Comments on: My First Experience with TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return) http://oceanicwilderness.com/2012/07/27/my-first-experience-with-tnr-trap-neuter-return/ A little photographic, artistic and hiking blog of mine. Tue, 14 May 2013 20:52:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Rebecca http://oceanicwilderness.com/2012/07/27/my-first-experience-with-tnr-trap-neuter-return/comment-page-1/#comment-16869 Rebecca Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:30:07 +0000 http://oceanicwilderness.com/?p=2989#comment-16869 Currently working with someone to TNR a small group, and this is my first experience! Yours sounds exactly like ours, so nice to read about someone else's firt experiences too and know that we are doing it properly, it also provides a nice sense of community (that we are all TNRing together for the same purpose, just in different locations!) Good luck with the rest of your colony! You are lucky they are on your own property - ours are not and we now have an angry and defensive "caretaker" to contend with, who is pro spay neuter and anti release!!! Currently working with someone to TNR a small group, and this is my first experience! Yours sounds exactly like ours, so nice to read about someone else’s firt experiences too and know that we are doing it properly, it also provides a nice sense of community (that we are all TNRing together for the same purpose, just in different locations!) Good luck with the rest of your colony! You are lucky they are on your own property – ours are not and we now have an angry and defensive “caretaker” to contend with, who is pro spay neuter and anti release!!!

]]> By: Bonnie Cameron/c http://oceanicwilderness.com/2012/07/27/my-first-experience-with-tnr-trap-neuter-return/comment-page-1/#comment-12301 Bonnie Cameron/c Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:48:44 +0000 http://oceanicwilderness.com/?p=2989#comment-12301 Bless you for what you are doing. my husband and I also are rescuers and do tnr. we had a GREATabundance of cats in our yard...really wooded around us and people would dump them on the little road behind us. we had dozens of cats that we started with and we returned between 50-75 back to the wild encouraging news for you is that after this 7-8 year period we have conquered the problem. we now only feed about nine of the original old cats. yes, they set up a colony back in the woods. we've seen a lot of cats come and go and always hope someone took them in. we have 5 in the house all raised by hand and they think I'm their mama. there is no cat better than one raised by the hand of a loving human so anyone who adopted one of our babies got a great cat. good luck to you and stay vigilant. i know it's expensive but doing that was our contribution to society. i also fostered cats and kittens from one of our local rescue groups. that was a sobering experience. at one time i had two mamas and 15 babies. they were adorable...one mama was even a russian blue which i had to guess was a lost cat. one of our cats was from a litter that was thrown from a car on the interstate....go figure. i also read and greatly enjoyed your piece about the everglades. as i was reading it i was drawing some of your pictures...gorgeous! and beautifully written. thanks for the enjoyment. bonnie Bless you for what you are doing. my husband and I also are rescuers and do tnr. we had a GREATabundance of cats in our yard…really wooded around us and people would dump them on the little road behind us. we had dozens of cats that we started with and we returned between 50-75 back to the wild encouraging news for you is that after this 7-8 year period we have conquered the problem. we now only feed about nine of the original old cats. yes, they set up a colony back in the woods. we’ve seen a lot of cats come and go and always hope someone took them in. we have 5 in the house all raised by hand and they think I’m their mama. there is no cat better than one raised by the hand of a loving human so anyone who adopted one of our babies got a great cat. good luck to you and stay vigilant. i know it’s expensive but doing that was our contribution to society. i also fostered cats and kittens from one of our local rescue groups. that was a sobering experience. at one time i had two mamas and 15 babies. they were adorable…one mama was even a russian blue which i had to guess was a lost cat. one of our cats was from a litter that was thrown from a car on the interstate….go figure.
i also read and greatly enjoyed your piece about the everglades. as i was reading it i was drawing some of your pictures…gorgeous! and beautifully written. thanks for the enjoyment. bonnie

]]> By: Carmen http://oceanicwilderness.com/2012/07/27/my-first-experience-with-tnr-trap-neuter-return/comment-page-1/#comment-10364 Carmen Sat, 25 Aug 2012 03:32:46 +0000 http://oceanicwilderness.com/?p=2989#comment-10364 Hi M.! I do not know if you remember me, but we met at some swaps from Gardenweb in South Florida. I still have the cotton plants you guys gave me. I check your website from time to time and I am always amazed at how much you do outdoors. Lately, I have not touched my plants because our family discovered cats. My kids wanted a pet but we never got one. My husband suggested feeding a cat who we used to see around. (Big mistake!!!) Soon we had 4 or 5 cats coming to our house every day. Then the first cat had 4 cute little kittens in our yard and we took them in. I then decided I needed to trap the rest of the cats and have them spayed and neutered. Then another pregnant mom started coming and she had 3 other kittens before I could catch her. We now have a mom (former feral) and 4 big kittens in our pool area. Three smaller kittens in one bathroom and we feed 4 other outdoor cats. We also take care of 3 other cats in an office building accross 441. I cannot believe how much our lives have changed since we discovered these wonderful creatures in early May. I enjoyed reading your account of TNR since I had to learn how to do it too. I am now the proud owner of a trap and I have spayed or neutered 7 of the cats and I am still working on the rest. Hi M.! I do not know if you remember me, but we met at some swaps from Gardenweb in South Florida. I still have the cotton plants you guys gave me. I check your website from time to time and I am always amazed at how much you do outdoors.

