Any and all advice appreciated. Saw a kitten/young cat in a Walmart parking lot today. It seemed very frightened and confused. It was hiding under a tractor trailer that was parked at the edge of the parking lot. As I walked toward it, it was coming cautiously toward me but then another truck would show up and it would run back under the truck. Then it ran into a wooded area adjacent to the parking lot.
I got a trap and put some tuna in it and placed it at the woodline and waited for a couple of hours. She never showed up so I tried walking along the woods calling to her and trying to listen for something that might indicate where she was hiding. No luck.
I wanted to leave the trap and continue to come and check but an employee of the store said if I leave the trap someone would steal it in less than an hour. (He's probably right. It's in a pretty bad area.)
So I took my trap but left the tuna. My plan is to return tonight as it is getting dark and reset the trap. I'm hoping that with no trucks making deliveries at that time, she might come out. I'm off work tomorrow so I can sit and wait in that parking lot all night if I have to.
Also it has been raining all day and will continue raining for a few days. That may make trapping more difficult? Should I drape a towel over the trap because of the rain or would that spook her? Would a towel stop the smell of the tuna from wafting through the air?
Please any advice at all would be helpful. I've never trapped before. This little baby looked so frightened. I suspect someone dumped her there. Its a very dangerous place for her to be and I so badly want to help.
I got a trap and put some tuna in it and placed it at the woodline and waited for a couple of hours. She never showed up so I tried walking along the woods calling to her and trying to listen for something that might indicate where she was hiding. No luck.
I wanted to leave the trap and continue to come and check but an employee of the store said if I leave the trap someone would steal it in less than an hour. (He's probably right. It's in a pretty bad area.)
So I took my trap but left the tuna. My plan is to return tonight as it is getting dark and reset the trap. I'm hoping that with no trucks making deliveries at that time, she might come out. I'm off work tomorrow so I can sit and wait in that parking lot all night if I have to.
Also it has been raining all day and will continue raining for a few days. That may make trapping more difficult? Should I drape a towel over the trap because of the rain or would that spook her? Would a towel stop the smell of the tuna from wafting through the air?
Please any advice at all would be helpful. I've never trapped before. This little baby looked so frightened. I suspect someone dumped her there. Its a very dangerous place for her to be and I so badly want to help.