Hello,
For the last week or so a very cute looking cat has been hanging around the back of my house. She (my roommate started calling her she and it stuck) would readily eat food and drink water when I put them out. The cat would also put her face up to the glass and my other cats would do the same. The fact that she was so hungry and thirsty made me think she was an indoor cat who had gotten out.
After not being seen for a couple of days, the cat showed up again. I have a humane trap so I loaded it with tuna, cat food, water, & treats. She got in to the trap and started licking up the water off the can of tuna. Eventually she went in farther and tripped the trap. I went out and picked up the trap and she was just going nuts. I took her to our laundry room, closed the door and let her out. She immediately ran out of the trap and started trying to jump on everything eventually jumping on the washer or dryer and then jumping behind them. She's now huddled in a corner behind the washing machine. There's a bowl of food a container of water a can of tuna (the same one that was in the trap), and a litter box. All of these things are in front of the washing machine and not behind it. Also In trying to give her an easier way out, I moved a fragile wire shelving unit and a bottle of vinegar spilled. My roommate cleaned it up, but I don't know how cat's react to vinegar.
I've looked over the washing machine and talked to her and I got some partial eye-squeezes.
Questions:
Did I do the right thing in trapping her? She seemed to react very badly, but I've only trapped my own cat and obviously he knew me.
Is it a good sign that she didn't attack me and just went for cover?
What to do next? Should I move the food closer to her so she doesn't have to venture out as far. Should I try to pet her?
Thanks for your help,
Jason M.
For the last week or so a very cute looking cat has been hanging around the back of my house. She (my roommate started calling her she and it stuck) would readily eat food and drink water when I put them out. The cat would also put her face up to the glass and my other cats would do the same. The fact that she was so hungry and thirsty made me think she was an indoor cat who had gotten out.
After not being seen for a couple of days, the cat showed up again. I have a humane trap so I loaded it with tuna, cat food, water, & treats. She got in to the trap and started licking up the water off the can of tuna. Eventually she went in farther and tripped the trap. I went out and picked up the trap and she was just going nuts. I took her to our laundry room, closed the door and let her out. She immediately ran out of the trap and started trying to jump on everything eventually jumping on the washer or dryer and then jumping behind them. She's now huddled in a corner behind the washing machine. There's a bowl of food a container of water a can of tuna (the same one that was in the trap), and a litter box. All of these things are in front of the washing machine and not behind it. Also In trying to give her an easier way out, I moved a fragile wire shelving unit and a bottle of vinegar spilled. My roommate cleaned it up, but I don't know how cat's react to vinegar.
I've looked over the washing machine and talked to her and I got some partial eye-squeezes.
Questions:
Did I do the right thing in trapping her? She seemed to react very badly, but I've only trapped my own cat and obviously he knew me.
Is it a good sign that she didn't attack me and just went for cover?
What to do next? Should I move the food closer to her so she doesn't have to venture out as far. Should I try to pet her?
Thanks for your help,
Jason M.