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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2006Cat Trapping Advice
This is kind of long and rambling, but if anyone has any advice I'd appreciate. My experience trapping cats is very limited. DH tells me there is a feral tuxedo kitten at work. He says it has a close to zero chance of long-term survival. It will eventually get mangled in machinery or run over by a truck. So he wants to trap it. I have arranged to borrow a trap for tomorrow night when he goes to work. We SO do not need another cat. But this cat can't be taken to the shelter, it's too wild. He wants to keep it in the garage until it tames down considerably, and after that we really don't have a plan. DH says, even if it is a yard cat/barn cat here it has a much better chance and a better life than a feral in a paper factory. PFFT. Yard cat. It will be in the house sleeping with us on the bed a year from now. I'm not sure how old it is. He keeps calling it a "baby kitten" so I imagine pretty small. This will make six cats. That's too many for a house this size. But I just don't see that we have much choice. We do have a nice barn with 3 barn-cat neutered male ferals that I've had for several years. I don't think they would accept an interloper though. And I just couldn't turn a "baby kitten" out like that. Well, anyway, purrs for a successful trapping on Tuesday night. And purrs that the kitten is still there and hasn't already come to a bad end since DH has been off for the weekend. Sherry > This is kind of long and rambling, but if anyone has any advice I'd > appreciate. My experience trapping cats is very limited. > DH tells me there is a feral tuxedo kitten at work. He says it has a > close to zero chance of long-term survival. It will eventually get > mangled in machinery or run over by a truck. Good luck, Sherry. A tux too - I am sure it is darling! FWIW I trap kittens in squirrel cages - from what I know the big cages don't usually trip for them and can be dangerous. If you can get a cage for him to live in temorarily, he will tame more easily. I know you don't need more, but you never know - maybe he will tame easy and be easy to place. -L. Sherry, I don't mean to be a smart asterisk, but your lot in life is to rescue kitties. If your husband disliked cats it might have help prevent it. But alas he likes cats, as long as there are cats in need you will probably be there. basically this is a good thing as far as karma is concerned, but it wont be convienent. Suz&Spicey > Sherry, I don't mean to be a smart asterisk, but your lot in life is to > rescue kitties. If your husband disliked cats it might have help prevent > it. But alas he likes cats, as long as there are cats in need you will > probably be there. basically this is a good thing as far as karma is > concerned, but it wont be convienent. > Suz&Spicey LOL, it helps that it is a tuxedo. DH's cat Boots is a tuxedo and he is just crazy about her. She follows him all over the yard, like a d*g. She goes everywhere except the apiary and that's because she's been stung before. She waits patiently and watches till he comes back. I found a pic to show you what I mean: http://members.aol.com/sriddles/lpainting.jpg And Bootsie gets away with murder. She can scratch on the furniture, jump on the counters and he just says, "Oh look. Isn't she precious." He just called about 10:30 tonight. Nothing in the trap yet. Sherry > > Sherry, I don't mean to be a smart asterisk, but your lot in life is to > > rescue kitties. If your husband disliked cats it might have help prevent [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Sherry LOL, I love that picture, Sherry, that's classic! I have two tuxedos, brother and sister, but they're very independent. They only emerge when company comes over, for the most part. They love people. I guess they're bored with me???? kili LOL, it helps that it is a tuxedo. DH's cat Boots is a tuxedo and he is > just crazy about her. She follows him all over the yard, like a d*g. > She goes everywhere except the apiary and that's because she's been > stung before. She waits patiently and watches till he comes back. I > found a pic to show you what I mean: > http://members.aol.com/sriddles/lpainting.jpg/// She obviously feels that "paw" needs very close supervision, LOL! Helen M . And I just couldn't turn > a "baby kitten" out like that. None of us could. Yes a year from now "baby kitten" will probably be a large, contented feline and asleep on your bed but how can you resist? You know you can't! Keep us posted Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs <snip> > Well, anyway, purrs for a successful trapping on Tuesday night. And > purrs that the kitten is still there and hasn't already come to a bad > end since DH has been off for the weekend. > > Sherry Sorry, no advice, just lots of purrs for a successful trapping and taming.  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >This is kind of long and rambling, but if anyone has any advice I'd >appreciate. My experience trapping cats is very limited. