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Another idea. Look around your neighborhood. Are there any sheds, cellars or other places where a cat can be trapped? If so, go there, preferably in the evening when it is quiet, and call as described in last post. Cats do like to hide and someone may have accidentally locked the cat in. My late...

I know this sounds weird, but you might try showing a picture to the mail carrier. Mail carriers cover the neighborhood on foot and if he/she likes cats may notice a crying kitty somewhere.

Cats normally approach their prey silently. Try putting a bell on the cat's collar. It is not 100% but will reduce the kills since prey is warned.

My 4 cats share 2 boxes. One is in the bathroom, the other in the room where Orlando and the kittens sleep. They all pretty much use any of them. I am not sure on what basis they decide which to use, but they know!

Thanks for the welcome. I have not seen Margot & Rudy's momcat for months. For a day or two she meowed outside the window, making me feel terribly guilty, but then vanished. What is funny is that Orlando took over being their "mom". To the point where I had to take him in for an infection of...

Now that all the cats are home, please allow me to introduce my family to the humans and felines on the board. I will have to scan in some photos so I can post them. My senior cat is Rosalind, a short haired tortie calico. She and her sister Celia, also a calico, adopted me when they were 6...

Margot is home!!!!! Thanks to everyone for their good thoughts. Friday evening I sprinkled a trail of catnip. She actually came inside, but she was between me and the door and when I tried to close the door she ran out. I stayed up racking my brains trying to think of a plan to outwit a...

This is beginning to resemble a soap opera. How will it end? I talked to Animal Rescue. They said it can take time for a cat to be willing to enter a trap, especially if Margot remembers being trapped. Per their suggestion I moved the trap to under the grape vines (anyone who grows grapes knows...

I talked to Animal Rescue and they had some suggestions. Margot is not going into the cage. They said to put it under the shrubbery where she hides and wire the trip door open. Then put her food just inside. Even if other cats eat it, she will get used to it being a food place. Gradually move...

I'm sorry to say Margot did not go near the trap all evening/night. About 2AM I was awakened by noise in the trap. It did not sound like a cat in distress but something was there. I got up and got the flashlight. It was my senior cat Rosalind. I closed Rudy and Orlando in their room but allow...

My neighbor has 2 cats who sometimes come into my yard. I am going to explain the situation and I'm sure she will cooperate and keep them inside. Orlando will have to stay in even if he meows (he will). Raccoons I can't do much about. I plan to sit outside, out of sight of the trap, until I can...

I am a new member and need any suggestions urgently. Brief history: last fall I took into my home 2 feral kittens, brother and sister, about 8 weeks. I have a senior female and a young adult male, both neutered of course. Both were indoor/outdoor cats. The kittens were the offspring of my male...