live trap
Ditch-Runner
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we have a feral mom cat and she has "blessed us " with kittens I will guess they're about seven or eight weeks old ( see pet food cost ) I am In the process of trapping her and the kittens
I caught her once ( mom cat ) a weeks ago before the kittens when she was Pregent and put her in a feed shed and she got away, she some how found a opening I did not see see will come up and eat and stay about two feet away from us but always on time for dinner ( welfare case )
any way tonight
I started setting the live trap a few hours ago
running total as of midnight
one of the three kittens a female of course 😕
one skunk always fun to release but they have never sprayed me while releasing them and I done more than few
Update add one more skunk 😕
two opossum's
update make that four possums 🙄
and about five times trap was sprung but nothing in it
I am sure I will catch more skunks and possums before I get the other cats how ever long it takes to catch the kittens
mom cat is leery of the trap after being caught once
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You got your hands full. You're a good man.
You are setting them loose on the other side of a very busy four lane highway, right? This prevents return occupants.
Something like that.
except the cats if I can catch them its off to the vet asap for them to get fixed
I will set the trap again tonight . See what we get
Sadly yes I have fallen behind on animinal control with my 22 pistol as I have gotten older and do not put a lot of effort into it like I should and use to .
It's an expensive 'cycle': I have barn cats to keep the rodents under control. I have barn dogs to keep the bigger varmints (*, possums, skunks) from eating the cat food. Once or twice a year, I have to remove cats from the herd because there's no other cat control product(other than the huge livestock guard dogs that swallow cats whole).
I'm eating ramen noodles and the cats are gorging on 75 cent a pound cat food. In addition, my yard, driveway, and any other open or grassy area is sown with 'cat mines' (those gooey little piles that are cleverly hidden after deposit).
Oh BTW, I HATE CATS.
I have never been a cat person but over time my wife and cats have worn me down
We have a couple in the house one was just a young kitten when she was brought to us by my sons gf . The kitten was blind when we got her about 13 yrs ago long story for later Never know it to watch her
Two are closing in on 15 yrs old so we just keep them in away from the yotes and due to their age
the rest we have out buildings one we have a heater and beds for them in one if they chose
As far as the trapping
Last night I caught one more kitten
and of course another possum and one more skunk
and several times they had tripped the trap I think climbing on it
KenK: Be careful. You ever watch the series "Fear Thy Neighbor."
Disputes start off like the one you are now in, and wind up with gunfire and dead people.