How to get rid of unwanted cats?

[khaepmu]

I live in a house with a small yard outside of Bangkok and attached to our house is a small store room. I left the door of the store room partially open and one morning there was a cat with four babies kittens huddled together. I really don't want any pets. I started feeding the mother and now it is used to my daily feeds (commercial cat food) and if it isn't fed daily it whines and whines. The kittens are now walking around and jumping on each other and are starting to eat small portions of the solid food that I put on the mother's dish. My neighbor told me to put them in a bag and put some stones in the bag and toss it into the nearest river or klong. Another more humane suggestion from a friend is to just stop feeding them.It is now two days that I have stopped  feeding them and they haven't gone anywhere. Their whining is even more intense. I must say, it is very amusing to watch the kittens frolicking and bouncing around. But kittens become cats. How to get rid of them I wonder. Today will be the third day that I don't feed the.

[simoh1490]

Just stop feeding them, they will leave and go find food elsewhere, try and tune out the mewing noise.

[poanoi]

they will go find their own turf, chased away by their mother if need be.

in the mean time, they keep mice and other creeps away.

if you befriend the mother, you can take her to a vet and castrate her

so she wont reproduce, just keep the creeps away

[Juan B Tong]

Easier to neuter a female cat than to castrate it.

[Formaleins]

If they are just kittens then they will not go away, they do not understand how to "go away" - Your Thai friend has the correct solution to unwanted cats.

[connda]

We had a mother cat bring 4 kitten into our roof though a crack in the wall.  We removed the kittens and place them in a basket, fixed the crack, and placed the basket back on the roof at night.  The mother cat took three and left one.  I'm fine with that.  We have 5 outdoor dogs (fenced) and 1 indoor kitten.  And I'm quite happy with that arrangement. 

 

In your case, you fed them instead of kicking them outside and allow the mom to move them again.  They probably ain't going anywhere now.  So it's now your responsibility to find them homes.  Best of luck.

[PETERTHEEATER]

I asked my cat if he would like four little friends to play with and he said MAIOW!

[bangkokgalaxy]

I can notify an organization that humanely rescues unwanted stray cats.

What neighborhood do you live? Please provide details, including how many

cats total and if they are friendly and can be approached by humans. Please

let me know how to contact you to make arrangements to rehome them.

[MaksimMislavsky]

First of all, you are a very kind and compassionate person, indeed. In spite of disliking the cats, you did embark on taking care of them. Probably you could try and stop feeding them (and lock them out of the storage room) when the kittens have grown up a bit. Then they will move elsewhere after a few days of whining in vain. Now they just can not. Too young to live on their own. Cutting the feeding now puts the mother in needless trouble. And they are already too big to be put down. Their suffering in the drowning bag would be significant.

[maximillian]

2 hours ago, Formaleins said:

If they are just kittens then they will not go away, they do not understand how to "go away" - Your Thai friend has the correct solution to unwanted cats.

 

>>Your Thai friend has the correct solution to unwanted cats.<<

 

I'd like to put Khaepmu's neighbour and you in a bag with stones and do just a bit of waterboarding in a BKK khlong.

[The Fugitive]

2 hours ago, Juan B Tong said:

Easier to neuter a female cat than to castrate it.

I thought the word was 'spayed'?

[chrisinth]

3 hours ago, Juan B Tong said:

Easier to neuter a female cat than to castrate it.

He's just being safe. If the evolution of cats is following the apparent evolution of "Man" in Thailand, you just never know..................

 

[TheFishman1]

Do the right thing I had two cats that I feed about two years ago they stay outside sometimes they bring me presents like a dead snake or mouse I feed them dry cat food and it seems to be working out TIT

[AaronC76]

Get a dog

[AaronC76]

1 hour ago, bangkokgalaxy said:

I can notify an organization that humanely rescues unwanted stray cats.

