how do i trap this stray cat in the garden? it just had kittens?

Question

please dont give any cruel answers !

is there a way i can capture the cats without calling the RSPCA?

they are sooo cute but we are selling them all because they are messing up our garden


please give sensible REASONABLE answers, preferably if you did it and it worked and was safe for the cats especially the little kittens


thanks guys :)


xoxoxo

Answer 1

My parents ran into a similar problem.

What mother did was set a cat kennel out with food in it and sit in a lawn chair beside it reading. And when a cat came to get food and was inside, she would close and latch the door, then call a friend to take the kitty away.

It was quite a long process, but eventually we didn't have any more strays there. Unfortunately, it was also needful: Some tom fool had dumped a cat there with feline leukemia or distemper, and he was making all the other outside critters sick.

Answer 2

Hi There, you would be surprised at how many independent animal rescues there are out there. Put a sign up at a pet store saying something along the lines of "Help Needed To Catch Cats" and a brief paragraph explaining your situation. Make sure they aren't going to hurt the kitties. A responsible rescue will have cages that look like the ones they use for hunting raccoons, but these cages will not hurt the cats! The cats are lured into the cages by food, then someone should tame the cats, give them shots, then find them homes.

Answer 3

I am in the US, so don't know the RSPCA's rules, but our shelters will lend you a trap and let you do it yourself with a little training. It's important to catch the kittens when they are very young or they will become feral and cannot be pets (they can be barn or stable cats though). They need to be handled by humans young. Aslo if not spayed and neutered, they will rapidly breed and you will have a lot of cats around.

Why not let the RSPCA handle it? Are you concerned they would be euthanized? I'd call them and see what they say without disclosing your name. You might offer to foster the kittens until they are old enough to be adopted if you can manage it.

Answer 4

we have a feral cat around our house and we like her and all but she had babies a while ago and we didnt want a whole bunch of cats running around so we got a live trap (you can get them at farm stores or borrow them from the animal shelter) and put a can of wet cat food in there and waited over night and she had gone in there and was trapped. We put a cover over the cage to calm her down then took her in and had her spayed and brought her back home again and let her go. We took the kittens and gave them to my moms cousin to bottle raise until they were old enough to find new homes. It worked wonders and the feral cat is still around our house.

Answer 5

Let the RSPCA or another rescue handle it.

They know what they are doing. They will properly treat them for worms and fleas and vacinate them and check the houses out before sending them to new homes.

Answer 6

You can go to your vet and get a trap cage. They have this to capture cats that are ferrel or need fixed ( spayed or netured ) typically. We have this low cost spay neture clinic where I live called FACE.

Answer 7

you cannot seperate the kittens from the mommy until they are at least two months. Please contact a local animal shelter, they have foster care programs where the person who take them in take the mother cat and the kittens.

Answer 8

the RSPCA will take her with her kittens and rehome them, and why sell stray kittens? give them away, they are not really yours to sell

Answer 9

One of our neighbors built a trap.Used sardines as bait.