FEBRUARY 15, 2022 - TRAPPING REPORT & HIT AND RUN REPORT
ANOTHER COLONY ALL UNDER CONTROL
Trapping started bright and early on Monday, February 7, 2022, for our head trapper as she headed out to the Magnolias zone at 8:00.
TRAPPER REPORT:
"This Monday I was early, just a little bit before the normal feeding time for this little colony. I knew that the young female CumbreCat, and was one of the first to appear with her brother. The others, including always a very hungry Siam, would come half an hour later. I guessed that it would be easier without 6 extra hungry cats around.
The evening before, I gave them less food so that they would be hungry in the morning. I put a very small trail into the trap with a bigger bowl at the end. It did not take long until both CumbreCats appeared. Hungrily, they rounded the trap, at first looking a bit astonished but then I could lure the brother Felix away with dry food. Then the female entered the trap quickly eating piece by piece until after 1 minute I could press the close button. She was trapped.
At 9:00, I dropped her off at the vet. The CumbreCat was very angry and she complained very loudly for such a young girl of only 6 months, she had a big voice! I picked her up again around 14:00 and let her sleep in a very comfortable cage in my room. The next morning I released her to her home place where her friends were waiting. She disappeared quickly, which is normal but the next morning she was back at the feeding place. All CumbreCats are no DONE in this little colony."
TRAPPER HELPS RESIDENT WITH GREAT SUCCESS
TRAPPER REPORT:
"At the beginning of the week, I got a call from a very worried resident who was desperately trying to get her little CumbreCat family under control but without success. She was more worried because it was close to the high season for mating. I visited her on Tuesday to get an overview because 7 need to be done.
I explain to her how to use the trap and then prepared the trap so that she only needed to put the food inside on the next morning. How lucky she was because the first CumbreCat named Marily, a white/tabby male, went into the trap very quickly. She had followed the protocol and only fed them a little bit the night before to ensure that they would be hungry in the morning. It worked.
Continuing the process, the resident took the CumbreCat to the vets and picked it up again. Marily was allowed to sleep in her house until he was released back to his family. Everyone was very happy."
THE TRAPPING CONTINUES WITH EXCITEMENT
On Friday, February 11, 2022, our head trapper was back again to help out the trapping residents of Pueblo de la Paz.
TRAPPER REPORT:
"I decided to come to the location with the remote-controlled trap with the hopes of capturing 3 more CumbreCats.
By 8:00, I was there setting up both traps. It did not take long before these CumbreCats appeared and luckily there was two females who looked like siblings. One watched us a bit but then went straight into the trap and I could press the close button. I calmed her down with a blanket and moved her in the transporter box.
Quickly, I put food again in the trap but of course, now the CumbreCats were a bit afraid of what just happened. The resident feeder was on hand and was able to coax them a bit, shaking a box of dry food and talking to them. They know and trust her voice. Minutes later the others came back.
Incredible, something that I have never seen before, 3 CumbreCats entered the trap together! My two helpers were so excited and said that their hearts were beating hard. We stopped to take a breath and didn't move. The traps were on the terrace and I was in the living room. I moved only a millimetre towards the terrace door and luckily 2 CumbreCats turned around and moved out of the cage so that only one was left and I could finally press the close button. The second was trapped. I moved him into the 2nd transporter box and set up the trap for the third time.
But now these CumbreCats were on high alert. Neither coaxing nor box shaking would motivate them to come closer. I put up a small trail of tasty wet food from the garden to the trap. Meanwhile, the already neutered CumbreCat made short work of this effort and ate it all so I had to refill it again!
I also had the old manual trap filled. Even though the trap trigger was covered with newspaper the CumbreCats were stretching out their necks to get the pieces of food until the trap was empty.
Fortunately, the new remote-controlled trap was still half prepared with food pieces a hungry girl finally went in and was trapped.
We were so happy that together we were able to trap so many and now only 2 other boys need to be trapped of course and their mother.
My resident helpers took all the captured CumbreCats to the vet by 11:00. They also picked them all up again by the afternoon and let them recover in the feeder's house until they could be released.
The next day all appeared again looking a bit more aware but happy."
ANOTHER HIT & RUN - WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE DO THIS?
On Sunday, February 13, 2022,
our head trapper was called over to a hit and run of one of our CumbreCats in the Camelias zone. Once again, a heartless person left the cat to die. A neighbour who saw the accident said that the car did not even stop!
Our trapper saw that the CumbreCat was still alive and tried to trap it but it was so scared that it hopped into the low bushes on what looked like broken legs.
In the meantime, when her back was turned, another lovely lady CumbreCat could not resist the smell of the food in the trap and wandered inside. The trapper took the cat down to the vets and home again to recover. She was released the next morning.
Our head trapper looked for the hurt CumbreCat but could not find it. If you do see a black hurt cat in your area, please do not be afraid to get it down to Veronica our vet in village. Don't wait to call the trapper. It might be too late by then.
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FUNDRAISER EVENT
APRIL - Saturday, 16, 2022
Tennis Area beside Como en Casa - Tapa Restaurant
10:00- 13:00 H
