Colony Caretake Passed
Hello, a family member cared for a colony of cats on my family's property. The property is not occupied. My family member was retired and would visit the property to feed and stay with the cats several hours each day. The cats range from friendly to untouchable, but all will come near to eat. All have been tnrd except three females. I had been working to tnr them and these three have eluded me so far.
Unfortunately my family member has passed. I have been feeding the cats every day, even for about a month before my family member passed. We expected him to recover from a recent illness but sadly he did not.
I cannot maintain daily visits to the property long term. I of course cannot just abandon the cats. Another unfortunate occurrence is two of the females have litters now.
I cannot figure out how to allow the mothers to wean the kittens in order to catch and tnr the mothers without inadvertently ending up with another litter. I do not know for sure how many kittens there are.
I also do not know what to do to re-home the colony. I fear the animal shelter will potentially euthanize, at least the less friendly ones. All the organizations that help with fostering and adoption seem to tell me they are full, refer me to someone else, etc.
I would happily foster them until homes are found but I already have nine cats in my home.
Any advice on how to move forward is greatly appreciated.