I was in town this afternoon when I saw them. They are in a derelict building just up from John Lewis toy shop.
Someone is leaving Cat food and milk out for them but I'm frightened this will attract rats and be harmful to the kittens.
I'm going to call the RSPCA in the morning, but I wondered if any of you knew anything about them?

I dont know about them but they maybe be ferral. The rspca have a scheme in place at the moment where they humainly trap ferrals and take them in to be spayed and then release them again if they think they are too ferral to be rehomed (occasionally some ferrals are young enough to be rehomed, however most have to be released with the sound knowledge that they cant mate again)

Let us know how you get on. If you dont have any luck then please pm me because I have a contact of someone direct in the rspca who may help deal with it directly.

Thanks :)

Thanks for that i will let you know. I got a really close look at one of the kittens and he would have had a home tonight if my arm was just one inch longer, a stunning black and white little guy he was. Mum is a brown tabby, also stunning but wouldn't let me near her.

They have been there a long time.

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=171049

They have been there a long time.

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=171049

I just read the thread and the last post said she was the last one there, well unfortunately this is no longer true. Thanks for the link Meaks.

They have been there a long time.

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=171049

Hi. On an update from Medusa on 3rd January 2007 it said there was only one girl cat left, that was being fed and was trying to be caught. So either she wasnt caught and has mated and there is a fresh colony now. Or she was caught and this is a new ferral family. Either the rspca need to be informed to try and humainly trap them and spey/release and rehome any young kittens.

Thanks for that i will let you know. I got a really close look at one of the kittens and he would have had a home tonight if my arm was just one inch longer, a stunning black and white little guy he was. Mum is a brown tabby, also stunning but wouldn't let me near her.

If you'd have managed to get your hand to the little one I'd lay odds that you'd have even more scabs than me right now (I've been 'got' by a scared 5 month old kitten today and have steristrips all over my face, neck and ear).

Please remember that these cats are feral and it is seriously not a good plan for you to attempt to handle them without protective gear- cats come with extremely efficient weapons that they can use to defend themselves when they are scared.

Hi. On an update from Medusa on 3rd January 2007 it said there was only one girl cat left, that was being fed and was trying to be caught. So either she wasnt caught and has mated and there is a fresh colony now. Or she was caught and this is a new ferral family. Either the rspca need to be informed to try and humainly trap them and spey/release and rehome any young kittens.

As I said in the original thread the RSPCA will have nothing to do with local feral colonies. This colony is being managed by Cats Protection.

If you'd have managed to get your hand to the little one I'd lay odds that you'd have even more scabs than me right now (I've been 'got' by a scared 5 month old kitten today and have steristrips all over my face, neck and ear).

Please remember that these cats are feral and it is seriously not a good plan for you to attempt to handle them without protective gear- cats come with extremely efficient weapons that they can use to defend themselves when they are scared.

I know, my Billy was a feral kitten, he's now a fat black pudding:)
I have the scars to prove how hard it was getting him where he is today:hihi:

As I said in the original thread the RSPCA will have nothing to do with local feral colonies. This colony is being managed by Cats Protection.

Strange, when I phoned them the other month they said they had a scheme in place to deal with ferrals. They went round the same day and set a humaine trap for the mother and the kittens. The next day the kittens were took to a local charity and the mother was speyed and realeased.

Strange, when I phoned them the other month they said they had a scheme in place to deal with ferrals. They went round the same day and set a humaine trap for the mother and the kittens. The next day the kittens were took to a local charity and the mother was speyed and realeased.

This is a major reversal of policy then- we've been trying for years to get them to do something similar from the Shelter.

Well, who ever will deal with it, I just want to make sure that it's known that she is breeding there and hopefully something can be done.

This is a major reversal of policy then- we've been trying for years to get them to do something similar from the Shelter.

Thats how we got Charlie. His mother was a ferral. It was Hunni who initially told us about the scheme the rspca were running.

Someone saw the ferral with 4 tiny kittens and reported them to me, I phoned the rspca. The next day an inspector got the kittens and took them to jackie, and left a trap for the mother, then within a couple of days had trapped the mother, but jackie couldnt take her as she was impossible to rehome, so they speyed her and released her. Happy ending.