Feral cats in The Villages

[Karen R]

My WHITE CAT is lost and we have been walking and looking since Saturday morning, mostly in the quiet dark. In our walking about, we have been struck by the absence of feral cats. Is there a feral cat eradication program in The Villages?

If you spot a white cat, please call me or the radio station to report his location.

Karen
804-347-7097

[Bogie Shooter]

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/all-about-pets-120/ok-let-cats-outside-30686/
https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/rogue-cats-havana-cc-patio-32546/

[Cisco Kid]

What a beautiful cat.
I wish you the best on your search.
perhaps the cold has the other cats hiding in a warm spot.

[Kitty Litter]

Karen, I hope you find your kitty. I can just imagine how heartsick you are. With regard to your comment about feral cats, I want to help these poor kitties and I sincerely hope that they are not being killed. It is because of some awful people discarding their cats like rubbish that they are out there. I have a mother and two kittens in my neighborhood that I plan to trap, neuter, vaccinate and release. When they can no longer reproduce, they do no harm and simply live out their lives hiding in the bushes and drains. These cats keep the rats, mice, snakes and bugs to a minimum. I know most of the villagers love animals. If we could all take the extra effort to tnr the feral cats that they have in their neighborhood, eventually we could control the population. Lets do something good for these cats.

[BS Beef]

Karen, I hope you find your kitty. I can just imagine how heartsick you are. With regard to your comment about feral cats, I want to help these poor kitties and I sincerely hope that they are not being killed. It is because of some awful people discarding their cats like rubbish that they are out there. I have a mother and two kittens in my neighborhood that I plan to trap, neuter, vaccinate and release. When they can no longer reproduce, they do no harm and simply live out their lives hiding in the bushes and drains. These cats keep the rats, mice, snakes and bugs to a minimum. I know most of the villagers love animals. If we could all take the extra effort to tnr the feral cats that they have in their neighborhood, eventually we could control the population. Lets do something good for these cats.

They "do no harm"? I'm not sure I agree. This is from USA Today:
"Cats that live in the wild or indoor pets allowed to roam outdoors kill from 1.4 billion to as many as 3.7 billion birds in the continental U.S. each year, says a new study that escalates a decades-old debate over the feline threat to native animals."
Cats kill up to 3.7B birds annually (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/29/cats-wild-birds-mammals-study/1873871/)

[BobnBev]

Can you give us a neighborhood to search? I do a lot of walking.

[rubicon]

a feral cat loved my plastic garbage bag especially when it contained chicken carcass . I tried everything to keep it away. finally we had a jesus come to meeting moment and I haven't see it since. I guess it moved to Havana

[Bonny]

My WHITE CAT is lost and we have been walking and looking since Saturday morning, mostly in the quiet dark. In our walking about, we have been struck by the absence of feral cats. Is there a feral cat eradication program in The Villages?

If you spot a white cat, please call me or the radio station to report his location.

Karen
804-347-7097

I personally would change the name of this thread to missing cat !
You might get more people to read your post.
I almost didn't even look because so many threads have run about feral cats.

[Bogie Shooter]

I personally would change the name of this thread to missing cat !
You might get more people to read your post.
I almost didn't even look because so many threads have run about feral cats.

Here it is Bonny....................
https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/lost-found-352/lost-white-cat-short-hair-no-collar-100041/

[Karen R]

Can you give us a neighborhood to search? I do a lot of walking.

Thank you for keeping an eye out for our white cat, Caesar. We are in Hacienda Villas. Near Avenida Central and Del Mar Drive. Caesar was a farm cat and is not afraid to roam widely. He would seek out golf courses probably, and not houses.

[Bonny]

Here it is Bonny....................
https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/lost-found-352/lost-white-cat-short-hair-no-collar-100041/
I must have missed that yesterday.

[hampton]

Karen, I hope you find your kitty. I can just imagine how heartsick you are. With regard to your comment about feral cats, I want to help these poor kitties and I sincerely hope that they are not being killed. It is because of some awful people discarding their cats like rubbish that they are out there. I have a mother and two kittens in my neighborhood that I plan to trap, neuter, vaccinate and release. When they can no longer reproduce, they do no harm and simply live out their lives hiding in the bushes and drains. These cats keep the rats, mice, snakes and bugs to a minimum. I know most of the villagers love animals. If we could all take the extra effort to tnr the feral cats that they have in their neighborhood, eventually we could control the population. Lets do something good for these cats.

