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Hi all. New to the board.
I have a small feral black cat who's been visiting my back porch for about the last year and a half. It's all jet black from head to tip of tail without any spots and I think it's a Bombay breed but not sure. At first, I showed no interest in having a stray cat around my house, but this little sweetie kept showing up and giving me a very forlorn look like it was hungry. So I finally gave in and started feeding it hot dogs, leftover chicken and sliced turkey. So now this cat shows up every day for dinner! Needless to say, I now consider this cat my "pseudo pet".
My big question now is --- I noticed recently the cat has a bad case of mange. Doesn't look like infected sores or bleeding, although I can only get withing about 3 feet of it before it gets scared and scurries away. I want to take the cat to a vet to get checked out, and also get some routine vaccines that are probably long overdue.
What is the best way to capture a wild cat without causing it to freak out and possibly bite or scratch me to get away? I'm assuming that buying a pet carrier would be the obvious choice, but I'm afraid I will lure the cat into the carrier with a tasty snack and when I go to close the cage door, it will FREAK OUT and escape and never wanna go into the carrier again. I also thought about throwing a large blanket over it but this will surely cause a feline freak out, yes?
I'm not really in the mood to get tetanus and rabies shot all because a feral cat goes beserk on me when I try to capture it. Any ideas?
I have a small feral black cat who's been visiting my back porch for about the last year and a half. It's all jet black from head to tip of tail without any spots and I think it's a Bombay breed but not sure. At first, I showed no interest in having a stray cat around my house, but this little sweetie kept showing up and giving me a very forlorn look like it was hungry. So I finally gave in and started feeding it hot dogs, leftover chicken and sliced turkey. So now this cat shows up every day for dinner! Needless to say, I now consider this cat my "pseudo pet".
My big question now is --- I noticed recently the cat has a bad case of mange. Doesn't look like infected sores or bleeding, although I can only get withing about 3 feet of it before it gets scared and scurries away. I want to take the cat to a vet to get checked out, and also get some routine vaccines that are probably long overdue.
What is the best way to capture a wild cat without causing it to freak out and possibly bite or scratch me to get away? I'm assuming that buying a pet carrier would be the obvious choice, but I'm afraid I will lure the cat into the carrier with a tasty snack and when I go to close the cage door, it will FREAK OUT and escape and never wanna go into the carrier again. I also thought about throwing a large blanket over it but this will surely cause a feline freak out, yes?
I'm not really in the mood to get tetanus and rabies shot all because a feral cat goes beserk on me when I try to capture it. Any ideas?