Homeless Cats: Trapping Is The Kindest Solution
How to trap a feral cat
It is estimated that more than 60;million homeless cats are roaming the parks, parking lots, backyards, alleys, and streets of America. Although so-called feral catswho have not been socialized and who are often the offspring of other abandoned catsare fearful of humans, they are still domesticated animals who struggle to fend for themselves and dont survive for long on their own. Homeless cats do not die of old age. Many are tortured by cruel people, attacked by other animals, or hit by cars. Others die of exposure, starvation, or highly contagious fatal diseases, such as rabies, feline AIDS, feline leukemia, and feline infectious peritonitis. Cat Bite Abscess TreatmentBelieve it or not, Sparky let Doc Truli clean the wound with dilute iodine antiseptic solution. ;Some bits of necrotic, grey, dead connective tissue peeked out from the edges of the pink, healing wound. ;Sparky allowed Doc to trim the grey dead stuff with sterile surgery scissors. ;Most cats require anesthesia for this cleaning because their fear and pain drives them to struggle to escape. ;Sparky just sat on the examination table and purred. A dirty, infected wound of this type cannot be surgically sealed closed without trapping infection inside the body. ;Plus, the skin can heal amazingly large holes through biological processes called contraction , and re-epithelialization . ;In re-epithelialization, the body sends new, thin, pink skin cells over the defect. ;This is not a whole new thick skin with hair follicles and all the skin structures, but the thin pink scar serves the purpose of closing the wound without a skin graft surgery. When Sparky comes for his 2-week recheck, Doc Truli will post the pictures. ;Sparkys giant hole in his face might heal without any surgery! Update October 2010: Sparkys parents did not bring him back for a recheck. ;But when they brought the dog in for a check-up, they let Doc Truli know that the hole healed over 100% and they felt Sparky did not need the stress of the car ride to confirm what they could see with their own eyes! How To Catch A Stray Cat SafelySee files for Cats In most circumstances, we will ideally want to leave catching a stray cat to the professionals. Feline protection volunteers and wildlife welfare services are trained and experienced in humane cat trapping so it can be done as safely as possible. However, there are some circumstances where we are required to catch a stray cat for either the welfare of the cat or other animals in the area. With AnimalWised, we provide a guide on how to catch a stray cat safely using humane cat trapping methods. We should make it clear that this should only be done when it is not possible to have a professional do it for us.
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