The stray cat that's been lurking around my house every evening for his dinner is proving to be so much harder to trap than I imagined. He set off the trap once, from the outside, not sure how, but since then, he never goes near the trap. I've tried draping a towel around the whole trap and leaving just the side of the trap door open as well as not using a towel at all.
He's much too smart for his own good!
Does anyone have any suggestions for me?
I've been thinking of somehow trapping him INSIDE because right when you enter the house, there's this long hall and I can keep all the doors closed, so it's a small enclosed area, but what the heck am I supposed to do after that? I feed him right in front of the door, so I'm sure if I put the bowls inside the hall instead and have two people come from either side on the outside, he'll have nowhere to run but INTO the hallway.
Is this a smart move? I have no idea. I also can't contain him in that hall for long because it's shared with my landlord and he has no idea I've been feeding the cat. He'd throw a fit.
Here's a pic of the smart cat himself:
Thanks for reading.
P.S. Does he look fat to you? I feed him 1/3 cup of dry food only for dinner and I'm not sure whether anyone else is feeding him. He's quite meaty, so if not, he's obviously getting an abundance of food from somewhere else. He doesn't just walk; he wobbles. Should I be worrying that his weight might slow him down outside?
He's much too smart for his own good!
Does anyone have any suggestions for me?
I've been thinking of somehow trapping him INSIDE because right when you enter the house, there's this long hall and I can keep all the doors closed, so it's a small enclosed area, but what the heck am I supposed to do after that? I feed him right in front of the door, so I'm sure if I put the bowls inside the hall instead and have two people come from either side on the outside, he'll have nowhere to run but INTO the hallway.
Is this a smart move? I have no idea. I also can't contain him in that hall for long because it's shared with my landlord and he has no idea I've been feeding the cat. He'd throw a fit.
Here's a pic of the smart cat himself:
Thanks for reading.
P.S. Does he look fat to you? I feed him 1/3 cup of dry food only for dinner and I'm not sure whether anyone else is feeding him. He's quite meaty, so if not, he's obviously getting an abundance of food from somewhere else. He doesn't just walk; he wobbles. Should I be worrying that his weight might slow him down outside?