Fingers, and paws crossed for a successful capture. never refer to the trap as a "trap" while the cat's in earshot...call it "The Silver Diner" and you'll get him! Catnip is the paws down best bait for tom cats, hope you have some. I once trapped a tom cat by first trapping the female he was after (she was in heat). I transfered her into a carrier, put the carrier with the yowling female behind the trap, and had him in 30 seconds lol! Both of their active sex lives ended the next day.