
what to do if I’ve captured a feral cat
I have a feral cat who I fed through my window from October of last year to April of this year. I had to stop because he’d come up on my windowsill at random times, which made one of the cats I live with extremely extremely aggressive (he’s nicked veins in my hands and attacked my cat, who is tiny and a massive pushover so I worry for her when this happens). However, I still see the feral cat and it makes me sick that I’m not helping him.
He’s looked sick for a few months now. I’ve written every local rescue (Ridgewood Rescue, Bushwick Street Cats, and PuppyKittyNYC) for help with catching him multiple times and heard nothing back. I want to catch him myself but I can’t keep him in my house for more than a few hours (and even that’s pushing it) and every resource I find says to contact TNR groups upon rescue- how the fuck do I do that if they don’t reply!
I’m especially worried because I’m trying to move out of this apartment but don’t want to leave a pretty friendly cat (and yes, I’ve told each rescue that he seems very friendly) sick and hungry in my yard. I’ve signed up for the TNR certification seminar from Neighborhood Cats but that’s in 20 days and I really want to help him as soon as I can. Pic of him attached.