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Does anyone have tips on how to make water bowls less prone to freezing in the winter? The water bowl is on a wooden platform in the garage, but there are no electrical outlets. I thought about getting a Styrofoam container with a lid, cutting a hole for the bowl. Would this insulate it at...

@kittychick- Thanks for your informative and uplifting post! Pearl is starting to do more normal stuff now.  I found a travel soap dish and slipped it into her cage, then put dry food.  She gobbled it up!  She liked having an actual food dish.    Now she is snoozing.  One thing...  I had...

@Zed Xyzed - Yeah, Pearl seems more relaxed now.  So now she can heal.  Anyone would feel like this after major surgery. 

@kittyluv387- I may try other foods with her later if she still doesn't eat much.  It's funny, she ate the dry food and not the wet.  Maybe she associates the wet food with being captured - I don't know.  But interesting... she ate her normal dry food, and I also gave her some dry food treats...

Pearl is back home and recovering in the basement.  I don't think she had a very good time at the vet .  Normally they keep a cat the night of surgery, and it's picked up the next day.  I think they do additional things like ear-mite stuff by the techs.  But I forget that the only ones Pearl...

kittyluv387 - Thanks!  I am so grateful to have the support of you and the others of this forum.  It helped a lot!

Zed Xyzed and KittyChick - Thanks!!!  And thanks everyone else for tips and moral support.  I'm either going to stare into space, or sleep now   Possibly both as I may be too tired to close my eyes 

Pearl is at the vet now. KFC worked! Surgery is tomorrow. I pick her up on Wednesday

I will set the trap tomorrow.  I read somewhere online to try baiting with Kentucky Fried Chicken.  I tried that - Pearl loves it!  She likes chicken more than anything. So I put several lures in today at various locations in the trap, then took a video.  I couldn't see Pearl at all, because I...

The other sweet kitten :)

This morning I had a conference call with my Nephew and BIL, who have experience with animal traps.  That was very helpful.  Maybe the most helpful part was that my nephew would offer suggestions, like put food in it ahead of time so the cat would get used to the trap (un-set).  And I would say...

Zed Xyzed - Yes, I honk at the little kitties.  Usually what I do is, I walk around my car and look for the kittens and say "Ok kitties, everyone out of the way!"  Pearl and one of the kittens always move very far away as soon as they hear the car start.  The other kitten I usually check where...

KittyChick - Thanks for the tip on mackeral!  I will try that later today.  Funny what you said on it working for "everyone" you've ever trapped Pearl seemed to like the sardines last night, which I put halfway into the carrier.  So progress is being made

KittyChick - Thanks for the uplifting post! It's good to know that cats have gone into traps repeatedly for people here.  Today I bought a variety of things:  mackerel, sardines, canned salmon...  I will test these things and see if Pearl likes them.  I read somewhere (maybe on here?)  that...

Hi Norachan - The kittens are 4.5 months old.  That is an interesting idea of putting the kitten at the other end of the trap as bait.  Have you done that technique yourself?

Hi KittyChick - Thanks for the kind words!  They are greatly appreciated, as this so far has been a hard job.  I will update you when Pearl has been captured :)  If she would only understand this is for her own good! Dee

Kittyluv387 - The 2nd kitten is doing great!  Both kittens are living the pampered lifestyle, while recovering. Pearl...  No we haven't caught her yet, but have made some progress: * the vet clinic has agreed to having us just bring her in whenever we catch her, and they will work her into the...

Oh.... well I went ahead and did it anyway.  I had brought the first kitten out to see mom cat a few days ago.  And mom cat sniffed the carrier, but didn't seem that interested.  That cat and kitten weren't that close. But this time, I brought out the 2nd kitten.  He and the mom cat were...

I have 2 kittens in the basement in separate pet carriers, recovering from neutering.  Is it a good idea to take the kittens in the carriers outside to see their mom cat?  Will it do them good to have a little visit? We have yet to catch the mom cat for spaying.