“D” (or should that be “T”??) day arrived and myself and the neighbor sprang into action to trap everybody. I had a “kitty condo” set up and ready to receive the kittens on a temporary basis. Mama on the other hand was scheduled to be spayed the following day, so she wouldn’t be going in the kitty condo. In my past experience trapping kittens, canned tuna seemed to be the best “lure” and that was the case again this time around. We set up four traps around the area where the kitties were, each with an aluminum foil “dish” with some tuna. Amazingly, things went very smoothly — better than I expected. We caught the first, the black tuxedo, within 5 minutes. He was transported to the condo, while another trap was set in the spot the first was caught. The next one, a grey tabby, was caught while I was dropping off the first. The same procedure was followed. Third was Mama. We transferred her to a larger trap, which she had to stay in for the duration as the vet would only accept her in a trap. Number four was another grey tabby. Last one was the siamese patterned boy. He protested quite loudly about being in the trap!! However, he quieted down when he joined his littermates.
That left just the one grey tabby still in the neighbor’s yard. We set up a trap there and I hoped we would catch that one before nightfall, but unfortunately that didn’t happen, so the poor kitten had to spend the night alone. However, just as it was getting light out the next morning, success!! That one also protested quite loudly until joining the rest. Whew!! All safe and sound!! Pictured are all the kittens in the kitty condo unwinding after their stressful ordeal…
To be continued…