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

[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.