What an Angel you are Ann! Best of luck with the other girl!
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Another potential rescue tonight...
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Well, the dark brown tabby was indeed a female with coppery-gold eyes. She is still dazed, but much more alert than most cats are, following surgery. She is recuperating in the large cage. If she seems to be recovering well overnight, she'll be released back to her area tomorrow morning, along with a good helping of food.
For the other feral, I'm thinking the best (maybe only) way to catch her will be a custom-made drop trap, to which she becomes acclimated to eating under. I'll have to see if I can design one, and get it built within the next week or two.
One down... one to go!
Posted 2 years ago by anncetera2 #
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I admire your determination. I would have gotten P.O a long time ago . . . Have you thought about feeding the kitty up with lots of nice food for a few days in the trap, then leaving her with no food for a day or two, and then feeding her some really smelly food in the trap again? Maybe if she's a bit hungry, she might slip up?
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Bless you for what you do. Prayers that this precious one will get trapped and taken care of soon!
Posted 2 years ago by Jetta and Boo Boo's Mom #
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Skyron, that would work... except the place where the ferals live is right next door to a good restaurant's dumpster. Even better than the dumpster, though, are the patrons who sit outside on the patio routinely toss food to the sidewalk for the cats. Summary: these cats don't often go hungry.
I can't fault the cats for having found a place that offers shelter and good food... it just means they can be a little fussy about immediately accepting any sort of food in a trap. They *will* go for straight-up tuna or sardines, though.
Posted 2 years ago by anncetera2 #
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Well, folks... one down, at least two to go!
The brown tabby was calm this morning in her cage, until I got back out to the lot. She started trembling, but I couldn't tell if it was excitement, fear, or chill (from her shaved belly). Unfortunately, the clinic left on her ID collar, made of a Mylar tape. I got scissors, but there was absolutely no way to cut it off her neck without either scaring her to death or hurting her. I looked carefully, and I believe it's large enough that if she gets it snagged on something, she'll be able to slip out of it.
I set the cage on the ground, in the middle of the lot. She started trying to dash out, and ran into the walls of the cage a couple of times. I waited until she was at least pointing toward the door, and lying down; then I slipped open the door. It wasn't quite fully open when she shot out of there, full speed... ran to the fence a few feet away, squeezed through a hole, and made straight for her territory of disabled cars.
I may not have been able to do much for her... but at least she won't be having feral babies.
At least two more cats are in the yard, including the injured one; all very feral, though the injured one seems a bit less leery than others. I'm going to have to make a drop trap to get them, and get them habituated to the drop trap. They're all very trap-shy.
I'll create a new post when I'm able to make & deploy the drop trap.
Posted 2 years ago by anncetera2 #
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Ann...I remember all too well that...OMG feeling I'd get when I'd see,yet another unfamiliar face in the crowd. I can't believe our park has been kitten-free for a year & a half, when I'd finally trapped Hopper & then Hissy & had them fixed. I hope that statement doesn't come back to bite me in the you-know-what!
I know you will catch this little furball in due time & I'm sure it won't take you as long as it took me. I was thinking maybe some of these people that are throwing them food could possibly get closer than you've been able to & catch the little guy/girl? It might be worth asking them for their help.
Until then...{{{HUGS}}} for all your doing to stop them from reproducing. I know too well what your going thru. -
Well, folks... one down, at least two to go!
The brown tabby was calm this morning in her cage, until I got back out to the lot. She started trembling, but I couldn't tell if it was excitement, fear, or chill (from her shaved belly). Unfortunately, the clinic left on her ID collar, made of a Mylar tape. I got scissors, but there was absolutely no way to cut it off her neck without either scaring her to death or hurting her. I looked carefully, and I believe it's large enough that if she gets it snagged on something, she'll be able to slip out of it.
I set the cage on the ground, in the middle of the lot. She started trying to dash out, and ran into the walls of the cage a couple of times. I waited until she was at least pointing toward the door, and lying down; then I slipped open the door. It wasn't quite fully open when she shot out of there, full speed... ran to the fence a few feet away, squeezed through a hole, and made straight for her territory of disabled cars.
I may not have been able to do much for her... but at least she won't be having feral babies.
At least two more cats are in the yard, including the injured one; all very feral, though the injured one seems a bit less leery than others. I'm going to have to make a drop trap to get them, and get them habituated to the drop trap. They're all very trap-shy.
I'll create a new post when I'm able to make & deploy the drop trap.
Posted 2 years ago by anncetera2 #
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Ack! Sorry for the double post. Sheesh...
Posted 2 years ago by anncetera2 #
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Could you please explain to me what a drop trap is? I spotted a pregnant feral at work today, I spoke to the people from the nursery across the road (they feed her), and they would be happy to continue feeding her if I had her spayed for them. They were very offended when I said I want to get her done before she gets more pregnant. I just feel that it is a way of minimising the amount of unwanted and unloved kitties out there. They almost always end up as road kill. I asked the lady if she was prepared to feed 20+ cats on her property every day, and suddenly she wasn't so offended any more. So I'm going to be hauling out my own trap again tomorrow :)
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Skyron...I recommend you ask the people feeding her to stop so she'll be hungry enuf to go into the trap for you.
A drop trap is a box made of wire & boards in which you prop 1 end up with a line or rope tied to it. When the ferals get use to eating under it & you have the ones going into it that you want caught,you pull the line(from a good distance away)which in turn drops the box down to trap the animal.
It would probably be easier if you googled the title Drop Trap. I'm not too puter literate. :) -
Skyron, Susie gave a great explanation of a drop trap. Here's some more information:
http://droptrapdesign.blogspot.com/
I'm brainstorming how to make one of these here at home, with mostly on-hand materials. So far, it looks like I'd need to purchase netting, a 2'x2' sheet of hardboard, and some hardware if I want to make a fold-up drop trap...
Posted 2 years ago by anncetera2 #
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