Kitty Litter is very passionate about the humane treatment of feral cats. Animal lovers should assist her in any way possible. :spoken:

[Poetrosie]

Hi Kitty Litter,
i agree with your method of trap, spay and release. I have been feeding a mom and 4 of her kittens for over a month now. They are now part of my backyard family (squirrels, birds, bunnies) to the dismay of my two indoor, spoiled kitties. I tried for several weeks to use a humane trap to get the mom (Blackie) to the vet to be spayed. Blackie is way too savy; she saw one of the kittens get trapped and so would not go near that trap.
So i tried one last time this past Monday. Our appt. was on Tuesday morning. Well, the scene was funny enough to win 'First prize on America's Funniest Videos. I had taken everything off the lanai and had a white towel in one hand and a broom in the other. The trap door was open and sat in one of the corners. Well it was a combination of a 'bullfight' and a 'boxing match'. Betty the Old One vs. the Great Blackie. Well, I chased with the towel and broom and Blackie ran -around and around avoiding the trap each time. When we tired out, we retreated to our own corners (mine was a folding chair). And when we were rested, we went more rounds. Well, after 8 rounds, we were both exhausted and I decided that Blackie was the winner and loser- because I let her out to reunite with her babies, but she was so happy to be with them. It put a smile on my face. I'm happy to say, Blackie still brings her babies to my door for their meals each day- so we're still 'family' and they're still safe, for now.

[handyman]

I have always seen more birds then cats,it is natures way,a cat hunts so do birds,does anyone feel sorry for insects or worms?
:spoken:

[LndLocked]

I have always seen more birds then cats,it is natures way,a cat hunts so do birds,does anyone feel sorry for insects or worms?
:spoken:

Ferrel cats are NOT part of a naturally balanced ecosystem.

[Bonanza]

They "do no harm"? I'm not sure I agree. This is from USA Today:
"Cats that live in the wild or indoor pets allowed to roam outdoors kill from 1.4 billion to as many as 3.7 billion birds in the continental U.S. each year, says a new study that escalates a decades-old debate over the feline threat to native animals."
Cats kill up to 3.7B birds annually (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/29/cats-wild-birds-mammals-study/1873871/)

If the cat is feral, they will kill a bird to eat. If the cat is owned by someone and they kill a bird for what seems to be for the sport of it, shame on the owner who lets their cat out. Your anti-cat comment should be aimed at those who toss(ed) their pet out as though it was a piece of trash. That's how it got out of control.

[Cisco Kid]

Up here in yankee land we add one more thing to trap, spay and release.
One of the ears have a small notch taken out of them.
This is done by the vet when they are under being spayed.
You can spot them from a distance.
That why they are not trapped a 2nd time.

[Kamen Sentz]

I am so sorry .. and hopefully they do NOT have an eradication program. Your cat is beautiful and surely someone will return her to you.

My friend was babysitting our cat over the holidays and she lives in Legacy Villas near Nancy Lopez. I asked the CDD to put a picture of her in the postal bulletin board in that area. If you hear of any calls about a dark cat (my cat is a tortie), please call me and if I hear anything about your beauty, I will do the same!! Regards, Karen Setz
CAT (tortoise color) Missing New Year's Day 2014 near Nancy Lopez.
Click on Picture. If you see her, please call :
(352)459-3369 cell
(352)753-2003 home.
Pat White (Ashland)
2070 Kaylee Drive
Lady Lake FL 32162

[Kitty Litter]

Hi Poetrosie, I am so glad you too care about these cats. I have an appointment to have the two kittens neutered soon. My original plan was to release them after they were neutered but I recently saw a beautiful yellow kitten killed in the road, so I'm going to give it a try to tame them and give them a chance at a happy life as my two pampered siamese cats have. My husband said possibly we can keep one. Momma cat will be trapped, neutered and released and I will continue to feed her. Good luck with your "family".

[buggyone]

Do not release a cat into nature. It is cruel for the cat. The lifespan of a feral cat is only a few years as compared to 15 or so with a domestic cat.