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >Sherry Hi Sherry, He may be too small to trip a regular trap - do you know of a wildlife rehabber in the area that takes in squirrels? They might have one small enough. For bait, most cats can not resist warm Kentucky Fried Chicken. Must be the secret recipe! <G> Other foods to try are sardines, mackeral, tuna - the stinkier the better. For taming, you can built a cat enclosure out of those wire cubicle thingies that Walmart and Target have. I used to have a link to the design page, but cannot find it right now. I will look again tonight when I get home from work. Good luck with the little one! Patti >>This is kind of long and rambling, but if anyone has any advice I'd >>appreciate. My experience trapping cats is very limited. [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > Good luck with the little one! > Patti Or try and get hold of a remote control trap. I would put food in the unset trap for a couple of nights so the kitten gets used to going in there for food. If the kitten is 12 weeks or younger you may find he/she tames quite quickly and IME I've found singles tame quicker than litters (2 or more). Good luck. SignatureShirley http://community.webshots.com/user/shirleycatuk > This is kind of long and rambling, but if anyone has any advice I'd > appreciate. My experience trapping cats is very limited. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > So he wants to trap it. I have arranged to borrow a trap for tomorrow > night when he goes to work. <snip> Lots of purrs and best wishes for everything to go really well, Polonca and Soncek > This is kind of long and rambling, but if anyone has any advice I'd > appreciate. My experience trapping cats is very limited. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Sherry No advice on trapping but I grew up in a 926 sq ft house with 7 cats and 3 dogs. It's big enough. I'm sure :P > > This is kind of long and rambling, but if anyone has any advice I'd > > appreciate. My experience trapping cats is very limited. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > No advice on trapping but I grew up in a 926 sq ft house with 7 cats > and 3 dogs. It's big enough. I'm sure :P I don't know, I live in an 800 sq ft. house, and three cats is a bit much. There isn't much room for zoomies. :~) kili > I don't know, I live in an 800 sq ft. house, and three cats is a bit much. > There isn't much room for zoomies. :~) We've got four in a two bedroom apartment and there's an actual "zoomie route." It goes from the back of the bedroom, turns 90 degrees and runs down the length of the apartment, down the hall and into the living room, turns again to traverse the width of the apartment through the living room, then arches through the kitchen 180 degrees. After the kitchen, a tight turn will put them going the opposite way down the hall, ideally placed to jump into the bathroom, or turn into either the bedroom or the office. Purrs for the trapping. Smokey was feral but after 3 months as "unit mascot", being worshipped by a few hundred aircrew, and getting fed outside the op-center, his "Capture" simply involved picking him up and dropping him into a box. --Fil > > I don't know, I live in an 800 sq ft. house, and three cats is a bit much. > > There isn't much room for zoomies. :~) [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > hall, ideally placed to jump into the bathroom, or turn into either the > bedroom or the office. Ah, you have corners! I live in a perfect rectangle. My kids' only zoomie route is the small hallway between the rooms. I have two bedrooms, side-by-side (the master is slightly longer), a bathroom opposite the master bedroom and the closet for the hot water heater, then the kitchen side-by-side the living room. If the house was designed differently, I think the cats would have much more fun. kili ...> Well, anyway, purrs for a successful trapping on Tuesday night. And > purrs that the kitten is still there and hasn't already come to a bad > end since DH has been off for the weekend. > Sherry I'll have our formerly feral Rosie send some of her megapurrs in support of the operation. Maybe she can send some mental vibrations to the kitten to be a good kitty and just go into the trap. It's possible that the kitten is just scared and it may be easier to tame it than you expect. We'll also send purrs for an easy taming and a successful rehoming. Annie > This is kind of long and rambling, but if anyone has any advice I'd > appreciate. My experience trapping cats is very limited. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Sherry Purrs on the way, Sherry. SignatureSam, closely supervised by Mistletoe > Well, anyway, purrs for a successful trapping on Tuesday night. And > purrs that the kitten is still there and hasn't already come to a bad > end since DH has been off for the weekend. I don't have any advice, but we are sending massive purrs for the trapping to succeed. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > This is kind of long and rambling, but if anyone has any advice I'd > appreciate. My experience trapping cats is very limited. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > purrs that the kitten is still there and hasn't already come to a bad > end since DH has been off for the weekend. Shmogg and IBKFergus are both ex-ferals, particularly IBKFergus, who was no doubt a kitten to a long line of generationally feral 'steelworks cats'. Both are now tame. IBKFergus is still *insanely* hoolikittenish, but has no problems coming up to any of her hoomins for a scratch & a cuddle, doesn't bolt at the sight of mad toddler hurtling towards her, and beats up Fluffy whenever the need takes her (also licks Fluffy's ears when the mood strikes, so she's not anti-dog). I know what you mean about thinking you have 'too many' cats already, which is why we aren't adopting Jet (but don't worry, there's a cunning plan in place that we'll tell you about when it gets enacted), but to my way of thinking, if the Mothership decides that you will have another cat, another cat you shall have. Good luck with the trapping (IBKFergus took one look at the chicken in my hands, and almost climbed into my t-shirt of her own accord) and lots of purrs for hte intergration to go well. Yowie |
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