She's trapped again successfully! She didn't want to move out from under the car, so I put some tuna water in a dish and slid it under (instead of just water) to whet her appetite, and put solid tuna in the trap.
Just found her, she ate all the tuna but left the canned food entirely alone. :)...
I don't have access to a drop trap, maybe I can find a net of some kind... but she's still hiding under my car. She definitely won't come out while I'm in the garage.
No luck so far, going to give it another day and cross my fingers.
Similar to the pan of water idea, you can also sprinkle diatomaceous earth on an outer tray and place the food container on top of that. Not great in windy locations but depends on where and how high the pan is.
I was also thinking about making a catch pole, but I don't even know if I could get her in the trap or a carrier with that so I'm holding out hope she'll decide to eat the food in the trap.
I have several cat carriers but even if she were to go in them, I think she'd escape before I could close the door or even get close. So I have the trap set with food, right by the car because she doesn't seem to want to get out from under the car.
So, the options are A) wait her out, eventually she'll need to eat and the food is in the trap (water in a corner), or B) let her go, and try to retrap her again outside.
She's about as feral as they come, moving around in the garage illicits nothing but hisses/spits and frantic jumping up the...
Almost a month ago I started volunteering with a local adoption organization, and just a week after that I saw a 4 week old kitten and mother in my driveway... they started it all, and I hope to get them yet. This has become the task I look forward to the most, caring for feral cats. I'm only...