Barn Cat?

[tcreeley]

We have used this company - dogs, horses, cats for vaccines: Search Results | Jeffers Pet

single dose- 1 animal

Sometimes my wife would get a shipment sent to a relative and pick it up when she visited- 2 birds - 1 stone.

Since we had them all neutered and spayed- part of the process was to get their shots. Now we just give equine shots, but mostly the vet comes. He is very good with our troublesome one!

 

[ovrszd]

Kind of funny that for hundreds, well heck tens of thousands years we as HUMANS never spayed, neutered, gave shots to or provided only food sources to the animals we kept... The real fact is that for the most part isolated cases spring up & go away pop up elsewhere & go away....

Some critters die early but in the long run it is the Doctors/veterinarians and pharmaceutical industries who push all these "NEEDS" onto people (and Pets) attempting to get people to blindly follow their directions of taking hundreds of pills, shots etc... Again even in my lifetime the pet care industry has gone from a few million bucks a year to hundreds of billions of dollars spent per year. People in other countries think USA is full of crack pots and idiots (well from some posts here I tend to agree with them) critters are critters they will survive & live within their needs. Everything living will die some sooner under a tire, old age or from getting sick, simple nature...

M

Well stated Spiker. Although the drug companies are now launching a "hit" on you.

 

[SPIKER]

Well stated Spiker. Although the drug companies are now launching a "hit" on you.

Dang I was wondering what those little Red Dots were...

 

[MossRoad]

I agree with everything but this: "spay, neuter, vaccinate, release."...IMO the organizations that trap, spay/neuter and then release cats in the wild are criminals (or should be considered so)...

domesticated/feral cats are one of the most detrimental (non-native) species in the US...period!
Kill them all!

I'm kind of on the fence about this... At first, I also disagreed with this. I'm more in the camp of "put em down". However, you aren't going to get crazy old ladies or misinformed farmers bringing in cats to have them put down. At least this way, they don't reproduce and they don't spread disease. Anyone that thinks its OK to let them spread disease among themselves to control their population is kind of heartless. We've had cats die of feline leukemia.... it ain't pretty and its not humane at all.

I've had cats my whole life. My mom used to let them run outside. Pretty much all they did was kill anything that moved all day long. That's what they do. Since I moved out on my own I've had cats. I keep them indoors. They cause too much destruction outdoors. I can sort of see farmers wanting working cats, but its also been shown traps and poisons are much more effective for rodent control.

 

[KiotiKowboy]

It doesn't cost a fortune to provide the basics for your barn cats. Your local shelter probably offers low cost spay & neuter clinics and also low cost vaccines. The local vets tend to hate these shelters for stealing their business but that is simply financial greed. The fact is, most of the people who use the low cost services would NEVER actually go to a vet, so the animals are just neglected and allowed to suffer the results.

It takes a pretty callous person to just let feral cats breed an endless supply of victims.

 

[/pine]

I'm kind of on the fence about this... At first, I also disagreed with this. I'm more in the camp of "put em down". However, you aren't going to get crazy old ladies or misinformed farmers bringing in cats to have them put down. At least this way, they don't reproduce and they don't spread disease. Anyone that thinks its OK to let them spread disease among themselves to control their population is kind of heartless. We've had cats die of feline leukemia.... it ain't pretty and its not humane at all.

I've had cats my whole life. My mom used to let them run outside. Pretty much all they did was kill anything that moved all day long. That's what they do. Since I moved out on my own I've had cats. I keep them indoors. They cause too much destruction outdoors. I can sort of see farmers wanting working cats, but its also been shown traps and poisons are much more effective for rodent control.

Sometimes it's hard to fathom how callous/heartless some people can be towards animals and fellow humans alike...

My peeve is...the lives of native birds, squirrels etc. are more important than the lives on unwanted, non- native, invasive animals/reptiles...personally, I think cats should be treated the same as other invasive species like the restrictions on the giant constrictors that have just about wiped out the small mammal population in the Everglades...

I've got nothing against inside cats...they make great pets for those that prefer them...I once had to cut into a tiled shower wall to retrieve a 3 day old litter of cats after the mother had been run over...all but one of the litter died of distemper...we kept the survivor for 19 years...!

I know it's a bit extreme and I know it would never pass muster with all the (blind) bleeding heart PITA types...but I think they ( DNR or the powers that be) should offer a bounty and have scheduled and open season hunts for feral cats...

 

[TomSeller]

If you are intending barn cats to survive, make sure you provide for water. Often if they have to travel for water, that is when the coyotes or raptors get them.

 

[/pine]

...the coyotes or raptors get them...

Just goes to show coyotes aren't necessarily all bad...and they're native...!

 

[KiotiKowboy]

Country Geek is exactly right. T-N-R is the ONLY proven method that works to reduce feral cat populations. If you have ferals and are not having them sterilized - YOU are just making things worse.

Killing them does not help. Allowing them to breed and die does not help. Wiping them out completely would only help for a short time - because - selfish and ignorant people would continue to neglect and dump animals, just starting the whole thing over.

Irritated about all the feral cats? Me too! Tired of reading about the millions of neglected and abused animals being euthanized or left to die at dump sites? Me too! Don't be a part of the problem. Take care of the animals you have. Support your local rescue shelters - most of run entirely on donations of money and volunteer labor. It is VERY EXPENSIVE to restore these helpless creatures and find them good homes. If you won't help - STOP GRIPING. Support spay and neuter laws in your community!!!

 

[MossRoad]

It doesn't cost a fortune to provide the basics for your barn cats. Your local shelter probably offers low cost spay & neuter clinics and also low cost vaccines. The local vets tend to hate these shelters for stealing their business but that is simply financial greed. The fact is, most of the people who use the low cost services would NEVER actually go to a vet, so the animals are just neglected and allowed to suffer the results.

It takes a pretty callous person to just let feral cats breed an endless supply of victims.

Many of our local vets volunteer their time in "The Neuter Scooter", a local mobile cat vehicle that moves around the area from time-to-time offering very inexpensive services. :thumbsup: