The natives are getting smarter,,,,,

Those little cats are getting smart. Took us 90 minutes to get just 2 cats today. Most of the regular guys were there,including this big ginger tom who doesn't look all that well and would probably have benefited from a trip to the vets.

But would anyone go in the traps at first? NO!

Then when they did start going in, the little sods just ate all the foot infront of the foot plate and either ignored the food at the back or stretched their necks and LEANT OVER the footplate.

One little black kitten was in the damn trap 4 times, ate all the food, every time, and still never set it off :+} We were about to give up with just cats to show for our trouble when some new guys cam across road from the factory-side and these guys were on the look out for some free grub. At one point bopth traps went off within about 5 seconds of each other. We were up to five, with it now dark, so decided to call it a day. Just goes to show, trapping is no exact science, if the cats don't want to go in, they ain't going in. We even switched out bait mid-way through and swapped out pilchards, which had previously worked sop well, for some manky tinned cat food. Well, everyone like the chance of menu, but were still canny enough to bet a bit to eat without the setting the traps. It was as though they knew if they ate the first lot of food and left, we would end up replenishing it for them. Tomorrow is the last trapping day, we'll see what happens.....