TRAPPING REPORT - DECEMBER 13, 2020

 

This Trapping Week started in cold wet weather on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 with a the trapping team of Tina, Andrea and Robban. 

Their efforts began at the Magnolias zone where 10 cats who were being fed and the team noticed that 6 of the cats had already been neutered. Luckily, a hungry macho entered the trap, at the wet cat food and fish tasters and was trapped in 5 minutes.

The team decided to investigate in Pueblo de la Paz because some CumbreCats supporters alerted the team to a colony that needed attention. The team had a good look at the colony and sorted out that 4 cats had already been done, but the two who were still to be neutered did not appear.

At 10:30, the captured cat was delivered to the vet. After being neutered, he was picked up at 13:00 and recovered at Tina's house till 15:30. He was returned and released.

 

 

The next day, Thursday, December 10, 2020, the trapping team of Saskia, Andrea & Rohen went out with the traps under dark, cloudy skies sprinkling a light rain.

Saskia ventured out to the Olivos zone colony. She met up with Andrea and her husband Rohen to see if together as a team they could sort out the neutered cats from the non neutered.

Only a few cats showed up, possibly due to the bad weather. Luckily, after a while, they were able to trap a beautiful black female and a white and grey striped male.

Around 9:30, they delivered the cats to the vet. Then in the early afternoon, picked the cats up again. The cats were then released later with enough time for the female to recovery properly.

 


 

Finally, on Friday, December 11, 2020 Andrea and Robert decided to try trapping despite the rain. Just as it was getting light, they set off at 8:00 to trap in Girasoles, where there is a large cat colony. However, when we arrived the cats were all relaxing because as they had already been fed by their caregiver, a kind man from Cumbre.

They rigged two traps with tasty sardines but the cats were not interested because their tummies were all full. However, after about an hour, a huge macho turned up. He could not resist the smell of the fish. The trap closed and the enormous male was extremely angry, perhaps because his days of fighting and making babies were over!

The cat calmed down as soon as the cover was put over the trap. He was safely delivered to Veronica the vet at 9:30. He was all done and ready for collection at 12.00. He spent his relaxing and recovering time in Andrea's apartment for several hours, then they drove him home at 17:00.

When it came time to release him, this macho shot out of the transport box, after a lot of spitting and growling. Andrea said the he was, "definitely not a cuddly cat! We named him Maxi.
I am sure he will soon learn that his life will be easier now, with no fighting and chasing the girls all over Cumbre! Hopefully he will understand that we just wanted to help him."

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