I need to borrow/rent a remote control trigger for my Tomahawk drop trap. My indoor cat has been located after being missing for 2 months but I have to trap him. I have my drop trap set to display in an area where he has been sighted. Can't use string (which is what I usually use) to pull the trap for logistical reasons. Need the RC to trap him ASAP. He is in some danger from other animals, traffic and some people in the neighborhood who would do him hard. I live in NJ. Am willing to drive some up to 2 hours to pick one up.
-
Too many ads? Join our community of cat lovers now to reduce ads by 90%! Click here to join for free!
Need Remote Control for Drop Trap ASAP
- Thread starter lemonlime
- Start Date
- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #2
Can you rent what you need somewhere? Or talk to a rescue in your area to see if they have one? This is an international site and finding someone who has exactly what you are looking for is like looking for a needle in a haystack. That's not really what we're set up to do here.
Wishing you all the luck in the world getting your little one back.
Wishing you all the luck in the world getting your little one back.
Once you have been a member for a bit longer, and have...um...I think 20 posts (thereabouts) you'll get an "edit" button once you've posted.
MEANWHILE, back to the main issue...this was the result page for a quick search. Hope it helps. It's just general for NJ, since I didnt' have an exact area. cat rescue new jersey - Bing
MEANWHILE, back to the main issue...this was the result page for a quick search. Hope it helps. It's just general for NJ, since I didnt' have an exact area. cat rescue new jersey - Bing
I don't, but I've been told the same thing that you both recommended already -- that if you call around to the rescues, they can either help or point you in the right direction re: borrowing a trap. NJ is a ridiculously long state, so where he is at matters.
- Thread Starter Thread Starter
- #7
I trapped my cat just over a week ago @ 2:30 am with my Tomahawk drop trap using the thin rope. I am very experienced using my drop trap and was finally able to do it with a rope because a kind woman let me use her backyard to do so.
A few days earlier I had set the drop trap on another property which didn't work for the rope which is why I was looking for a remote in case I had to keeping try to trap him in the earlier location.
After calling every rescue and other resource I could find, a very kind woman loaned me her remote (had to drive almost 2 hours to borrow it) but it didn't work well in testing so I went with the rope, and was able to do so in the location I mentioned in the first paragraph.
I was racing against time to find him.I had been looking for him almost constantly since he had gone missing 54 days before.
He is an older cat and the sighting reports I got indicated he was not doing well. Now safe and secure in my house (he has been an indoor only cat since I rescued him 6 years ago, he only got out because I stupidly left a window screen up, which I have never done before), he has been at vet almost daily since I got him back because he now has life threatening health issues.
Right now I am still trying to make sure right that he doesn't die and I sure have the vet bills to prove it. I was desperate for the remote because I was desperate to find him. My heart is broken over what he went through and I need to nurse him back to health. Sorry if I didn't follow the exact rules of your website when I was just desperately trying to find a way to get him back.
A few days earlier I had set the drop trap on another property which didn't work for the rope which is why I was looking for a remote in case I had to keeping try to trap him in the earlier location.
After calling every rescue and other resource I could find, a very kind woman loaned me her remote (had to drive almost 2 hours to borrow it) but it didn't work well in testing so I went with the rope, and was able to do so in the location I mentioned in the first paragraph.
I was racing against time to find him.I had been looking for him almost constantly since he had gone missing 54 days before.
He is an older cat and the sighting reports I got indicated he was not doing well. Now safe and secure in my house (he has been an indoor only cat since I rescued him 6 years ago, he only got out because I stupidly left a window screen up, which I have never done before), he has been at vet almost daily since I got him back because he now has life threatening health issues.
Right now I am still trying to make sure right that he doesn't die and I sure have the vet bills to prove it. I was desperate for the remote because I was desperate to find him. My heart is broken over what he went through and I need to nurse him back to health. Sorry if I didn't follow the exact rules of your website when I was just desperately trying to find a way to get him back.
I'm so happy you got him back, and so sorry to hear that's he's in bad shape.
I don't see where you didn't follow any rules here
. Anyway, if there's anything you need over in the Health Forum, please ask. We may have some members who can offer advise on what ails your old guy.
I don't see where you didn't follow any rules here
. Anyway, if there's anything you need over in the Health Forum, please ask. We may have some members who can offer advise on what ails your old guy.
Just get a regular live trap and try that. I have caught a lot of ferals using mine. Just be near when you use it. If he is that hungry, he will go in. They are at Tractor supply and most farm supple stores.
