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Good News! I set up the drop trap Friday after the painters left. Kismet was kind enough to come by at 8:30 PM. The remote worked flawlessly. You should have heard him...you'd think we were killing him! We got him calmed down and herded into the transfer cage. Once inside in the bedroom, we...

The cat I'm trying to catch is actually one of my own. He somehow slipped out last week. The house painters were not always good about making sure the door into the cat enclosure was shut or the gate from the fenced patio (cat fencing) was locked. I've seen Kismet on video. He only comes...

Good news on the Panda front. Last night I saw glowing eyes in our back yard and confirmed it was her. We have a low deck, left over from a pool, and lots of bushes in that area, so it's perfect for a kitty to hide in. I put out food for her in the area, and will continue to do so. I've also...

Somewhat sad update: We've decided to release Tiny Tabby (as we ended up calling her). After a week of working with her, she still hides as soon as she hears us. She does come out to play, and will only eat in our presence if the food is very close to where she is hiding (i.e. she doesn't have...

She was spayed. That's the policy at the low cost spay/neuter place I took her to. My personal philosophy is if the cat looks pregnant, let her have the kittens. But Panda is less than 5 months old...she should definitely not be having kittens at her age. We are leaving her alone in the cage...

UPDATE: Looks like little Panda is only 4-5 months old. She was already pregnant, poor thing. We have her in a cage in our house and will try to tame her. We've had mixed results with our "house feral" Coconut. We'll just have to take it a day at a time. If she can be tamed, she will become cat...

So Wednesday I was picking up food from Panda Express (a chain Chinese food place). It's near a major street and other food places, so there are a lot of cars. As I'm pulling in, I see a young tabby cat/older kitten. When I approach the cat (as any good cat person would do), it goes down a storm...

Well, first attempt at trapping didn't work. He sat for an hour waiting for the food bowl and ignoring the (warmed) tuna and other food in the trap. I think he's been trapped before. Since it was pretty cold, I caved and put out the regular food. The next day he seemed to be moving better...

Wish me luck with trapping. One of the ferals who comes to my feeding station is not putting weight on one of his back legs. I've had camera issues, so I haven't been able to check on the ferals for a few weeks. I just got the camera going two nights ago and saw him limping. I've talked to my...

August update on Coconut: Well, progress is still being made but slowly. When she is tired, and especially when she is in the bed, she can be petted, and purrs. The distance she keeps from us (outside of the bedroom) is slowly shrinking. We can now get close to her without her leaving...unless...

May 20 Update: Coconut is now "mostly" a former feral. She is happy indoors, will sleep on the bed some nights (or like last night, on ME), plays with the other cats, and purrs up a storm at times. I can pet her when she is sleepy or if I have treats. With time, I know she will complete the...

Update: Backwards steps...and maybe a big step forward. Letting Coconut out into the house wasn't working. She could avoid us, and did. If we got within a few feet, she'd go somewhere else. Even if she was eating...she'd leave the room. So, she's back in the bedroom...and I'm looking for ways...

April 4 Update - good news! In the time since her spay, Coconut has started allowing us to pet her. It has to be when she is sleepy, but she doesn't move away or cringe.  After a week of that, we decided to let her have the run of the main floor. The decision was mostly because I needed sleep...

Progress!!!!  Letting Coconut back out into the bedroom was the best idea. She was SO happy to get out of the cage, she ran around for quite awhile. That was Tuesday AM. We did get her into the cage Tuesday night. She wasn't happy, but settled down. Wednesday, we actually got to touch her! ...

March 21 update... Coconut has recovered from her spay. She is interested in play again. I can pet her and she tolerates it...even somewhat starts to like it. We think we have come up with a way to give her more freedom while also allowing me to get enough sleep. We're going to move her cage...

Thanks, all. I was pretty frustrated when I wrote this.  Coconut is spayed and back in the cage. The vet thinks she's 6-9 months old...so she was 4-7 months old when we trapped her. I'm going with 6 months as a number. This explains why taming has gone slowly. She's actually made a lot of...

Well, it's been frustrating the last few weeks. Coconut has loved having room to run around and play...but she has made no progress in allowing us to touch her or even approach her. She is in getting spayed today. Since she was starting to go into heat again...it was definitely time. When she...

Thanks for the great idea of the "petter". We have been running the wand toy over her back when we can, and she seems to be better with that. But the petter wand sounds like the next step up. We are spending as much time as we can with her. Sometimes just sitting on the bed "being there" and...

Getting Coconut into the bedroom from the large cage was both good and bad. She's much happier and can run around, being a kitten. She will get close to us when playing, but she does not approach us of her own free will. If we approach close to her, she runs and hides (though only for a short...

UPDATE: Things are going well!  Coconut was out and playing last night. She retreats under the bed or other hiding spaces when the door is opened, but comes back out quickly. She is SO happy to have more space. I had her running around chasing a string toy, across the floor, up on the bed...