse populations in the area are precariously low and feral cats undoubtedly would prey on grouse chicks.

[Snowwalker]

A quick update on Sandra my sister-in-law, they have recommend she get RABIES shots, but she is refusing to have the shots.
It is long past the 48 hours since she has been bit. The guy next door is watching the cat, but I am not sure how long it will take for the cat to have symptoms if it does have rabies. Anyone have an idea?

[finsfurfeathers]

For your sister-in-laws best interest would take the cat in for testing ASAP.

[rf2]

I take care of a farm as part of an estate that I am managing. The lady who lived there used to put out food for these feral cats. When she passed away, the cats no longer had access to free cat food. Some of the beneficiaries of the estate and some of the neighbors wanted me to continue feeding these animals (!). I looked into "other options" to address the problem, but I didn't want to take risks because of a problem created by someone else. In the end, once the food dried up, the cats died out on their own. Within a year the problem solved itself.
In summary, I agree that the people feeding these cats should be heavily fined. That will discourage them from creating this huge problem. The cats won't survive too long on their own, at least not in numbers that will cause a big problem.

[35wailin]

sounds like a great opportunity for some cheap shooting with the .22

maybe the local motels and restaurants would benefit from spreading the word

there is no more cheap shooting with a .22. Ammo prices through the roof after the big hoard a few years ago. Almost cheaper to hand load for your .303 or .308/.30/06...

[35wailin]

A couple of days ago the sister-in-law got bit and scratched by one of the feral cats that she has been feeding for a while. Never was aggressive before, but now it turns and attacks her. The family made her go to the Hospital today because the pain was so bad. How bad? She is on super heavy duty pain killers because of her back, and this pain came thru that. She has problems that would mask any of the Rabies Symptoms, because:a general feeling of illness, fever, headache, poor appetite, muscle aches,depression are normal for her.

She feeds two cats, but one has been fixed and has had shots( don't know if the shots are all current), but the one that bit her has never been to the vet or ever had shots.

Sounds like those cats are due for more shots. My diagnosis is a lead deficiency in the brain. High speed inter-cranial injection of between 35grains and 1.5 ounces injected behind the ear or between the eyes at 1200 fps or higher should cure the problem. If that does not solve the problem, then it could be an iron or bismuth deficiency. Dosage instructions remain the same.

[Snowwalker]

Sounds like those cats are due for more shots. My diagnosis is a lead deficiency in the brain. High speed inter-cranial injection of between 35grains and 1.5 ounces injected behind the ear or between the eyes at 1200 fps or higher should cure the problem. If that does not solve the problem, then it could be an iron or bismuth deficiency. Dosage instructions remain the same.

Problem is that she lives in town, and the guy next door ( who has a large expensive and rare bird collection) has gotten in trouble already for shooting cats.

I looked up the time line for rabies to appear in an infected cat and it says a few days to a year. Holy poop bat man.

[DGearyFTE]

Snowwalker,
I don't know what to say other than encourage your SIL to see a doctor... NOW! There are other issues with bites

http://news.nationalpost.com/health/..._lsa=3fe2-12e4

[Snowwalker]

Snowwalker,
I don't know what to say other than encourage your SIL to see a doctor... NOW! There are other issues with bites

http://news.nationalpost.com/health/..._lsa=3fe2-12e4

After she was forced to go to emergency by the family last weekend, she was put on IV Antibiotics. She is now taking oral antibiotics, but I don't think the infection in her arm from the bite is the problem. The cat the bite her has been a real chicken the whole time she has been feeding it ( about a year to a year and a half), but then it started just standing and watching her, and then last week ran up and attacked her arm.

Big change is behavior if you ask me..

I don't even know if I want her coming up to the house this week and being around the cats and dogs.

[finsfurfeathers]

I don't even know if I want her coming up to the house this week and being around the cats and dogs.

Shouldn't have to worry about that cats and dogs as they have their rabbies vaccine right?