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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / October 2004Knock out drops for cats ???
There is one stray / feral cat that I can not get to trust me or that I can not get close to yet after feeding it for about a year. I was wondering if by chance there is some kind of sedative or something that I could possibly put in it's food to calm him enough so I could get him and have him nuetered and such and ideally find him a home, if possible, before winter. It could be and over the counter thing or a prescription thing. http://members.aol.com/larrystark/ ***************************************************** E-mail address altered to foil spam. Remove spam and junk to reply via e-mail. ***************************************************** It's usually not safe to sedate cats outside - they can wander off and be hit by cars, attacked, etc. The drugs don't work fast enough to be sure you are there when they taske effect. Mark, DVM > There is one stray / feral cat that I can not get to trust me or that I can not get close > to yet after feeding it for about a year. I was wondering if by chance there is some kind [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > ***************************************************** >There is one stray / feral cat that I can >not get to trust me or that I can not get >close to yet after feeding it for about a >year. Drugging a cat outside =BAD IDEA as you don't know where the cat will be when the drug kicks in and he could get hurt or killed. Why don't you buy a live trap and just trap him? That's what most of us do when we need to catch a cat for neutering and it rarely takes more than a day or two. http://www.feralcat.com/trapinst.html Megan  Signature"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray >>There is one stray / feral cat that I can >>not get to trust me or that I can not get [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Megan I have tryed live traps but one neibhor has 7 outdoor cats and another has 2 and for the past month those are what has been getting into it. ***************************************************** E-mail address altered to foil spam. Remove spam and junk to reply via e-mail. ***************************************************** >I have tryed live traps but one neibhor >has 7 outdoor cats and another has 2 and >for the past month those are what has >been getting into it. Why don't you talk to your neighbors, let them know what you are trying to accomplish, and ask if they would help you out by keeping their cats in for a few nights, say, after 10pm. The best time to trap ferals is late at night anyway. Otherwise, get a few more traps and if the wrong cat gets caught you can just rebait and reset right away. I've had this problem once in awhile, too, but I just kept at it even if it meant resetting the traps a few times in one night, and I did get the right cat eventually. Megan Signature"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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