Kitten Caught!

Yesterday I went out trapping at my usual time, and set the trap up at the feeding station in front of the abandoned house. I noticed the litter of kittens in the yard, and two of them (the tabby and one black) ran off immediately, but the third (the other black) stayed and watched me set the trap up. I tried something different than before- this time I took all of the food from all of the feeding stations, and put it into one container. The sound of the food in the bowls got the kittens interested, and it also sparked the interest in the person who lived at the "abandoned" house. As it turns out, the guy who lives there is very nice, and uses the house as a summer home. He said he couldn't afford to keep up the house as well as he would have liked, but that it definitely was not abandoned. He said he had no problem with me trapping, or having the feeding stations in his front yard. He just wanted to come out and say hello.

After I finished setting the trap, I took all the extra food and rode it over to a trash can a little ways away. I also ran into a couple people I knew, so it was about 15 minutes before I started riding home. I decided to check the trap as I biked home, and low and behold! There was the tabby kitten in the trap!

I was thrilled, but also a little concerned. My phone had broken a few days before, so I didn't have any way of calling Lynne. (My grand plan had been to set the trap, then come back later in the evening to close it, this time bringing my mom's phone with me.) Eventually I decided that the kitten was small enough for me to turn the trap up and have it sit on the door. This way it would fit onto the back of my bike, and I could bike it home. The kitten wasn't very happy, but I covered the trap up with a towel so it couldn't see outside and felt safe. I biked slowly home, avoiding bumps and talking to the kitten about how much better life would be after that day. When I pulled up into my driveway the kitten gave me a present for all of my help by peeing all over my bike!

Anyway, later that day Lynne came to pick up the kitten and today hopefully the kitten went through surgery. Now I just have to catch the two little black kittens and the mom!