download/print - Neighborhood Cats

More documents

Recommendations

Info

drop trap (code: KITDT) – see Figure 8-8. It has a solid metal pan bottom, extra-largehand guard on top and extra-large handles.Figure 8-8Tru-Catch Animal CarrierModel T24TE (24”L x 12”W x 14”H)Tru-Catch, www.trucatchtraps.com, 1-800-247-6132; also check: Heart ofthe Earth Animal Equipment, www.animal-traps.com; 1-800-526-1644The Model 24E goes with Tru-Catch trap Models 30FCD and 36D. It comes withboth a top-loading door as well as a front guillotine door. Normally, it would be rarewhen working with feral cats to use the top-loading door, but it might come in handy fortame cats or kittens. The floor is wire mesh.Safeguard Carrier/Transfer CageModel SG53100 / SG20CTEL (20”L x 11”W x 12”H)Heart of the Earth Animal Equipment, www.animal-traps.com; 1-800-526-1644; also check: Animal Care Equipment & Services (ACES),www.animal-care.com; 1-800-338-2237This transfer cage matches traps SG52836 / SG-36D and SG52830 / SG-30D. Ittoo, is made with both a top-loading door and a guillotine front door. A galvanized panwith a 1 inch lip covers the entire floor.66
9. TrappingYou’ve educated the community about TNR, established a feeding pattern for yourcolony, counted the cats, made plans for any who are adoptable or sick, arranged forholding space, scheduled your spay/neuter date, borrowed traps and lined uptransportation. Now it’s time to trap! While you can never predict exactly what willhappen once the trapping begins, your preparations will help keep surprises to aminimum and make the project go as smoothly as possible. This chapter will go over allthe tricks and techniques you’ll need to get your cats into the traps and to the clinic. Mass trapping“Mass trapping” refers to the TNR of anentire colony at once. This approach is farpreferable to a gradual “one-cat-at-a-time”approach for several reasons. First, by the timeyou come upon the colony and decide to get thecats fixed, the situation is often in crisis. Thereare too many cats and kittens, neighbors arecomplaining and threats to call animal controlor worse are being made. Spay/neutering all thecats quickly results in an immediate anddramatic decrease in the kinds of nuisancebehaviors which provoke these reactions. Noisefrom mating and odor from the spraying ofunaltered males abate, no more kittens are bornand the cats tend to roam less and so becomeless visible. What started as a very hostilesituation calms down, almost overnight.Another advantage to mass trapping is itphoto: Meredith Weissmakes it easier to catch every cat in the colony.When you get down to the last few cats during a mass trapping, they’re the only ones leftin the territory. You can keep withholding all food and, with each passing day, they’regetting hungrier and more likely to go into a trap. Compare that to catching and fixingone cat at a time. When you’re down to the last cats, they’re not the only ones out there.All the other cats you trapped previously are also at the site. You have to pick the onesleft out of the crowd, which can be difficult.Mass trapping is also a more efficient method. You only have to find a holding spaceonce, take care of the cats while they’re confined once, transport the cats back and forthfrom the clinic once, etc. If you alter the colony gradually over time, these efforts have tobe continually repeated and in the meantime reproduction and nuisance behaviorscontinue. While it’s more intensive, mass trapping takes less time in the end.67
Page 1 and 2:
TNR HandbookThe Guide to Trap-Neute
Page 3 and 4:
Table of ContentsForeword by Susan
Page 5 and 6:
Chapter Ten: The Neighborhood Cats
Page 7 and 8:
ForewordOne of the first ferals I e
Page 9:
Introduction“If we keep ‘em in
Page 12 and 13:
2. What is Trap-Neuter-Return?Trap-
Page 14 and 15:
c) Fewer nuisance complaints. As me
Page 17 and 18:
and as their hunger grows, they wil
Page 19 and 20:
