Trapping feral cats How to use a drop trap for cats TNR feral cats (trap neuter return

[@SabrinaComer-j2b]

Do y’all have a video on converting the old live traps to transfer cages?

[@JohnLewien]

How is the door constructed for the drop trap? I Can't tell for sure from the video. Are the pipes notched or in a track? Thank you for your help and all you do. What is the door made of? Got the trap built. Just need to insert the door.

[@NicksWhipShop]

My indoor girl of 9 years has been gone for 22 days now, but has made 3 appearances on the security cam in our yard (the most recent was last night). I see her and call her, but she runs off every time like she doesn't even know me. She won't enter conventional traps with food (only sticks her head in briefly), even with catnip, or her blankets with her smell on them in and around the traps. This feels like our last chance. We've been searching the neighborhood every night with her favorite rattling toys, clanking ceramic food bowls together, calling her, even using a thermal IR camera that I bought, but never find her when we are searching. I'm going to use one of these and I hope so badly that it works... Thank you for the video.

[@WVPetProject]

Hope you find her!!! Good luck! 💕

[@NicksWhipShop]

@@WVPetProject Thank you so much! As I type this I am sitting in my living room, closely monitoring a drop trap that I made last night. The string runs through a slightly opened window and is channeled through a PVC pipe. I have high hopes!

[@NicksWhipShop]

3:30am this morning I got my girl back after 26 long days!!! I can't thank you enough for making this video. It was the inspiration for me to build one of these, and is ultimately the reason my cat is sleeping on my lap right now. Thank you so much!

[@samanthagaboo5610]

I'm new to TNR. Planning to assist elderly lady that has 30 on her property. Shame part is Humane Society here, can only give me 2 spots a week. It will be a long process.

[@WVPetProject]

For sure! I have been thinking about doing a video about what the pandemic has done to animal rescue ( surgeries stopped for months causing huge back log, etc) , but, slow is better than not at all- good job and good luck!

[@juliecloudt3472]

I understand! I am trapping cats from our city park. Animal Control is so full they can't take them. City Council won't help us. And the only feral spay/neuter is 40 miles away and will give us only, maybe, one space a week. So I bought a feral cat box and keep one at a time in my home until there becomes a spot available.

[@julieb_2323]

If you get 3 with ear tip, and one without, how do you keep just the one without the ear tip? I just bought a drop trap and have only a few left from a colony I’ve been TNR’ing, I have a few they won’t go inside a trap and several ear tipped that aren’t scared of the trap, so they enter, eat and wait to be let out. :-/

[@samanthagaboo5610]

@julieb_2323 so on a drop trap, you have a door. You throw that sheet on the drop cage as soon as it drops. You slide the SINGLE TNR cage against the closed drop cage door, open the single cage door...now open the drop cage door. 1 cat runs to the single cage door you drop both doors. Inspect it. If it had the ear tipped I would let it go and continue... Until I got the one without the ear tip. My cages and drop cage were purchased from tomahawk. Size of the size of the doors were the same. I don't remember wearing gloves but maybe that's safe once the cat.. is inside that single cage and it's the one you want throw that towel on it. I did start that colony and I did end up T&r like over 40 cats

[@andromedastar1]

Great video. I have 3 TNR that live on my place plus a stray that’s been hanging around for a couple of months he is semi friendly he’s not ear tipped and I noticed this past Thursday he has a badly damaged left eye and I’ve been trying to trap with a traditional trap. He went halfway in and it sprang and he backed out so I’m trying to get a drop trap organized quickly because he needs veterinarian care. I have a reputable feral clinic that neuters for 119.00

[@bluejay6470]

Would love a tutorial on how to make that trap. Got 2 kittens trying to catch.

[@andromedastar1]

Traditional have a heart works great for kittens.

[@juliecloudt3472]

I would love to know how to make the trap. I think we have all figured out except how to make the door. I have a feral cat box for the transfer but how does your door open and how do you add it to the trap? Thank you very much.

[@WVPetProject]

I believe it is attached with a couple of pieces of metal. Next time we are out with it, I am going to try to get a video showing each section of it

[@operationfancyfree6544]

She counted 8 + 4 across the road. So 12 remain. We returned the 15 this evening. 9 males 6 females

[@margemurphy3398]

Congratulations!! 🎈

[@michele4357]

I need this for my giant maine coon Tom spraying everywhere !!!

