Beautiful stray cat

She visits me everyday and rubs all over my legs. She also lets me pet her and doesnt ever seem aggressive. She rolls on the floor in front of me all the time. I feed her and Ive been trying to catch her but I dont have a trap. She goes into my carrier about 3/4 of the way but then gets scared when I try to close it and growls a little. Should I keep trying to catch her? I have never done this before and sometimes I feel bad about taking her off the street if thats what she's used to?

Thank you for caring for her, she sounds like a sweetheart.
I would definitely try to catch her--could you pick her up while she is eating?
Yeah, she won't like it at the time, but she should really be seen by a wet for a general check up and scanned for a microchip.
Do you know if she's been spayed? Some of the behaviors the cat is exhibiting point to being in heat--although not the typical time of year for that.

Can you get a thick blanket and grab her in it and then put her in the crate?

Thanks for taking care of her! She sounds sweet!

I tried looking and I think it's a girl. Not sure if she's spayed. Wouldn't know how to tell. I'm too scared to try anything and risk being scratched since I don't know how her health is. I was thinkin g of getting some big gloves from Home Depot and doing it that way. :/

If you can get her about 3/4 of the way in you might be able to get her the rest of the way inside by blocking the exit.  When I had to get my stray into the carrier, I started feeding him in it.  Put really yummy way in it.  If you think you have some time, do it gradually.  Start with the food right at the entrance and then each day move it back a little further.  Once my stray was used to the carrier, he would go right inside for the food.  Yet, some days he would leave his tail out a bit.  So what I did, I got a chair pad or a small sturdy piece of cardboard or wood that you can cover the opening.  I used a thick foam chair pad that was just a bit bigger than the opening.  Once he was most of the way inside.  I put the chair pad over the opening so he couldn't escape and quickly zipped it shut.  I then covered the carrier with a sheet so that he would calm down. 

Yet if possible, you might want to get a trap and get her right to a vet.  Many vets will have stand by appointments for strays/ferals.  You might call around and see.

It came inside my house but I couldn't keep it here cause of my girl Dora. So now it's in the basement with some food. Is that the right thing to do for now?

kittykat718 said:

It came inside my house but I couldn't keep it here cause of my girl Dora. So now it's in the basement with some food. Is that the right thing to do for now?

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Definitely keep her inside.  Put some food either inside a carrier or just out so she has something to eat.  Have a litter box for her as well as a safe place to hide.  Once you feel comfortable getting her into a carrier, make a vet appt. for her.

If you can, get her into a room by herself (a spare room, a spare bath).  Anyplace where you can confine her.  You do this for two reasons.  Cats grow more comfortable when they have  safe place to hide while they check out their new environment.  Secondly, you need to be able to get to her for a lot of reasons.

If you do not have a spare room, a large dog crate in the basement is fine.  The entire basement offers too many opportunities for her to hide/get into trouble.  If it is all you have, though, don't worry.  Just get her into a routine down there - feeding at the same time, a litter box, a place to sleep.  BTW - if she doesn't use the litter box, put a few dried leaves or regular garden dirt on top of the litter.  She's used to using that and may not recognize cat litter for what it is!

Get her to the vet as soon as you can and thank you for helping her!

I still don't have her. I had to let her go but I now have a cat trap ready to use. Only problem is I can't afford vet care. I can't find any programs to help me get her spayed vaccinated and tested for very low cost or free. My care credit is maxed out cause of my own cat. Why do they make it so difficult for people who want to help. Every day she's out there my heart is breaking

kittykat718 said:

I still don't have her. I had to let her go but I now have a cat trap ready to use. Only problem is I can't afford vet care. I can't find any programs to help me get her spayed vaccinated and tested for very low cost or free. My care credit is maxed out cause of my own cat. Why do they make it so difficult for people who want to help. Every day she's out there my heart is breaking

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New York City has a feral cat program in place.

http://www.nycferalcat.org/

Check out the "Services" link. It looks like there's some info there on low-cost/free TNR services.

UPDATE

We caught her and turns out its  HIM lol. Hes a sweet sweet boy. He was already neutered which is why we couldnt tell. He has a clean bill of health and has been flea bathed. He is loving all this attention and we are all so happy he is off the street. He really wasnt a street cat. You could tell from a mile away. Now we are trying to figure out who will keep him. He has plenty of options which is great. Thank you all for the suggestions

So glad to hear this.  Thank you so much for the update and for caring for him!