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Feral Farm Cats

  • 23-08-2020 6:01pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 198 ✭✭


    Looking to get some feral Farm cats, where can these be sourced? (Not much of a thing on donedeal it seems)

    But more importantly how can they be persuaded to relocate to a farm outhouse or hay shed...?

    There is 1 very independent cat who comes to visit very occasionally and when it's around it gets fed with a saucepan of milk, but will afterwards dissappear again for a few days or weeks.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Earnshaw wrote: »
    Looking to get some feral Farm cats, where can these be sourced? (Not much of a thing on donedeal it seems)

    But more importantly how can they be persuaded to relocate to a farm outhouse or hay shed...?

    There is 1 very independent cat who comes to visit very occasionally and when it's around it gets fed with a saucepan of milk, but will afterwards dissappear again for a few days or weeks.


    Where approx are you based Earnshaw?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    Earnshaw wrote: »
    Looking to get some feral Farm cats, where can these be sourced? (Not much of a thing on donedeal it seems)

    But more importantly how can they be persuaded to relocate to a farm outhouse or hay shed...?

    There is 1 very independent cat who comes to visit very occasionally and when it's around it gets fed with a saucepan of milk, but will afterwards dissappear again for a few days or weeks.

    A bag of nuts where they can get at them would be a help too. We were the same until we started feeding the cats, started off with a tin of dog food when we saw them around and then the nuts and we have a good few cats around now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,372 ✭✭✭893bet


    Experience is feral cats can quickly get out of control. 2 cats turn into 15 very fast.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,883 ✭✭✭Lime Tree Farm


    http://feralcatsireland.org/Feral_Cats/TNR_Projects.html

    I have seen feralcat flyers at the Vets, seeking homes for feral cats on farms.

    I think this organisation has some government funding.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,717 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Vets or rescue centre.
    They don’t have to be feral either.

    We’ve two cats one total per and one semi per here and they both do a great job catching and killing rodents.

    They still get fed daily at the house to keep them here.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭lyoness


    Earnshaw wrote: »
    Looking to get some feral Farm cats, where can these be sourced? (Not much of a thing on donedeal it seems)

    But more importantly how can they be persuaded to relocate to a farm outhouse or hay shed...?

    There is 1 very independent cat who comes to visit very occasionally and when it's around it gets fed with a saucepan of milk, but will afterwards dissappear again for a few days or weeks.

    Hi, North Dublin Cat rescue had a post on Facebook in the last day or 2 about having cats suitable for a farm situation, pop them a message.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭lyoness


    893bet wrote: »
    Experience is feral cats can quickly get out of control. 2 cats turn into 15 very fast.

    Idea is to get them neutered, & then feed them & then they will stay


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