Where i Live there is an old empty factory behind our house. There were cats in it and our neighbors moved. Well the crazy lady that moved in started feeding them and built them a house out of a hourse trough and everything. I am sick of going out and there being foot prints all over my vechile. So i got out a cage trap and set with tuna for bait the whole can and left it set for a week. I got nothing she keeps them fed so well they arent intised with food. How can i get rid of them. Im a fur trapper but havent done any ADC work so keep that in mind. I dont care if i kill them or not but i dont wanna get caught. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!

DO what you gotta do 410shooter !!

I agree with Rick, cats hate walking on wire. i use card board.

I like to have my traps covered as well on these jobs. Cats seem to like the security of an enclosed trap and catches are somewhat hidden.

This might help those of you that have trouble catching cats as I did. I put a Comstock in the same culvert that the cats were going in, but were refusing my one door cage. When I switched it out with the 2-door Comstock I got two in the last two days. I didn't cover the bottom wire but I did put cat food on either side of the trigger wires.

Paul, I find that the double door traps do up the catch rates. I use Kirk Dekalb's traps but see no reason Jim's wouldn't work just as well. Also positive sets are the very first thing I look for when setting up a cat job.

Did you try calling the city animal control , if you get caught kill these cats you could end up on the front page of the news paper , hand cuffs jail probation , these cats have rights , I would get cleared by your local animal control , also could call the human soc and take the cats to them . If the lady keeps feeding them soon there will be a cat in every crack , it's a rabbie factory now . Health risk . Being wild cats they could be very trap shy . So using a funnel trap as Paul said could be the only way . Get some plywood and cover the holes leaving only a few holes to place your traps , this would be the only way to get them all , rats will also move in eating the cat crap and the food this lady is putting out , using the same type food is also a good idea . Tuna fish will draw flys where dry cat food won't , if you call the city don't say there walking on your truck, talk about all the health risk that are breeding over there , which is true

Get thee to a pet store and buy some catnip to sprinkle inside the trap.

Get thee? to a valerian tea store. Is today speak like a Puritan day?

Electronic bait works realy well on cats and skunks where real bait gets ate up by flies. A little oil for lure, and some visual with a chirping box, and the cars cant resist it. I always drop my cats at the humane society. I dont get charged at all.

Verily!

Mr. Flick, you live in Wisconsin, for crying out loud. If a cat is obviously unadoptable, why would you take it to a humane society? Take a look at the expression of the gal behind the counter when you bring that fleabag in; can't you take a hint?

Sure Paul, I can take a hint. But its there job to decide if domestic animals get put down in my opinion. Thats just how I roll, Im not judging how anyone else disposes of cats.

The gal(s) behind the counter where I take ferals have expressions toward me that I would say are positive. However, the volunteers doing the actual handling of the cats, well that is sad.

My gals are extremely NOT trapper friendly, and they know I am a trapper. Each feral cat I capture has a documented history of it's capture and handling by me according to the standard definition of "humane" treatment." Regardless of what you think of this, it works for me. Keep in mind that donations to the SPCA, and income to your business, are not bad things. I bundle a $25 per cat into a feral job that goes to the SPCA. When you get to know the folks there, think about a box of donuts

Paul, I totally understand the expressions/feelings of those workers. To date, none of us, from either side, has an answer to the feral cat problem.

The gals behind our counters are high school volunteers that will gladly sell you an old tom cat for $79. The same tom cat that will then proceed to drag a dead whooping crane underneath the kitchen table.

Ya cant blame a cat for eating crane, they are DELICOUS!

Yum lawn dart tasty

Rib Eye in the Sky

Get thee! Posthaste! and Godspeed!

Seriously..get all the straight dope from your local AC before you do anything! [The place sinners go to when they die] hath no fury like that of an AR activist who's caught a trapper breaking the law (not that you would anyway, but from what I'm seeing on this thread..wow!)