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UrbanAngel · 02-07-2007, 10:38 PM

I'd like advice on a cat situation I have going on outside my house. I had been seeing these two full grown cats outside around my house for awhile. While seeing their comings and goings I figured they were living underneath my neighbors deck (I live in a duplex so its right behind my house). The deck is enclosed around the bottom with wood on three sides and rocks on the fourth, on the fourth side there are large 6' by 6' boards. However one of the rocks is askew behind the boards and they can squeeze under the deck.

The weather here in PA has been COLD(like in the negatives), so I started leaving food out for them. About a week ago I saw that a little kitten had come out to eat also. It looks maybe a month or so old. It is the only kitten I've seen so I guess the rest didn't make it through the cold. I can't get under the deck to see if there are more. A local no-kill shelter said they would take them if I could get them socialized aka to the point where they allowed themselves to be picked up and petted. The mother lets me pet her, so the guy from the shelter said she probably used to be a house cat. I can't take them into the house because my roommate hates cats and it isn't allowed on the lease. He actually bitched about them living under the porch. A friend of mine said he might be able to take the 3 cats in for a week or so to try to get them socialized so they can be put up for adoption.

Is this the right thing to do? What if there are more kittens under the porch and I take the mother? Wouldn't they have come out for food as well? Any advice from cat-knowledgable people would be appreciated.

02-07-2007, 10:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
UrbanAngel Upright	Homeless Cat Situation I'd like advice on a cat situation I have going on outside my house. I had been seeing these two full grown cats outside around my house for awhile. While seeing their comings and goings I figured they were living underneath my neighbors deck (I live in a duplex so its right behind my house). The deck is enclosed around the bottom with wood on three sides and rocks on the fourth, on the fourth side there are large 6' by 6' boards. However one of the rocks is askew behind the boards and they can squeeze under the deck. The weather here in PA has been COLD(like in the negatives), so I started leaving food out for them. About a week ago I saw that a little kitten had come out to eat also. It looks maybe a month or so old. It is the only kitten I've seen so I guess the rest didn't make it through the cold. I can't get under the deck to see if there are more. A local no-kill shelter said they would take them if I could get them socialized aka to the point where they allowed themselves to be picked up and petted. The mother lets me pet her, so the guy from the shelter said she probably used to be a house cat. I can't take them into the house because my roommate hates cats and it isn't allowed on the lease. He actually bitched about them living under the porch. A friend of mine said he might be able to take the 3 cats in for a week or so to try to get them socialized so they can be put up for adoption. Is this the right thing to do? What if there are more kittens under the porch and I take the mother? Wouldn't they have come out for food as well? Any advice from cat-knowledgable people would be appreciated.