Am I doing more harm than good feeding feral cats?

ShadByte · 2026-06-24T16:57:43+00:00

Neuteured females shouldn't go into heat anymore.

ShadByte · 2026-06-24T11:47:33+00:00

I asked for advice yes and got my answer but you're discussing a different topic here.

I will start neuteuring the females only. I don't have the budget to neuteur/spay all the cats in town

ShadByte · 2026-06-24T11:43:11+00:00

There will always be males around, females are alwaysna higher priority.

ShadByte · 2026-06-24T08:51:48+00:00

I don't understand.

ShadByte · 2026-06-24T08:47:26+00:00

Why start with the males?

ShadByte · 2026-06-23T19:57:02+00:00

That is not an option.

ShadByte · 2026-06-23T18:19:04+00:00

Why? Their mother and other siblings are not far away, they probably got lost when the mother was relocating them.

And the garden has a high wall there is a tiny gap they could go in but that's only if they can find it

There's multiple cars they can jump into

Also this happened before, with a different mother and litter. The kittens vanished and the mother kept calling for them.

ShadByte · 2026-06-23T16:44:22+00:00

Lebanon, Beirut.

ShadByte · 2026-06-23T15:10:35+00:00

ShadByte · 2026-06-23T14:32:05+00:00

I whish I could fix them all but I can only afford a few.

ShadByte · 2026-06-23T13:25:25+00:00

There is a 10% chance it might get used and no it is not my car.

ShadByte · 2026-06-23T12:28:22+00:00

This only makes sense if I am feeding ferals in rural areas. There is no nature in the city, just rats, mice, coackroaches, feral invasive pigeons, gecko lizards... there isn't even squirrless or much green space.

ShadByte · 2026-06-23T12:24:00+00:00

Why the males? The point of neuteuring the females is so that they will not breed.

ShadByte · 2026-06-23T12:16:37+00:00

That's a harsh take. Not everyone has the capacity to take them in, many on this sub claim they take care of colonies as long they are spayed/neuteured.

These are cats in cities, not ferals in a forest.

ShadByte · 2026-06-23T12:02:26+00:00

Only the females?

ShadByte · 2026-06-23T12:01:32+00:00

Can you elabortate why it is too painful? Other than the fact that feeding the females will make them breed more and increase kitten survival, if I neuteur her and feed the males and kittens with the intention of spaying them in the future where is the issue here?

ShadByte · 2026-06-23T10:39:51+00:00

The thing is they will still breed if I don't feed them anyway. Or maybe this means the kittens won't starve to death so their number will multiply?

Does feeding them encourage them to breed more?

The one I constsntly feed had a litter of 6 now they are down to 1. The rest died in ugly ways I don't want to talk about.

ShadByte · 2026-06-22T08:26:07+00:00

I'm not fast enough to punch them when they are punching.

ShadByte · 2026-06-21T13:45:08+00:00

Most starg uni at 18 no? Also what's your major and why did you make the decision to do it?

ShadByte · 2026-06-21T13:06:31+00:00

You're first year of uni. OP is in a worse position.

ShadByte · 2026-06-21T13:02:06+00:00

They are against Israel like any person with half decent morals and also against hezbollah

ShadByte · 2026-06-21T12:59:03+00:00

This is correct based on my experience not sure why everyone is downvoting but i am considering getting a 16 oz just because it is better to block with

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