Meredith at the Maungaturoto Vet Centre is looking for feedback on our town's wild cat population. Recently they re-homed their 50th kitten for the season which is not always the easiest thing to do. More often than not kind people bring in unwanted kittens or ones that have been found on the side of the road.
Some issues to think about in regards to wild cats:
- Feline aids can be passed from one cat to another especially when a stray cat comes across a domesticated cat.
- Wounds and abscesses from fighting with wild cats is another problem as well as cat herpes, flu, toxoplasmosis and parasites.
- Damage to native wild life such as birds, frogs, lizards, fish, skinks, snails etc.
The Maungaturoto Vet Centre is looking at purchasing traps from Environmental Northland and using them around the August/September period and these will also become available to members of the public. However they do not wish to accidentally trap a domesticated cat so they will advise cat owners to keep their pets inside at night and hold the cat for a week if it appears to be tame.
Meredith and her team will be doing a mail drop around the area advising residents of this proposed program so if you have any feedback you can email her on mklove_64@hotmail.com or give the Vet Centre a call.
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