I'm struggling to trap a couple of females that roam around my colony and have delivered a few kittens in the last two years.
Those two cats are very smart, so smart to avoid the trap even with the smelliest food in it. So far I always used tuna fish to attract all the cats to the trap, and I nearly never failed. These two cats seem totally uninterested in it.
I asked two different persons who are expert in trapping and they both told me to use a different bait, an Italian large sausage called Mortadella, I'm rather sure you know it. The two persons do not know each other, yet they gave me the same advice.
One of them, though, added that she uses a catnip spray to give the trap a "good scent" and she guarantees it to work fine.
Have you ever tried it?
I am not sure to find it in my usual stores soon, so I was thinking to prepare something similar leaving the catnip powder (usually sold with cat toys) in some water overnight and then use the solution as a spray.
Could it work?
Those two cats are very smart, so smart to avoid the trap even with the smelliest food in it. So far I always used tuna fish to attract all the cats to the trap, and I nearly never failed. These two cats seem totally uninterested in it.
I asked two different persons who are expert in trapping and they both told me to use a different bait, an Italian large sausage called Mortadella, I'm rather sure you know it. The two persons do not know each other, yet they gave me the same advice.
One of them, though, added that she uses a catnip spray to give the trap a "good scent" and she guarantees it to work fine.
Have you ever tried it?
I am not sure to find it in my usual stores soon, so I was thinking to prepare something similar leaving the catnip powder (usually sold with cat toys) in some water overnight and then use the solution as a spray.
Could it work?