Lately, I have not touched my plants because our family discovered cats. My kids wanted a pet but we never got one. My husband suggested feeding a cat who we used to see around. (Big mistake!!!) Soon we had 4 or 5 cats coming to our house every day. Then the first cat had 4 cute little kittens in our yard and we took them in. I then decided I needed to trap the rest of the cats and have them spayed and neutered. Then another pregnant mom started coming and she had 3 other kittens before I could catch her. We now have a mom (former feral) and 4 big kittens in our pool area. Three smaller kittens in one bathroom and we feed 4 other outdoor cats. We also take care of 3 other cats in an office building accross 441. I cannot believe how much our lives have changed since we discovered these wonderful creatures in early May. I enjoyed reading your account of TNR since I had to learn how to do it too. I am now the proud owner of a trap and I have spayed or neutered 7 of the cats and I am still working on the rest.

]]> By: Patrick Fitz-Gibbon http://oceanicwilderness.com/2012/07/27/my-first-experience-with-tnr-trap-neuter-return/comment-page-1/#comment-10100 Patrick Fitz-Gibbon Thu, 02 Aug 2012 01:19:09 +0000 http://oceanicwilderness.com/?p=2989#comment-10100 I must admit I am a cat lover too and its hard to resist helping them out when they need it. Recently I had a stray female neutered and then ended up adopting one of her kittens but watching him as he changes from an animal we couldn't even touch into a great friendly cat full of personality makes it all worth the effort. I agree with Chel too feeding stray animals can make a huge difference to the native wildlife population. I must admit I am a cat lover too and its hard to resist helping them out when they need it. Recently I had a stray female neutered and then ended up adopting one of her kittens but watching him as he changes from an animal we couldn’t even touch into a great friendly cat full of personality makes it all worth the effort. I agree with Chel too feeding stray animals can make a huge difference to the native wildlife population.

]]> By: Allison http://oceanicwilderness.com/2012/07/27/my-first-experience-with-tnr-trap-neuter-return/comment-page-1/#comment-10078 Allison Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:54:48 +0000 http://oceanicwilderness.com/?p=2989#comment-10078 15 cats! We have a cat give birth under our porch, and we had four kittens to deal with. We eventually brought the kittens to the local animal shelter. They were really pretty colors, so we were told they would be adopted easily. They were also okay with hand holding because we had been holding them since they were two weeks old. The mother we neutered, and she lives on our front porch. She's tiny, and she does hunt, but she helps keep the mole population down in the garden. Once they are neutered, they don't travel far. We've had a small problem in that another cat (the father we think), creeps around to look for food. Less is better however, the food can get costly. The kittens will most likely be adopted if you give then to the shelter, so don't worry to much. 15 cats! We have a cat give birth under our porch, and we had four kittens to deal with. We eventually brought the kittens to the local animal shelter. They were really pretty colors, so we were told they would be adopted easily. They were also okay with hand holding because we had been holding them since they were two weeks old. The mother we neutered, and she lives on our front porch. She’s tiny, and she does hunt, but she helps keep the mole population down in the garden. Once they are neutered, they don’t travel far. We’ve had a small problem in that another cat (the father we think), creeps around to look for food. Less is better however, the food can get costly. The kittens will most likely be adopted if you give then to the shelter, so don’t worry to much.

]]> By: chel http://oceanicwilderness.com/2012/07/27/my-first-experience-with-tnr-trap-neuter-return/comment-page-1/#comment-10060 chel Fri, 27 Jul 2012 20:11:31 +0000 http://oceanicwilderness.com/?p=2989#comment-10060 Thank you, thank you for doing this. It's SO important. There are a lot of studies showing that ferals don't do as much to the wildlife population as assumed- if you feed them, you'll notice they will hunt a LOT less. It's a good thing we're NOT in the area- I'm such a sucker for lanky overgrown "teenage" (not tiny but not full grown) cats. Also for giant boy cats. Thank you, thank you for doing this. It’s SO important. There are a lot of studies showing that ferals don’t do as much to the wildlife population as assumed- if you feed them, you’ll notice they will hunt a LOT less. It’s a good thing we’re NOT in the area- I’m such a sucker for lanky overgrown “teenage” (not tiny but not full grown) cats. Also for giant boy cats.

]]> By: Mandy http://oceanicwilderness.com/2012/07/27/my-first-experience-with-tnr-trap-neuter-return/comment-page-1/#comment-10058 Mandy Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:36:52 +0000 http://oceanicwilderness.com/?p=2989#comment-10058 wow. so much work. i admire your fortitude. wow. so much work. i admire your fortitude.

]]> By: Moosie http://oceanicwilderness.com/2012/07/27/my-first-experience-with-tnr-trap-neuter-return/comment-page-1/#comment-10057 Moosie Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:09:59 +0000 http://oceanicwilderness.com/?p=2989#comment-10057 Wow! I was looking at that red one and the calico's. But I am afraid they would not like being indoor cats after being born in the wild. I thought about an outdoor cat too, but I am afraid it would get run over here. I need a squirrel chaser. Wow! I was looking at that red one and the calico’s. But I am afraid they would not like being indoor cats after being born in the wild. I thought about an outdoor cat too, but I am afraid it would get run over here. I need a squirrel chaser.

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