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Don't stress, just try your best to trap the intact male. I have an intact male coming around that is REALLY trap savvy. Even drop trap savvy. My intact does not chase my resident ferals in the colony but DOES chase other cats that come around to eat or socialize. BUT that is one situation. My experience they usually chase/fight other intact males but it can happen where if you are feeding them they will chase off the more insecure cats. I also try to feed them all together so as to let the intact male know access to food is not an issue and to make a positive association with the resident cats. But it is tricky stuff. It is very hard to know what is best to do other than make sure you get him really hungry and make sure the trap is camouflaged and hopefully he gets trapped.
I too had a coyote coming around last night. My ferals are REALLY difficult to shift feeding and they are hunting and begging when it starts and gets dark. SO FRUSTRATING. I didn't sleep last night because of the coyote worrying. All we can do is try to feed at the best times and remove food and water and hope the coyote finds easier prey. Ughhhhhhhhh. Also, try to make sure they have places to climb to escape the coyote or can't get pinned or trapped. But all we can do is our best. This is one of the most stressful things of taking care of feral colonies.
I too had a coyote coming around last night. My ferals are REALLY difficult to shift feeding and they are hunting and begging when it starts and gets dark. SO FRUSTRATING. I didn't sleep last night because of the coyote worrying. All we can do is try to feed at the best times and remove food and water and hope the coyote finds easier prey. Ughhhhhhhhh. Also, try to make sure they have places to climb to escape the coyote or can't get pinned or trapped. But all we can do is our best. This is one of the most stressful things of taking care of feral colonies.