[@Lulu-kt6gr]

I need help trapping an indoor feral who is ill. I trapped her and she has lived indoors with my two other cats for 2 1/2 years. They’ve gotten along fine and she seems to trust me but doesn’t let me pet her. She will sniff my hand. NOW she is ill- she somehow injured her eye and cannot see the food well enough to eat. She’s getting thin and weak and I need to get her to a veterinarian! I tried cornering her thinking I could pick her up but instead she gave my bf a nasty bite. He was treated with antibiotics. I’m scared she’s on her last legs! My next “plan” is to cover her with a cardboard box (during the small window of evening time she comes out from hiding and is fairly close to me) and slide another box /piece of cardboard underneath and tape it all together and bring her to the emergency vet. I need help! Any suggestions? Thank you.

[@WVPetProject]

My best suggestion would be to set some cat carriers around and hope she starts sleeping in one and you could perhaps close the door while she’s in there?

[@WVPetProject]

Also- I did a video about rehoming a feral cat- that showed a set up where the cat had a carrier in a larger pen, and when you needed to clean the pen, you just closed the carrier door- Look at that video and see if something like that would work…? And yeah, cat bites are nasty- almost always require antibiotics :(. I’ve had a couple myself. Lol

[@Lulu-kt6gr]

@@WVPetProject she did that and I didn’t know she was in there until it was too late! 🤨

[@Lulu-kt6gr]

@@WVPetProject okay thank you

[@star1q5]

Great box trap but I wouldn't release a cat just cos it's desexed they need yearly vaccinations and flea/worming they can get so sick get in fights and kill countless wildlife and if they become sick or injured will prob never go in a trap again. It's sad this must be the only option there. I know the shelters are probably overwhelmed like they are here but I'd just never release them after trapping. They get run over all the time as well :(

[@WVPetProject]

It really is sad, and yes, the shelters are overwhelmed (rural West Virginia). Also, most of the cats we trap are completely feral, so could not be adopted as pets. We are, at times able to rehome the cats to work as mousers in barns (just in the rare occasion that someone is seeking barn cats). We are also able sometimes to remove kittens from the colonies (if they are old enough to be away from mom, but young enough to tame). It is definitely not an ideal thing, BUT the goal of this is to stop them from continuing to breed, so that more cats aren’t homeless and suffering. It is so frustrating- I will never understand how people a) just abandon animals and b) refuse to get their animals spayed/neutered. Sad world. :(

[@star1q5]

@@WVPetProject yeah it sad no where for them to go and trying to find places for them Is hard and councils are euthanasing them it isn't the most ideal situation but you are making a huge difference but it's devastating that it's got to this point because of irresponsible owners, I saw two cats that were hit by a car today and a kitten collapsed and died in someone's yard this morn and we are trying to trap the other kitten and mum. Just a horrible world for cats. Keep up the good work 👏 🙌

[@cristianricardobatallanos4879]

Hola que tal felicitaciones un gran idea para recastar gatos me gustaría armar algo así para recastar gatito que se encuentra abandonado para luego darle en adopción me pasaría la medidas de la trampa por favor esta echo con caño de pvc

[@deborahwesala]

this is not a task to be done with ignorance. you could get seriously bitten and clawed by a panicked feral cat. none of these videos about TNR ( and i have watched a couple hundred hours trying to study this) tell you the potential serious injuries you could get.

[@WVPetProject]

The only time I have ever been bitten is when I tried to pick up a kitten. Otherwise, we never touch these cats. I have seen owners try to grab skittish cats and get torn up pretty badly (even though they were encouraged to let us do our thing). I won’t even carry a trap close to my leg where the cat could reach out and claw or scratch me.

[@deborahwesala]

animal handling tools will greatly help TNR. Once you trap them it's a whole 'nother ball game. ther cat will freak out. HEAVY LEATHER GLOVES. do not try to cuddle or comfort the cat. use an animal handling net if you can get one. have a medium sized blanket handy to swaddle and bundle the cat in. have another cage or big bucket with a lid close at hand to safely transport the cat. They will be ok for the few minutes it takes to get them to the vet. I did this two separate times. The cat will attack your hands and your face. you are just a big predator to the cat.

[@WVPetProject]

We move the cats from the drop trap to a cage through a door- we never touch or swaddle them

[@dracus6877]

Traping cats are super easy

[@WVPetProject]

Dracus sometimes...

[@margemurphy3398]

Ha ha! Depends on the cat!!

[@suzeclarke4477]

I wish!

[@judbaker5752]

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