ANY TIPS ON TRAPPING A FERAL
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:35 pm
I have borrowed a trap from Cats protection but my little friend is fairly nervous and I can only get about 2/3 ft away before he runs off, he is a unneutered male and I have already made arrangements and sorted out a neutering voucher, we will scan him first of course just in case but he is fairly feral. We borrowed a trap that closes from the inside and on both occasions that he has gone into the trap he stretches himself out so he has one paw at the back just in case (I think he may have experienced trapping before) so he steps on the plate with his front paws and that triggers the door to close but it hits him on the back and he is very wary about going in now. I have borrowed a hand trap so we will see if that works. He is spraying everywhere and he bit my cat Poppy on the back not hard but just enough to try and lord it over her, hes not overly aggressive but hes just trying to stake his claim I guess. I managed to trap a feral a few years ago in a normal cat carrier but she was friendly and went straight in after a few weeks. Does anyone have experience with the traps that close from the outside as I may have to buy one if I cannot borrow one, he must be caught.