Trap
day!
Do not try and trap the cat
during the heat of the day. They can easily suffer heat
stroke and die. For best results set the trap up later
in the afternoon. You want to catch them at night.
Put the trap close to the cat's
regular feeding area. Make sure that trap is level or
it will not work. Line the inside of the trap with newspaper.
This is very important. Most people forget this step.
Feral cats are smart and picky. If you do not line the
trap with newspaper, they will not enter the trap. They
do not like walking on the wire floor.
Now for bait use something that
has a pungent odor, something that they can not resist.
Tuna is always an excellent choice. Canned sardines
are usually the best. They just stink! Chicken is a
close second. Set the trap according to the instructions
and wait out of sight. Check the trap every 30 minutes.
Success!
Now that you have successfully
trapped a cat with your humane cat trap, what are you
going to do? The very first thing that you should do
is cover the trap with an old towel. This will keep
the cat calm and prevent any injury to you or the cat.
There are several choices. The
best choice would be to have the cat spayed or neutered.
This will help control the population. The second choice
would be to give the cat to a feral cat shelter, animal
shelter or your local human society.. The last choice
would be to have the cat euthanized. This should be
a last resort. |
Ok,
so you have a cat trap and you think this will be easy.
I can just set the trap up and catch some cats. Well
it is not quite that easy. These cats are wild animals
and they have a natural fear of people. They are smart.
They know what you are up to. Here are some tips that
will help you catch cats with your new cat trap.
