Home For Cat *UPDATE POST #40* Please Look! - I need Help with this one

[Anikaca77]

Thank you for your donations.

I tried to get this girl tonight but she just wouldn't get in the trap. I'm going to try again tomorrow morning around 4 a.m.

I saw her several times though and she doesn't look pregnant yet but I'm sure if she continues to stay out there she will become.

Thank you again for the donations.
Melissa

[Anikaca77]

Yesterday was a very long long day.

I got up at 4 a.m. and was outside the apartment complex by 4:10 a.m. and set up by 4:20 a.m.

I waited and waited. Around 5:15 a.m. I saw the big orange fluffy cat that didn't bother going in the trap either.

I waited some more and finally saw her. I was so hoping she would go in the trap but instead she walked around it and then ran off across the parking lot to another area and I couldn't find her.

I waited some more, I even went over to the trap and the food was frozen so I removed it and put some dry cat food down and went back to the car and waited.

She came around again but then she left. Probably around 9:45 a.m. I gave up and came home for a bit and go showered and warmed up and went back out around 11 a.m. and saw her. She was back and I really wanted to get her and I could tell she was so hungry.

She got scared when I brought the trap back and wouldn't come out. I waited till around 1 p.m. and then I left and kept going back to check on the trap till 5 p.m. and nothing.

I can't seem to get her or the orange one.

I don't know what I'm doing wrong, I tried sardins, tuna fish, dry cat food, can cat food, I covered the trap, I even put a blanket inside the trap so she wouldn't see the bottom of the cage but nothing.

I'm very frustrated and I just want her to get in the trap.

After spending all weekend out there waiting for her to come around and get in the trap I was very upset last night, I just feel like a failure. I tried so hard to get her and couldn't.

Melissa

[moosmom]

Wait a couple of days. At this point another day or two isn't going to hurt. This way she'll be REAL hungry, providing no one else feeds her.

Are you covering the bottom of the trap with dry leaves or a hand towel to disguise the feel on her pads.

Good luck, Melissa!

[Anikaca77]

True.

I just feel bad not feeding her to be honest, I went out there yesterday and she was hiding beside the pine tree waiting for food.

She so wants to come with me and I can tell but she just won't.

I put a towel down inside of the cage with the food on it so she wouldn't feel the cage but she just won't go all the way in.

I'm going to try again maybe tomorrow night.

Thanks,
Melissa

Wait a couple of days. At this point another day or two isn't going to hurt. This way she'll be REAL hungry, providing no one else feeds her.

Are you covering the bottom of the trap with dry leaves or a hand towel to disguise the feel on her pads.

Good luck, Melissa!

[Lilith Cherry]

Good luck catching her when you try again, Melissa. You are such a lovely person to do this!

[Anikaca77]

Good luck catching her when you try again, Melissa. You are such a lovely person to do this!

Thank you for saying that. I really hope I get her too. I feel so bad for her out there in the cold but I'm not giving up just yet!

[Medusa]

Thank you for saying that. I really hope I get her too. I feel so bad for her out there in the cold but I'm not giving up just yet!

When I was trapping and finding homes for cats, Melissa, there were some that were just as obstinate as could be. I finally managed to trap them by holding back all food, as cruel as I felt, until the 4th or 5th day and by then they were so hungry that they walked into the trap. Problem is that even though they were placed in homes, they ran away and came back to their old spot, so don't be surprised if that happens. However, if you have them altered, at least that will be one less problem to deal with. There's one cat, old Tom, that I never was able to trap. He was just too darned crafty and I felt bad about it b/c that boy needed to be neutered! Sometimes it just doesn't work, honey, and we have to comfort ourselves w/knowing that we tried our best and hardest. It's tough, though, when the weather is so brutally cold. We feel that they should be eager for warmth and food and shelter but they're so used to being feral and running free that a new life is just too frightening for them.

[Anikaca77]

Well I tried again last night, I tried Wednesday night too but she wasn't around and my back was killing me so I didn't stay too long.

I went back last night though and saw her. She is so cute. I want to trap her so badly. So I put some fresh sardines in the trap and got back into my car and parked in a different spot.

I saw her go into the trap to get some of the food but then she backed out and wouldn't go back in.

I went over and she stayed nearby and watched me put more food in the trap and then I went back to my car and she started pushing the trap around (I only have a little trap, that's all I could borrow) and she got some of the food.

She's a smart little devil. I went back to the trap and moved it back to where I had it and tried to call her out but she wouldn't move.

After a while of siting there I saw the orange fluffy cat again walk past my car on the left side and he started to head towards the trap that I had set up and I knew she was nearby and as soon as he got close enough she took off from under the trees across the parking lot.

She must be scared of him. Poor girl. So I waited a little while to see if she'd come back but she didn't so I gave up for last night.

I'm going to try again tonight if I can.

Melissa

[Tora Oni]

Well what I think would do is maybe do a trail sometimes I don't know about cats but they have to have some will power so try Cod Liver Oil to lace on the sardines or something. Its smell is strong, and I used it to cover up pill taste. Another idea is trail the food into the cage, I'm sure you tried this but hey I think I should mention it at least, she may forget about her worries once she starts getting a taste of that food.

I also might try dangling a mouse toy preferably a realistic maybe even rabbit fur fresh one, no other cat scent on it. Just another desperate attempt to lure the girl in.

[Anikaca77]

I FINALLY GOT HER LAST NIGHT !!!!!!!

Last night I set out the trap with sardines in the trap and I waited and waited and got her.

This was very different than any other time though that I've trapped cats. I didn't know that I even got her till I drove my car past the trap and saw her siting in the trap and she didn't freak or anything until I walked up to her and then she freaked a little bit but now she's calm and in my bathroom.

I took some pictures of her and I will post them a little later but right now we are getting ready to drive to Sharon, PA and give her to this very nice lady who is going to foster her and then will find her a forever home.

She is so cute and so pretty.

This morning around 4:30 a.m. I woke up to my husband saying the bathroom door was wide open, we are not sure how that happened but she is in a cage right now so I wasn't too worried but I still didn't want anyone coming in contact with her without know if she is FIV/FELV combo tested although we trapped a bunch of cats from that same area who tested negative.

So back to the bathroom issue, when I went into the bathroom Ashley, our tortie who doesn't like new cats or some of our cats that why we have to keep her in the bedroom with only the cats she likes, well she was sitting on top of the girls cage. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was so weird.

I took her off though and shut the bathroom door.

This sweet girl cat did let me pet her although she is very scared right now but by this evening I'm sure she will be so happy and warm.

Thank you all for your donation and prays and I'm so glad this worked out.

Melissa

[Medusa]

Oh how wonderful, Melissa! I'm so glad to hear that she'll soon be in a permanent home. Yay! And kudos to you, girl!

[moosmom]

Great job, Melissa!!!

That is wonderful that she's not feral. Poor little girl. Are you sure it's a girl? I rescued a tortie one time and it turned out to be male.

Never say never! Again, great job, girl!!

[catmandu]

From a Rescued Momma cat to another.
You are one Lucky Cat and thanks to a Kind Hearted Pet Talker Lady , you are going to a Great Furr Ever Home!!!

God Bless You Melissa!!

[Lilith Cherry]

Oh I am so happy that you managed to get her! Have a safe trip to Sharon and home again

[phesina]

Well done, Melissa and little tortie! And thank you for caring about her and seeing that she will go to a good home.