Okay...it is the night before my first trapping. Intend to capture one of the adult females from a colony in my backyard. I have a good idea on who needs to go first...but at this point any one of them is better than none.
My appointment with vet. is around 9am...no food or water for the female.
I have borrowed a cage...it is not a true trap but the females are extremely friendly toward me and I'm pretty sure I can simply "scoot" one of them into the cage.
I have lined the cage with a clean towel and at one end of the cage I have shredded some paper to act as litter...or dirt in her case. I have an old sheet that fits over the entire cage to block all views in & out.
I am soooo nervous about this. I have never tried to trap one of them before. I MUST get this done. The three females within the last 5-weeks alone have had 15 kittens. My intentions are to get all 3 females done first and then call in the experts for the males who are unapproachable.
Am I forgetting anything here?
My appointment with vet. is around 9am...no food or water for the female.
I have borrowed a cage...it is not a true trap but the females are extremely friendly toward me and I'm pretty sure I can simply "scoot" one of them into the cage.
I have lined the cage with a clean towel and at one end of the cage I have shredded some paper to act as litter...or dirt in her case. I have an old sheet that fits over the entire cage to block all views in & out.
I am soooo nervous about this. I have never tried to trap one of them before. I MUST get this done. The three females within the last 5-weeks alone have had 15 kittens. My intentions are to get all 3 females done first and then call in the experts for the males who are unapproachable.
Am I forgetting anything here?