So for a week, I sat out in the alley a few hours around dawn and dusk, waiting for her to show up. Her Wednesday appointment came and went without me seeing her at all. The shelter said I could bring her in Friday if I could catch her.
And I sat and waited. And sat and waited.
(I did get an inexpensive Adirondack-style chair which has a cup/phone/glasses holders and is pretty comfortable, so at least there's that. I've been getting a lot of writing done while sitting there.)
Thursday morning, I was on the phone with a friend, not even paying attention to the trap when I happened to glance over and there was something inside. (I wasn't wearing my glasses. Everything was fuzzy.)
Lo and behold...
Except... she wasn't pregnant. I thought I'd caught a different cat, but then I realized she was lactating. So right cat, wrong time to catch her. Since I had no idea where her kittens were, I had to let her go again.
Sigh.
Later that morning, I was kicking myself for not knocking on a few doors to see if I could find her kittens while I had her in the trap. Oh well. Lesson learned.
Anyhow, I'll wait a month and then work on trapping the entire family. The kittens will get socialized and adopted out and mom will get spayed.
Foster Updates
No changes in the house. Gnocchi is regrowing hair, Lulu is doing great, and Nimbus still can't decide whether to hiss or purr.
3 comments:
Oh, been there done that. Don't worry, you would not have found the kittens. Mom cats are survivors and they hide them very, very well. It's hard to trap them--and the kittens. Well, it will actually be easier to get the kittens. They aren't smart yet. Thank you for your efforts! I know it's not an easy job. Although I'm glad to hear you've been writing...
In the past, the kittens follow mom around when they're old enough and that's when they get grabbed. But somehow we have to grab mom between pregnancies...
We got the kittens once, but the mom sat outside the cage. We had to catch mom separately. You'll get there. You know the drill!!!
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