3. The TNR Process - An OverviewEve
Page 21 and 22: After you’ve determined how many
Page 23 and 24: for this purpose. Once you can talk
Page 25 and 26: like the board of a homeowners asso
Page 27 and 28: information provided because of the
Page 29 and 30: act to discourage cats from enterin
Page 31 and 32: epel. It operates on four “C” b
Page 33 and 34: • Free-standing fencesPurrfect Fe
Page 35 and 36: • Type of feeding stationThe perf
Page 37 and 38: Amazon (www.amazon.com) for “Le B
Page 39 and 40: will be drawn to this easily reache
Page 41 and 42: a search for “heated water bowl
Page 43 and 44: interior warm enough to prevent or
Page 45 and 46: food works best for your budget, th
Page 47 and 48: steroids, tranquilizers, anesthetic
Page 49: weather, loud construction work nea
Page 52 and 53: • Feralvilla Outdoor Cat ShelterD
Page 54 and 55: • Styrofoam boxesRestaurants and
Page 56 and 57: Another option is the Snuggle Safe
Page 58 and 59: apart. Knowing the correct number,
Page 60 and 61: 4. Schedule the spay/neuterAfter yo
Page 62 and 63: three more traps than the number of
Page 64 and 65: Tomahawk Live Trap- Neighborhood Ca
Page 66 and 67: 11 inches in height. In our opinion
Page 68 and 69: trap are attached. The transfer doo
Page 70 and 71: Feral cat densNeighborhood Cats Fer
Page 74 and 75: That said, not every community offe
Page 76 and 77: practice. In our experience, there
Page 78 and 79: saving one day. Also remember, you
Page 80 and 81: intrusions you and others make into
Page 82 and 83: doing so. Don’t check too frequen
Page 84 and 85: Winter trappingSome trappers in nor
Page 86 and 87: around and inflict a severe bite or
Page 88 and 89: The bottle-and-string method is use
Page 90 and 91: you let her go right away, there is
Page 92 and 93: If you might have to care for unwea
Page 94 and 95: Unless a caretaker objects on relig
Page 96 and 97: Caddie” by Tomahawk (see Figure 9
Page 98 and 99: effective, some experienced trapper
Page 100 and 101: feet long, and lean it up against a
Page 102 and 103: sodium hypochlorite on the label of
Page 104 and 105: PreparationsAs with any trapping, i
Page 106 and 107: 4. Anchor the trap. Place a heavy o
Page 108 and 109: transfer cage, so the far end needs
Page 110 and 111: 11. Caring for Cats in TrapsWhile t
Page 112 and 113: Feeding and cleaningThe traps shoul
Page 114 and 115: 7. Secure the rear doorAfter you’
Page 116 and 117: Figure 12-1 shows the Setup fullyas
Page 118 and 119: unlikely the cat would be able to o
Page 120 and 121: • Special instructionsAny special
Page 122 and 123:
The FVRCP vaccine, also known as th
Page 124 and 125:
difficult without the ability to te
Page 126 and 127:
windpipe and cut off her breathing.
Page 128 and 129:
“snap” test, it produces a resu
Page 130 and 131:
In our experience, the primary caus
Page 132 and 133:
Before releasing a spayed female, r
Page 134 and 135:
has been created and one set of cat
Page 136 and 137:
and water bowls - see the Feral Cat
Page 138 and 139:
enforcement agency will tell you if
Page 140 and 141:
long will show signs of being socia
Page 142 and 143:
feral at all yet and may tame immed
Page 144 and 145:
When they’re verycomfortable with
Page 146 and 147:
socialize enough, which is very lik
Page 148 and 149:
When the cat no longer uses the cag
Page 150 and 151:
alternatives, like scratching posts
Page 152 and 153:
• Where to lookIn order to attrac
Page 154 and 155:
In case you’re unable to return t
Page 156 and 157:
18. Feral Cat ResourcesBooks Implem
Page 158 and 159:
Petco Foundation (4Rs Project Suppo
Page 160 and 161:
ToolkitsAction Kit: Advocating for
Page 162 and 163:
Appendix BHOW TO BUILDTHE NEIGHBORH
Page 164 and 165:
5. Place piece E two inches back fr
Page 166 and 167:
Trap LogProject/Colony: ___________
Page 168:
In memory ofBobby Kergis1952 - 2011
show all

download/print - Neighborhood Cats

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?