Trapping accident... so very upset.

Originally Posted by Momofmany

The "lock" I used was twist ties or plastic straps. They work remarkably well for keeping the trap door open while you are reacclimating them to feeding them in a trap. I start by putting the food near the trap (with the door strapped open), then slowly move the food into the trap.

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OK!!! That is good advice. I do think it is a good idea sometimes to leave the trap unset so they can go in and out at will to eat and get comfortable with the trap. Thanks

Hi Laurie! I'm sending positive trapping vibes your way! And how awesome with all the fixed kitties so far this season!!!!!!!! I'm sure you'll retrap Buff Boy eventually.

Sadly, I haven't seen Buff Boy or B&W kitty since Friday. I did see a completely NEW all gray cat (like Bing but with more noticable rings on his/her tail) last night though.

TOO MANY CATS.

Buff Boy showed up this morning - and is now at the vet!

YAAAAAAAY!!!

Laurie, you're a TNR hero!

Robin

I seriously can't believe this - we trapped ANOTHER gray tabby this afternoon! I couldn't believe it when I saw the kitty eating. My eyesight for distance is terrible without my glasses (which I never wear inside), but I was sure I saw no ear tip (can be tricky to see with close angles even with the glasses). Heated up tuna, ran out, put the bowl of food up, threw the trap out with a tuna trail... and sure enough, kitty in the trap was NOT ear tipped.

This is going to drive us straight to the poor house. But really - how many gray tabbies are there out here? And I am 99% sure I saw another brown tabby - not ear tipped.

So right now left to go (that I know of LOL) are the B&W female in heat that I haven't seen since last Friday, the all gray cat that I've seen once (last night), and I think a brown tabby.

I really hope that's it.

I also REALLY hope we can nab B&W female before she shows up here with kittens.

The do all seem to come and go except for the "core four:" Mommy, Baby, Little Black Kitty, and Orange & White Boy.

Well, ANOTHER brown tabby showed up. Put out the trap, of course. Problem... Baby, LBK and Mommy were, as usual, already here and eating.

Long story short... we ended up using chicken as bait. Trapped Baby - AGAIN. As Baby already went for rabies booster, I just released the trap. Put out more chicken. Then trapped LBK AGAIN. As she already got her rabies booster, put out more chicken.

But I think the trap snapping a 2nd time sent brown tabby fleeing into the woods for good today.

Put the trap away.

Mommy, baby, and LBK are enjoying the chicken.

I just want to throw in here how AWESOME I think you are. A true angel to the kitties!

Thanks. Just one of SO MANY people out there! (And many on this site!!! ).

Here is yesterday's gray tabby. And yes, it is ANOTHER female!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was spayed this morning. Unfortunately, we'll have to release her in the rain tomorrow.

Here's the cat we missed this morning (Orange & White boy is one of the regulars around here, already TNRd):



Can anyone say... Chumley fathered a litter of kitties before we nabbed him?

Here's one of the kitties we were calling "Son of Charlie" (Chumley was named Charlie for a few months) - another female:



...and here is the B&W female in heat that we haven't seen since last Friday. Looks like Billy's genetic line is still procreating out there somewhere:

Buff Boy (I know, I know, dilute red LOL), released this afternoon. Poor fella had a boo boo on his foot. Got a shot of convenia.

Laurie, just checked into this thread and I was blown away!!!!!!!!!! You have done an astonishing, amazing job! I cannot believe how many cats you have TNRd this week. I knew buff boy would come around for you and I am sure you are soooo very relieved he came back and went easily back in the trap. The photos are great and the cats just look so fat, happy and healthy. For sure Chumley and Billy look out the window and see their relatives!! That "son of charlie" is a very handsome boy and looks like Chumley. And B&W girl looks just like handsome Billy. Great job on all fronts

p.s. Your avatar still makes me laugh , are the biscuits ready yet????!!!!!????

"Son of Charlie" actually turned out to be Daughter of Charlie!

What blows me away is that there it appears there were two brown tabbies that I thought were the same cat, and three gray tabbies that I thought were all the same cat. It kind of scares me there were this many TO trap.

...but ... goes to show the value of ear-tipping!!!!!!!

[size=-2] And no, the biscuits aren't done yet! We're just having fun making them! [/size]

Laurie, I know what you are talking about. I did trap a long-haired male over the weekend, and he is done and back outside now. Can you believe there are TWO more long-haired tabbies!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND another long-haired grey tabby just showed. I cannot keep count. The BIG daddy long-haired grey tomcat WILL not go in the trap. I will keep trying. So, I know what you are talking about. IN december, I thought there was one short-haired black kitten, turned out to be three. They just all looked the same. I believe they are related. Yogi looks exactly like Magilla, I am sure he is her brother.


p.s. that is Lazlo, isn't it, making the biscuits????? still cracks me up. It is hard to be serious with all that kneading going on...

Congrats on your long-haired male! We've never had a long-haired kitty - I can't imagine what life must be like for them outside! The very first stray that adopted us had medium-length hair, and THAT was a matted mess.

As to the avatar - nope, it's not one of our kitties. It was a free animated .gif I found searching for cat avatars. I had to remove frames from it to make it small enough to be an avatar on TCS, which is why it looks a little jerky in the movement. I'm a premium member though, so I'm allowed a bigger one than otherwise. But I should video Ming Loy kneading and snuzzling! Lazlo does (STILL!) make biscuits like crazy - but he mostly does it sitting up.

[size=+3]WE TRAPPED THE B&W FEMALE TONIGHT![/size]

I forgot to take a picture - we'll get it before we release her. This is the MOST nervous cat I have ever seen. She's shown up for the last three nights at almost 6:00pm on the button. So rather than try to put the trap out once she was here (the last two times I tried that she left and didn't come back: the first time it was for two weeks!), I made sure there was tasty food out late in the day. Obviously it worked, because she kept coming back.

So tonight, instead of putting out just food.... I set up our trap with bait trail &etc.

It worked, and we're just busting!

So we THINK there is just one cat left - a brown tabby.

Oh - and we were VERY worried about Daughter of Charlie. We hadn't seen her here since we released her. She was here today!

Amazing! Congratulations!

Laurie, You are a trappingmaniac!!!! Good for YOU and Gary , although I am sure Dot? doesn't feel that way tonight, but she will, when she doesn't have to fend kittens anymore, or go in heat anymore, and be bred by many anymore!!! Super JOB!!!

and, I know how you feel when one of them disappear for a day or so, but somehow they always show themselves to us and we are relieved to see them. Glad you saw Charlie's Daughter, or should I say Charlie's Angel . She's a cutie too!!!

"Charlie's Angel."

And at check-in, I told the receptionist I couldn't pick a name. We already had "black and white cat" in there (there've been quite a few), and I was feeling really uninspired re: names. They decided to check her in as Domino - just in case I'm wrong about her being a her, it'll work either way.

"Dot" is the new name for Little Black Kitty (LBK) - who has been with us since just before/around winter. She's so tiny, we call her L'il Dot.

Love it Domino's have Dots on them . I bet they are all related??!!!