What neighborhood do you live? Please provide details, including how many

cats total and if they are friendly and can be approached by humans. Please

let me know how to contact you to make arrangements to rehome them.

YES! Greatest comment I have ever seen on this forum!!! Please respond

[Bundooman]

4 hours ago, Formaleins said:

If they are just kittens then they will not go away, they do not understand how to "go away" - Your Thai friend has the correct solution to unwanted cats.

But if you responded in the same way about dogs - all hell would be let loose on this forum.

 

It's called 'Cherry picking'

[tweedledee2]

From my experience, a mother cat after weening will eventually run off the ones that don't leave voluntarily.  But if you continue to provide food it will take longer.  Cats are good at controlling mice and rats.  They are also excellent companions, sociable and very easy to take care of.  If you don't want any of the cats stop feeding and block them from the building they'll eventually go away.

[sandyf]

22 hours ago, bangkokgalaxy said:

I can notify an organization that humanely rescues unwanted stray cats.

What neighborhood do you live? Please provide details, including how many

cats total and if they are friendly and can be approached by humans. Please

let me know how to contact you to make arrangements to rehome them.

Glad to see a positive post. My sister in law has created a sanctuary for unwanted cats. We had a neighbour bring a mother and 5 kittens just a few days ago, brings the total to over 50 and not really room for another family.

[StevieAus]

On 6/20/2018 at 4:56 PM, AaronC76 said:

Get a dog

My view exactly,  I was going to offer the loan of one or all of my four Jack Russell Terriers.

I can  guarantee ( if they are very quick off the mark) that the cats will leave and never return.

I can almost guarantee criticism of my post.

[bangkokgalaxy]

Anyone who thinks it's ok to torture and kill domestic animals (and that includes cats and dogs), might want to read this and keep these types of illegal and vile thoughts to themselves: 

 

http://www.dld.go.th/th/images/stories/law/english/en_cruelty_prevention_act2014.pdf

 

[Ron19]

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[tifino]

Find all the spots they like to sniff and poopoo at

 

Come back from the market with a bag full of very fine pepper;

and sprinkle it liberally over those locations, and will work wonders whilst the powder is dry

 (being mindfull to replace when it gets washed out by the rains)

 

 

Strong cayenne pepper might be an idea!,

except that cayenne is a component of some various ED medication ideas

(and one doesn't want the boy cats sniffing aphrodisiacs, do we eh? )   

[Justfine]

Put in car, drive 50km and leave them on someone's doorstep.

 

It's called passing on the favour.

[drtreelove]

Consider it a blessing, not a burden. 

 

My wife is a compulsive serial resucuer, of orphaned kids and critters.  We just got her four adopted Thai kids through their education and into full time jobs/careers, so retirement and the "empty nest syndrome" was setting in. But leave it to Bee, she brought home 2 orphaned soi kittens in a basket. I was reluctant to take on pets again after we lost our beloved 15 yo cat, it's such a heart-breaker.  And I don't take the responsibility lightly, it takes some effort and some money to give a good home and take proper care. 

 

But I fell in love with these two cuties immediately and couldn't say no.  They have been an amazing joy and constant source of entertainment, love and affection.  They are now 8 months old, brother and sister and best friends, neutered and spayed and vaccinated. They are always playing and performing amazing acrobatic leaps in their play fighting, tearing around the house and yard, climbing trees and walking walls, exploring, or sleeping. Constant hunters they keep the jimjok population to a minimum and not a rat dare stir in our house or yard. They are clean and quiet and purrfect pets.  They are my gurus and my healers. They lay on my body and purr and send out incredible healing vibrations. I am renewed, and totally in love. 

 

So don't discard what may be a great gift. If you have the heart and the resources for food and vet care, consider keeping a couple of the kittens and find good homes for the mother and the others. 

 

And when they grow up and get stong, the Jack Russells better run the other way, or get their yappy snouts shredded.  

Edited June 23, 2018 by drtreelove