Wish me luck! (first venture into TNR)

[sugarcatmom]

So DH and I moved a few months ago and it didn't take me long to meet all the cats in my new 'hood. 2 of them are unfixed males of no-fixed-address. It's taken me a while to get them on a fairly regular feeding schedule (cold snowy weather didn't help) but now it's time for yee ol' snip-snip. Because they're on the feral side of things (although one guy is now letting me pet him briefly while he eats), they're going to be returned to my yard where I'll continue to feed and monitor them. These are a couple of really tough dudes, with a plethora of battle-scars to show for it, and do not make good adoption candidates. They would be PTS at the Humane Society and would take up valuable space at the no-kill shelters, so I'm thankful that with help from the wonderful MEOW Foundation, they'll get to live out their lives in the only environment they know (without creating anymore "mini-me's").

MEOW brought 2 traps over just now and set them up all nice and cozy with some tasty treats inside. Tonight the boys will get a free meal as the spring isn't loaded, but by tomorrow morning their days with nuts are numbered. And because I just so conveniently happened to get a cold today, I'll probably be staying home from work to monitor the traps. If I wasn't able to, MEOW folks would come by to check on them a couple times so that the cats don't have to spend too long in lock-down. How great is that?!?! And there's a new 24hr vet clinic here that works with rescue organizations like MEOW, making it easy for me to get these guys in for their spa-day as soon as I catch 'em.

So, that everything goes as smoothly as possible!