Purrs that he/she is caught soon. Do you think it might help if you
cover the trap now (course you might already be doing that, but left
it off for the pic). Seems like the kitty might consider it a safe box
to crawl into and eat. But, like I said in an earlier post, my only
trapping attempt was a failure, so what do I know LOL I imagine the
lady who is helping you knows the most effective way to set the trap.

Good luck with the trapping

Lois

I'm so happy that you managed to get a trap lent to you without having to
buy one.  Lots of luck to trap the grey kitty and get the collar sorted out.
When BF was feral,  I borrowed a trap to catch him and stopped feeding him.
Yummy pilchards in tomato sauce in the trap behind the treadle which was
only waiting for his weight on it, to snap the door shut and imprison him.
Faint hope.  That cat is *not* stupid.  He went very carefully and gingerly
into the trap and put his paw over the treadle to scoop out all the
pilchards and then he reversed (also very carefully, out)  I don't see how
he could possibly have known about traps as at the time he couldn't have
been more than 6-8 months old.  I just think (!) that he has a high IQ ;-)

Some cats are quite easy to trap though, and I hope you get your one
tomorrow.  If you don't, stop feeding for a day and then try again.  Hunger
might work.
After I gave up trying to get Boyfriend into the trap, I also stopped
feeding him so he might be encouraged to go in and get caught.
Did he?  Not on your life.  After a couple of days I was sitting here one
night, on the computer, when I heard "someone" hammering on the back door.
I went and opened it, and it was Boyfriend, who took more than a few steps
back when he saw me.  He said he wouldn't go in the trap to be caught, no
matter how hungry he was, but would I mind putting a little food on a saucer
in the kitchen and returning to the living room?

What could I say?  What would anyone on this group have said?  I did it, of
course, and he came in the kitchen and ate it.

Tweed