Do they trust you again?

Thank You for responding to my post. I have two feral kittens in my bak yard that have grown to trust me enough to let me pet them and hold them for a short time. I need to get them spayed, but don't want them to get so upset after the procedure that they run off and get killed or don't come back for food.Do they usually recover quickly after TNR? Any info. would be appreciated as I'm new to all this. I started out feeding one that had kittens in our yard and before I knew it more and more strays would show up and most are terrified of humans. So I'm sure they don't have homes.Where do they all come from? Thanks again, Christie

> bak yard that have grown to trust me enough to let me pet them and > hold them for a short time. I need to get them spayed, but don't > want them to get so upset after the procedure that they run off > and get killed or don't come back for food.Do they usually recover > quickly after TNR?

Varies from cat to cat. Some stay in hiding for a while, but they're still there

All of the cats I TNR'd came back within a day or two.

They spread the word Living out there is tough, and any comfort they can find in terms of shelter, food & even medical care will be accepted eagerly.

As to where they all come from I can only give you my personal opinion...irresponsible people. People who just leave their cat behind when they move, people who 'dump' their cat when they grow tired of it, people who think they don't need to do anything as a cat takes care of itself, people who don't alter their cats and let the litters run loose...

I don't mean to harp, but I do hope you're getting these ferals altered so that they're not simply breeding more feral kittens in your back yard?

I've only just done this same thing with strays in my neighborhood

The first one I released didn't want to leave! And when he came back his formerly aggressive disposition had completely changed and now he was very friendly. When I finally found somebody willing to take him in a few weeks later, all I had to do to 're-trap' him was to pick him up and put him in the holding cage.

Not typical I'm sure. But every cat I've trapped has been happy to come back once they were hungry, and almost all of them have been retrapped at least once. I have some that have been in the trap five or six times.