January 19, 2023
My wonderful husband has joined in this adventure, which makes that 3:00 AM wake up call a little easier to take. On Wednesday evening we decided to set up 3 traps in hopes of getting the pregnant Calico. If we got 3 cats in traps and one of them was her, we could release one of the other cats and get it another day. We used the last of the chicken stew which has proven to be pretty well received. A little tabby that was already fixed decided he needed some more and got himself caught…oh well! The Calico could not be tempted, but we got two in the traps within 10 minutes. Off to the horse trailer, covered them with a towel and waited for morning
Critters tips the right ear for us, so we know who’s been fixed.
Thursday morning was drop off day, and Friday will be pick up day. We discussed using all of our 4 traps to speed up this task. We would need another person with us, with another address in order to do that. But we decided against that plan. Two cats per address, per day is fair. Taking up 4 spaces on a list of 20 seems greedy. We are all in this together trying to help, and we need to share the resources we have available.
If we are able to TNR 3 or 4 cats each week, we will accomplish our mission in a couple of months. We know, of course, that there will be newbies showing up, so vigilance will be required!