How to catch a wild cat

A few days after moving into my apartment, I saw a cute gray kitten who lived in the woods behind our apartment building. She was alone and I knew I had to rescue her before winter came and find her a home or shelter where she wouldn’t kill herself. One of my roommates and I had tried to get close and catch her because she looked friendly and wasn’t whistling at us, but that didn’t work. The moment we took a step in her direction, she took off. That’s when we started calling her Skit, because she was nervous. Every day I tried to make her feel comfortable with me so that she would trust me enough to get her. She would put food and water on our back porch and sit outside and talk to her, our neighbors probably thought she was crazy. Eventually he started to get closer and to trust me more. Finally, after a month of doing all of this, I was finally able to catch her. I sat outside while talking to her and throwing food at her. She slowly started to reach out and sniff me, but the second I moved, she started running. I finally got tired of standing, sat down and started playing with her with a rope and a water bottle cap.

This lasted for two hours until I moved into the house. I left the back porch door open and she would go straight to the door and then back away. I started to roll the bottle cap across the carpet until he finally came in to get it. However, she would run away, so she knew she had to roll more. Next time I made sure to roll up the lid enough so that I could close the screen door before she could get out. It worked. He had finally caught her. I put her in our cat carrier and started calling the animal shelters. I didn’t know at the time that you had to call ahead to make sure shelters had space and that most shelters don’t accept feral cats, feral cats. After calling 22 shelters within a 100 mile radius, I called my mom. She called TLC, Tender Loving Care, and they would take her if we paid them $ 75. So we agreed and I brought her home. I had to wait to bring it home until the school week was over, so I had it for five days. When it finally came time to bring her to TLC, I had fallen in love with her and knew I couldn’t get rid of her. We are not allowed to have pets at school, so my only option was to beg my mom to let us keep them. After taking Skit home, it took my mom a minute to know that we couldn’t get rid of her either. We keep her and call her Isis, which in Egyptian mythology means the goddess of the sky and nature. It has turned out to be the most affectionate cat we have ever had. He also gets along very well with our other cats.

The first thing I would recommend doing is calling a non-kill animal shelter, you may need to call several animal shelters and let them know that you have a cat or kitten that you are trying to rescue and that you will need a home. I would do this because shelters are often full and they put you on a waiting list before they accept more animals. It would also start letting your friends and others know (through word of mouth, Facebook, Twitter, posters, etc.) that you are in the process of rescuing a cat that it will need a good home. Or you can always keep them. They will most likely bond with one or two people in your family and be a little shy, but they still make excellent pets and, in my case, they are very affectionate. The second recommendation would be to offer them food and water. You would only leave food and water during the day to avoid attracting unwanted nocturnal creatures like possums and raccoons. This will make the cat want to walk around your house because it knows that it will always have food. The third thing I would start to do is talk to him. This will help them get to know you in a non-threatening way. Get out on your back porch, or wherever, grab a chair and just strike up a conversation. The fourth recommendation would be to get a cat carrier or some type of cage for you to put once you have trapped it. If the animal allows you to pick it up, do so and put it in the cage. If not, try luring him to the cage with food or toys. If he’s still having trouble, try luring him home so you can close the door behind him and coax him into the cage once he’s home. The cat will be very scared and upset, so be sure not to take it out or try to put your fingers in the cage to pet it. Just keep talking to him and follow the plans you made after you found out.