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Hello!
We've been feeding a stray cat for over a year now. When we realised we were feeding him (he was sneaking in to our house and eating leftover cat food scraps) we got him neutered and he had a lot of dental work done. Our aim was to keep him indoors with our other cats, but he escaped. He has been living in our garden for maybe 4 months now, coming in to eat and sleep or when he thinks we can't see him.
He is very, very, very scared of humans. Through months of trying I can now sit next to him when he eats and he'll stay in the same room as me. Weirdly, sometimes I wake up at night and he's in our bedroom watching us sleep!
If I come home drunk after a night out he will happily sit with me and let me sing Gangsta's Paradise to him. He is still terrified of my boyfriend though.
We are moving house in 2 months time and want to take him with us. What's the best way to trap him? If we use a humane trap we only have one chance, but none of us can get close enough to him to grab him and put him in a cage.
Also, is it fair to take him with us? Maybe he likes the hobo life?
What would you guys do?
ps. He doesn't have a chip and I put up posters, emailed every vet in London, put up online notices everywhere etc. The animal rescue place said he is definitely a stray.
We've been feeding a stray cat for over a year now. When we realised we were feeding him (he was sneaking in to our house and eating leftover cat food scraps) we got him neutered and he had a lot of dental work done. Our aim was to keep him indoors with our other cats, but he escaped. He has been living in our garden for maybe 4 months now, coming in to eat and sleep or when he thinks we can't see him.
He is very, very, very scared of humans. Through months of trying I can now sit next to him when he eats and he'll stay in the same room as me. Weirdly, sometimes I wake up at night and he's in our bedroom watching us sleep!
We are moving house in 2 months time and want to take him with us. What's the best way to trap him? If we use a humane trap we only have one chance, but none of us can get close enough to him to grab him and put him in a cage.
Also, is it fair to take him with us? Maybe he likes the hobo life?
What would you guys do?
ps. He doesn't have a chip and I put up posters, emailed every vet in London, put up online notices everywhere etc. The animal rescue place said he is definitely a stray.