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I finally trapped one of the older toms in my colony for TNR. He has had eye problems for months. I finally saw them up close yesterday when I trapped him, and I'm convinced it's an infection or something. When I picked him up from the vet, they said the vet looked at his eyes, first thought it was an infection, but then decided it was old scarring.

I'm looking at his eyes now, and they look wet and red, almost as if he is crying blood, and I'm just not convinced that's scarring.

I really need a second opinion bc I want to get him proper care, but I'm not sure what he needs care for.

Here are some photos (the bright gold eye is from the flash of the camera)

EDIT: I am taking him to a different vet this morning for a second opinion. They said that since he was sedated yesterday, he won't be able to be sedated for at least 7-10 days. So they're going to look at him while in the live trap, and see if he's amiable for an exam or treatment. Hopefully we'll have some answers soon! 🤞

I am a caretaker for a small cat colony in my area. There is another caretaker who leaves kibble and refills the water consistently. We have never met, but we both care for this colony. I only know of them bc I will find fresh kibble and refilled water. It works really well bc I can't come every day, and I still know they're being fed.

Here's the issue:

I am in the process of fixing all the cats in the colony. I've already done five, but I have four or five more. The ones I've caught were the really food motivated ones. The ones left are trap weary, not food motivated, or only eat kibble, or don't come every day, etc. I've tried a few times to trap, but with no success.

I really think part of this is because they're not hungry enough. I know all TNR groups recommend withholding food for like 24 hours before trap night. This is the trouble. I don't know who this other caretaker is. I don't know how to keep them from feeding. Bc I can remove the food, but I imagine they'll replace it, since they have kept them fed every day for the past months I've known the colony, and probably long before that as well.

The only thing I can think is maybe I could leave a note, like in an empty food bowl, briefly ecplaining that I'm trying to catch a cat to take it to the vet, and asking that they don't feed until ___ date (post trapping). But I'm just not sure that would make any sort of difference.

Any ideas?

I care for a feral cat colony, and have TNR-ed 5 of them. Recently, a little white and orange kitten has joined, probably a few months old. It's been about a month and now it's looking like she may be pregnant. Her belly appears to be getting rounder. I was already planning on trapping her, but now it feels more urgent.

I've been following the 24 hr recovery time for toms

And the 48 hr recovery time for females

However, I read that for females recovering from spay aborts, the recommended time is five days.

I work full time. And I've tried to arrange TNR nights and recovery times for days I have off. But I can't take five days off of work. I imagine a lot of other people who do TNR work full time, so how do you guys handle longer recoveries?

I'd appreciate any tips or advice!