WORKING WITH US – What to expect and guidelines
- borrowing our equipment and how we can help you
- communications with us when you’re trapping cats
- working agreement you will agree to when using our equipment
- why ferals should come to us in traps vs carriers
- how we “handle” ferals (without actually touching them)
HOW TO TRAP A CAT
- baiting the trap
- setting the trap
- what type of food to put in trap
- transporting trapped cats
- transferring trapped cats into our smaller catch cages
HELPFUL STRATEGIES & ADVICE
- using trap as a feeding station to get cat used to going into trap
- trapping a cat when many other colony cats are already fixed
- when to trap / what to do when cat is captured
- when to trap and when NOT TO TRAP
- when to bring in food and why we need to feed cats and not wildlife
- what to put food on when in trap
- using food as bait and use of tough love to trap the cats
- getting cats on a feeding schedule
- talking to neighbors about TNR
- why not take ferals to the shelter
TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN / Things to consider
- why trap now vs letting cat get friendly to grab it yourself
- friendly cats outside are in peril for many reasons
- keeping feral cats feral – for their own good
- no more free kittens
- what TNR accomplishes – elimination of birth potential
- vacuum effect
- fixing colony to 100%
- continuing colony management
- fixing pregnant cats
A huge thank you to CAROL’S FERALS for their expert advice and for allowing us to share their knowledge!
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