My kitten ran away a few weeks ago. Now he's come back with?

Question

a feral companion.

I found him meowing at my window, but when I opened the door to try to take him in, he ran away with the other cat.

Should I just leave him be? I miss him so much.

He's already neutered.

MY cat was meowing at my window. The feral one was standing at a distance.

When I opened the door, they both ran away. Then a few minutes later, they came back to eat the food I left.

Answer 1

get him fixed.

Answer 2

No, you shouldn't. In fact, you should try to bring them both inside. Try to get them to come in with food, but don't try to grab them or to approach too closely - you might consider leaving the window open so that they can come in when it gets cold, or putting a box with some blankets in it on the porch or outside the window.

It might take some time to get the feral to trust you, but if you consistently leave food for them and don't do anything to scare them, then he'll warm up to you.

If you can't get them to come in within a month or so, then consider contacting animal control about getting a cat trap. It doesn't hurt them, but it does let you catch them before something bad happens to them. Feral kitties have very short life spans, particularly if you're in an area where there's a lot of traffic or dogs.

Answer 3

are you putting food out for him? are you open to maybe gaining a second cat? some feral cats can eventually become used to human contact and may decide you are ok. if you want just your kitty back maybe try a humaine trap and try to lure him in with food, and have him as an inside cat. if he is not neutered that could be why he ran off in the first place.

Answer 4

How old is your "kitten"?
You will have to set a humane trap for your cat if you want to save him from the horrid life of a feral cat.
Once you have caught him, keep him indoors and spend time with him to "humanise" him again. Take him to the vet to get him checked out to make sure he is fine and if he hasn't been vaccinated for feline aids, get him tested.. Be prepared that he may have become feral as well, and you will have a lot of work ahead of you.
Once you have your cat, set the trap for the feral cat. Once you have it, take it to the closest shelter and let them see to it.

Answer 5

Unless you keep the cat indoors he will probably be the type that goes away a lot, wanders the neighborhood, but still knows where he lives and will come back to eat, etc but won't stay home much. This kind of arrangement is not very safe for the cat and you probably won't have him very long.

Answer 6

your cat has become feral now. if he has been declawed it would be wise to get him and keep him indoors as a declawed cat has no chance in the wild.

if not declawed, let him go and do not set food out for him. this will only teach him that he doesn't' have to hunt, but just to come there to get fed. this is not healthy for a wild cat as it doesn't allow them to learn to fend for themselves.

pets are either with us or not....feeding any wild animals is not wise.

at most....you can get items like antibiotics, etc from the vet and embed them in some soft food one in a great moon just to least know he is getting medications that he normally would of gotten at yearly vet visits.

Answer 7

My wife and I recently moved to a new home in the country, and brought our 5 month old RagDoll kitty with us, and some how she got outside and was gone for a whole week, and similar to your plight she brought home a friend(cat) we tried for several days to get her to come close enough to catch her to no avail. then a friend suggested we just leave some wet food out in the yard on a raised box, each time moving the box abit closer to the house. well after 5 days we put her dish on the back porch for a couple days. then after 1 day let "Rags" go with out her food! she came home and sat on the back porch meowing for food, and when my wife brought the food bowl out to her she stood there coaxing the cat to eat! Well it worked! when the cat came to the bowl my wife just picked her up and brought her and the bowl inside. You might give this a try! It worked for us! Good luck~

Answer 8

No, life is hard for feral cats. Try to lure him back and make sure he gets fixed and vaccinated if he hasn't aready been. If that works keep him inside if possible. Put food outside for his friend.

Answer 9

It's strange - some times when indoor cats get out, they act totally strange. (My friend's cat is loving and sweet indoors, but outside, she is nearly impossible to catch and scratches him.)

Do keep feeding/watering them and see if you can get them close. It might work to leave the door open and try and get them to go inside (put the food inside & close the door behind them.)

Keep trying!

Best of luck.

Answer 10

how do you know that the cat is feral?Feral cats don't want owners. If the cat is begging to get inside=it is probably not feral-just lost.

Answer 11

You can try setting a (humane) trap for him. I work for a vet and one of our clients had a wild cat give birth to a litter in her back yard. She set traps for the kittens and caught them. I'm not sure where to get the traps. Possible places to try: pet stores, animal control, conservation department, or ask your vet.