This morning, my trap contained one of the mackerel tabby tomcats that I have been after now for a few weeks. He was just lying at the back, not moving when I picked up the cage, and he still didn’t move. I gently poked him with a finger- nothing.
I hurried into the barn and grabbed a carrier so I could transfer him carefully into the carrier and when I opened up the trap door- he just exploded and flew out of the trap over the carrier and vanished deep into the pasture grass! Dang it! I don’t want an intact Tom walking around because one of my neighbors have three cats all female and all intact. She doesn’t believe in spaying and neutering.
I thought he was hurt- either he was injured and adrenaline got the best of him or he was playing possum waiting for his opportunity to escape. Either way I have lost him probably for good.
doesn’t believe in spaying? Really, who the heck are these people? The rest of us are spending serious time/money/emotions on neutering & feeding other peoples’ pets or their wild offspring. I’m sorry but Stink on her and everyone like her.
a wild cat got loose on me during a cage transfer last year. Horrible! Had to trap him again. Now, no cage door is ever open unless the trap divider (fork thingy) is firmly in place. Tomahawk traps.com has a great ones for $25.
I’ve never heard of a cat playing dead like that. Maybe it worked by accident for him once, and he liked the idea.