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When you say leave things alone does that mean you don't think we should set a trap for him? Should we feed him normally?
He doesn't rush the door when we go in. So far he appears to be hunkering down on the far corner of the room under a table - at least when we're in there. We have been going in quietly throughout the day slowly trying to unload the things we are able to easily carry. We're hoping we'll be able to make some sort of space for a trap. We haven't fed him yet and were trying to determine whether we should wait until morning to set a trap or do so tonight.
I would love to take off the blinds - but the window is right next to the table he's camping out under. I have such limited experience with ferals, I don't know this feral at all, and any scared and trapped animal is a serious and unpredictable situation in my eyes. So I am super nervous! Do you think having the blinds up would be better? I figured it wouldn't as he might think he can get outside and ram the window, and just in the spirit of continuing the covering of animals to calm them down I figured it would be better. Do you think a view of outside might actually help calm him?
We ended up keeping the blinds up and just taped a black trash bag to the window from outside. That way the blinds are out of the way but he can't see outside. At the time it was the only thing I could think of...
And we have furniture all around! It was my foster's room before we moved her into our bedroom. But when she was in there we moved the furniture against the walls so that she basically had a catwalk that spans three of them. It also accounts for the lack of space to set a trap...
I'm very aware this is a prison for him I think that's part of why I am nervous... he's semi-escaped and I am his captor to him, haha!
He used his litter box when he was in the crate. He has that one still in his crate and I added another one in the other crate next to it. I wanted to put them out in the room (vs inside a crate) since I really, really would rather he not do his business elsewhere, but like I said, there is just not a long of space I'm betting he'll probably just go under the table he's hiding under :/ I also put some water in the other crate as well.
So should I approach this like normal trapping? As in, feed him as normal in the trap, but don't set the trap? (I don't know why that didn't occur to me...)
I know our situation is a bit confusing, so to recap, Hobo and Puff are the only ones my friend was going to take - we took them to the kennel at her new place yesterday. I was going to take Sneaky and DC for various reasons, and I will be enclosing my porch for that.
As far as the shed, I don't see how we'd be able to add ventilation. It's the landlord's shed and while she can use it, she can't make alterations to it. The shed is quite large so even if we did something simple like installing a sturdy screen door, it still wouldn't be enough. I would LOVE for them to go in that shed and it will make a fantastic winter shelter for them, but for the rest of the year it just isn't feasible
We went by this evening and put down the pallets and plywood and it worked great! If it rains a ton more we may have to add two more pallets for height. We have had horrid humidity lately. Her backyard was bad this morning, but it was so much hotter and more humid this evening - it really is like a disgusting marsh. And the cats, since we put them under a tree and by the big shed, are in the worst of it.
The mosquitoes everywhere right now are terrible. In her backyard, they are horrendous. Under the kennel... like a tropical rainforest (I even have a few bites on my face...). Is there absolutely anything we can do that is nontoxic to cats and dogs to deter the mosquitoes and prevent them from breeding (since it will remain very wet for at least the next few days)? So far I've found these two things, one for breeding, one as a repellent:
(for breeding)
Would either of these be considered toxic so long as they aren't eating it?
And any ideas about ants in the food? There's no mound, and it was too dark to know for sure, but the ants that infested their food looked like possible fire ants...
He doesn't rush the door when we go in. So far he appears to be hunkering down on the far corner of the room under a table - at least when we're in there. We have been going in quietly throughout the day slowly trying to unload the things we are able to easily carry. We're hoping we'll be able to make some sort of space for a trap. We haven't fed him yet and were trying to determine whether we should wait until morning to set a trap or do so tonight.
I would love to take off the blinds - but the window is right next to the table he's camping out under. I have such limited experience with ferals, I don't know this feral at all, and any scared and trapped animal is a serious and unpredictable situation in my eyes. So I am super nervous! Do you think having the blinds up would be better? I figured it wouldn't as he might think he can get outside and ram the window, and just in the spirit of continuing the covering of animals to calm them down I figured it would be better. Do you think a view of outside might actually help calm him?
We ended up keeping the blinds up and just taped a black trash bag to the window from outside. That way the blinds are out of the way but he can't see outside. At the time it was the only thing I could think of...
And we have furniture all around! It was my foster's room before we moved her into our bedroom. But when she was in there we moved the furniture against the walls so that she basically had a catwalk that spans three of them. It also accounts for the lack of space to set a trap...
I'm very aware this is a prison for him I think that's part of why I am nervous... he's semi-escaped and I am his captor to him, haha!
He used his litter box when he was in the crate. He has that one still in his crate and I added another one in the other crate next to it. I wanted to put them out in the room (vs inside a crate) since I really, really would rather he not do his business elsewhere, but like I said, there is just not a long of space I'm betting he'll probably just go under the table he's hiding under :/ I also put some water in the other crate as well.
So should I approach this like normal trapping? As in, feed him as normal in the trap, but don't set the trap? (I don't know why that didn't occur to me...)
I know our situation is a bit confusing, so to recap, Hobo and Puff are the only ones my friend was going to take - we took them to the kennel at her new place yesterday. I was going to take Sneaky and DC for various reasons, and I will be enclosing my porch for that.
As far as the shed, I don't see how we'd be able to add ventilation. It's the landlord's shed and while she can use it, she can't make alterations to it. The shed is quite large so even if we did something simple like installing a sturdy screen door, it still wouldn't be enough. I would LOVE for them to go in that shed and it will make a fantastic winter shelter for them, but for the rest of the year it just isn't feasible
We went by this evening and put down the pallets and plywood and it worked great! If it rains a ton more we may have to add two more pallets for height. We have had horrid humidity lately. Her backyard was bad this morning, but it was so much hotter and more humid this evening - it really is like a disgusting marsh. And the cats, since we put them under a tree and by the big shed, are in the worst of it.
The mosquitoes everywhere right now are terrible. In her backyard, they are horrendous. Under the kennel... like a tropical rainforest (I even have a few bites on my face...). Is there absolutely anything we can do that is nontoxic to cats and dogs to deter the mosquitoes and prevent them from breeding (since it will remain very wet for at least the next few days)? So far I've found these two things, one for breeding, one as a repellent:
(for breeding)
Would either of these be considered toxic so long as they aren't eating it?
And any ideas about ants in the food? There's no mound, and it was too dark to know for sure, but the ants that infested their food looked like possible fire ants...