Robin
New Member
OK. I did not catch any last night. Turns out the can of wet cat food I used as bait got wedged under the trap release. Cat was able to clean the can without tripping the trap.
Moved the can out of the way today. Rebaited with some Popeye's chicken skin. Caught the black long hair kitten/cat. It's not yet full grown, but not as small as a 12 week old kitten. I'd say 1/3-1/2 grown. VERY active running back and forth in the trap. Nice heavy work glove on hand.
Unfortunately, in my attempt to move it to a carrier, it got away. Will try again when/if I catch it. As of now, my plan is to borrow a much larger carrier from my in-laws, put the carrier on end, open the door, insert the trap into the carrier, open the bottom end of the trap and dump the cat in the carrier, remove trap and slam carrier door shut in the face of the cat as it tries to jump out.
Any better ideas? Anybody have some tranq darts I can use?
The larger dog carriers do good the door opening is big enough to slip the have a heart trap into the opening. We have used that many time with success.