This blog was initially created to track my volunteer time at the Rome cat sanctuary in March/April 2008. That time has come and [sadly] gone, so after some thought, and rather than leave the blog idle, I have decided to record my trapping experiences whilst working with the various local Leeds cat charities.
Thursday, 26 June 2014
Trapping job just down the road...
Got a message from one of the Feral cat Welfare volunteers this week that a gentlemen was concerned about a cat that was crossing back and forwards on the busy road by Kirkstall Sports Center. I said I'd go down and take a look.
Coincidentaly, I heard a loud meowing cat in the same spot about 4-6 weeks ago on the way home from work. I did stop and tried to see if the cat was injured as it sounded in distress but couldn't see anything. I went back later with a torch as it was late by then and even after searching the area didn't see anything.
Jon, the gentleman in question, said he had been feeding the cat for the last few weeks and was concerned about it crossing the road it seemed to be hungry and lost. He said if we could trap it he would be happy to take it in.
I finally saw the cat on Tuesday night when he fed it and said if we could feed it over the next couple of days I would try and trap it Thursday night. It seemed uninjured from looking at it, but did have a loud almost-distressed meow, but put that down to it seeking attention or food.
I fed it Wednesday and it seemed pretty keen to follow me once I called it and offered it a big tin of Whiskers.
I went down tonight, armed with a trap and a tin of pilchards. Tricky set up as it is pretty over-grown where the cat is and what with bramble and grass, you could find a spare bit of ground to set the trap but then couldn't see it when you stepped back to the road so it was tricky to see if he/she was going to go in, or not, or even eating the food. Anyway, as luck would have it, we checked the trap after 10 minutes as we thought we'd heard it go off and BOOM, there she was.
JOB DONE.
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