Kitties Desperately Needing Help in MI

[BadRats]

We are currently undertaking a TNR/A (Trap/Neuter(Spay)Release/Adopt) program in a specific location in Michigan with a large amount of feral and stray cats. Please check out our website at http://badrattitude.com/_wsn/page3.html and see if you have room to adopt an unloved kitty or can help in any way.

Thanks, Melissa
Bad Rattitude Rodent Rescue

[BadRats]

*bump* We have a beautiful adult Black Patched and a Calico Tabby kitten up for adoption. Both are females, both will be spayed, and come with a nice care package. Please consider adoption, if we can't home these two, we may not be able to help any more this summer.

[brightspot]

Please don't take this question in a negative way...I'm still new to the whole "cat" arena, and sometimes I have stupid questions.

Isn't the point of TNR to release them all after they've been cared for? I understand finding homes for little kittens who can be "trained" to accept humans, but won't the ferals always be feral?

Thanks!!

[brandy pup]

Good luck with everything.

I do tnr as well. I relase all mine including the older kittens. I have kept 2 for myself and they are slowly coming around. I can touch one and the other wont come near me. As far as the ones I released I feed them every night and I can now pet two of them and one more is coming around to trust me and sniffed my fingers.

[BadRats]

Many of the cats we are dealing with are touchable, hence they are adoptable under "feral vs. stray" standards. Many of these "ferals" are technically "strays", a few are true ferals and will be released after speutering. This momma and kitten are living with a fosterer right now and the kitten was born inside, the momma is tolerant of people.

While we will have to release those who are true ferals, we would like to adopt out some of the cats because the area is not at all cat-friendly and many of them face death if left in the area.

[brightspot]

Gotcha! I'm still learning, so I'm sometimes dense about these things. :)

It's hard to tell, in my area, which are the ferals, which are strays, and which are neglected cats. I know two of the ones that come to eat at Cafe Brightspot live in a house across the street...the house is a nightmare, they have different animals there every week, and the one consistent dog, a little pug mix, bites. Anyway, none of them trust you enough to let you touch them. There are two black ones that will come up on the porch and look through my glass door, but if I go near them, they run.

[BadRats]

Well, here is one girl we ended up taking in yesterday. We are working on getting her spayed, she is already tame and passed our temperment test. Anyone interested please contact me and I will send you her evalution papers and we can go from there.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v618/BadRattitudeRattery/Available%20Rescues/000_0445.jpg

[misslyss]

Ohh, she's a beauty! Too bad I'm too far away, and good luck with rehoming her!