Hi Carol,

>> To all of You Cat people out there. I was wondering if You could pass on
>> some advice or experience to me. Here is the situation, I haven't owned
>> a Cat in many years and have not really dealt with any ferral cats.
>>
>> One of the companies I visit just about every day, has a dumpster in the
>> back. From what I have seen, sometime this spring a cat had kittens
>> behind the dumpster. I have seen 4 in the spring, that survived. It

> Hi Mike, it's pretty easy at that age to adopt them. Just give them space and
> lots of hidy holes and let them hide until they are ready to come out.  Takes
> a few weeks. Dont chase and dont try to pick them until they indicate they
> are ready.
> xxcarol

hehe.. you should see these feral guys here now.. Lulu, the largest of the
litter is happy to sit on my desk (or keyboard) and even snoots me when she
feels like it (rarely, but it does happen).

Leo, the only male in bunch is maybe a bit social with only Ron (oh, and with
Toby.. Leo likes to cuddle and fall asleep on Toby, our 10 yr. old lab haha).

When any company comes (daughter, etc.), they all skidaddle outside, and don't
come home 'til all have left 

What's funny is Leo and Lulu both have the M marking on their faces like Main
Coon cats, and both of them have coats like Maine coons.. so their personality
differences from the other two don't surprise me much.. the other two are some
strange combo of alley-cat and wild animal Lol.. They avoid human contact from
all of us, at any cost. They come out when they want to meow in your face for
Food Lol... they still won't let you touch them at all.

I think that when you have true feral kitties, it's not the same as taking in
a stray..  These 4 and their mom were true feral kitties, from the stories the
people at the Ithaca Animal shelter told me.

Take care,
Janis

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