Madison, WI Stray Cat Found Near Henry and Wilson St downtown

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Connie W.

2 months ago

Shared!! ❤️

Inna L.

2 months ago

I would set up some food so that the cat knows that is a good place to come and eat. Check with your neighbors on the block. Once it gets familiar with you then you can try to live trap it. This is my general advice here. But I think once it is caught it can be turned into the humane society. This is a busy area for a cat to hang out. It could be a feral cat or a lost cat who is now afraid of people. Can you or a neighbor set some food out and see if you can get it to come consistently and then assess if it becomes friendly. If it is not afraid of people and you can coax it into your garage, you can call dispatch 608-255-2345 and they will come and take it to the humane society. If the cat is not friendly and is still afraid, the outcome at the shelter may be negative. In that case, optimally, it can be live trapped and fixed and released and continue to be fed. That way it wont make any more cats. Once trapped the clinic can scan it for a chip to see if it is lost. You can borrow a raccoon trap from a police dept (not in Madison), a neighbor, buy it at the hardware store or rent it from Madison cat project clinic@madisoncatproject.org. Start feeding in an unset trap and gradually move the food to the back and then set it when the cat goes far into the trap. I have comprehensive trapping directions here. https://wicatinfo.weebly.com/trapping-a-lost-or-stray-cat For the winter you can put a chemical hand warmer between 2 paper plates, and it will keep wet food from freezing or put a heating pad under the bowl. Once cat is trapped, cover trap with a towel and put indoors or in your garage - hopefully there is a source of heat or pop in a space heater. You can then take it to WI Veterinary Center for a 50 dollar fix, https://www.wicvc.org/outdoorcatprogram After the fix it can recover in the trap in a garage or a small room and can be released after 24-48 hours. You can feed thru the cage bars in the trap. It will be fine! Release and continue feeding.

Rita K.

2 months ago

Please bring inside to keep safe until owners are found. Very busy area and too dangerous for a kitty.

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