How to catch stray cats

Methods 1 Preparation 1 Observe stray cats carefully. Before approaching or catching stray cats, carefully observe them for signs of injury or illness. For the safety of yourself and your cat, please make sure your cat is healthy, and then consider how to rescue it. If stray cats always appear in fixed areas, take some time to observe them closely. If the cat is docile, it will be much easier to rescue it, otherwise the problem will be more difficult. If the stray cat behaves abnormally, shortness of breath, salivation is obvious, or its behavior is lifeless, please notify the animal management office in time and don't approach the sick cat privately. Sick cats may carry animal infectious diseases and spread viruses between people and animals. Rabies is a terrible infectious disease, which is almost incurable. It is usually spread by biting or saliva with broken skin. In addition, being bitten by a cat may also lead to serious infection. Professionals in the animal management office will be equipped with professional equipment to catch sick cats without hurting themselves. According to the situation of the cat, decide whether to catch it or not. A healthy and beautiful cat with a collar doesn't need to be caught. You just need to call your neighbor and ask who lost the cat. Set traps for live animals. The live animal catcher is simple to make and safe to use. Cats can be caught without hurting them. Put some food in the trap as bait. When the cat enters the back door of the trap, it will fall down and put it safely in the cage. When a stray cat is trapped, don't take it out of the cage, but take it to the vet. The local veterinarian or animal shelter will have a live animal trap. You can borrow one to catch stray cats instead of buying it yourself. If you live in the countryside and often encounter wild animals in need of rescue, it is necessary to have a live animal trap at hand. If you really can't find or won't use a live animal trap, you can also use a cat cage instead. Put some food bait in the cage to attract wild cats. Please consult a veterinarian before use. Many veterinarians only accept wild cats in live animal traps. Live animal traps are safer and more effective, but cat cages can also be used. Avoid catching cats in improper ways. Don't catch wild cats empty-handed or with pillowcases. This may irritate and hurt stray cats, thus endangering their own safety. Never catch stray cats empty-handed. Remember that they are wild animals and it takes time to domesticate them. Prepare space for the placement of stray cats. Even if you are sent to the vet soon, you should consider preparing a safe place to put stray cats. It is best to catch stray cats near castration, and you can take them directly to the vet. If you need to leave your cat at home for a while, you need to find a quiet place to put stray cats at home. The place where stray cats are placed must be secluded, so that they can relax and feel safe. Basement, guest room and other places with suitable temperature and dim light can help cats relax and feel safe. If you take your cat to the vet within 12 hours, you don't need to feed it. Instead of opening the cage and risking letting the cat out, let it stay inside. Just give it some clean water. Make an appointment with a veterinarian to check the cat's body and perform sterilization. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is now pursuing a policy of "capture, castration and release". No matter what the future plan is, the first step to catch a cat is to send it to the vet for examination and operation. Method 2: Catch stray cats 1 Feed them a few days before you plan to catch them. Feeding can lure stray cats back to your home and be attracted by the food in the trap. After making an appointment with the veterinarian, stop feeding one or two days before the appointed time and prepare to set a trap. Feed cats with ordinary dry cat food or canned cat food. If you are unwilling to buy cat food, a small amount of tuna or canned fish can also be used as bait. Don't feed the cat milk. Contrary to popular culture, the fact is that it is difficult for cats to digest dairy products, and feeding them milk may lead to severe diarrhea in cats. Remember that only stray cats can feed solid cat food. Set traps and throw bait. The bait is the cat food you have been feeding before. Spread paper or pillowcases in the cage to make the bottom of the cage soft, and then put some cat food deep in the cage so that the cat can get in and eat it. Put some cat food in the cage mouth as bait, and then adjust the spring of the cage mouth. The setting methods of various traps are similar and simple. Usually, you just need to open the door of the trap and then place the pull rod. When the cage door is closed, the cat will be locked in. Cover the cage with cloth or towel, and be careful not to block the entrance, which will make the cage more inconspicuous. Many cunning cats like to see through the back of traps. If you meet such a guy, please take off the lid or expose the back of the cage. Don't hold food in a bowl. A cat in a cage will run back and forth in panic, and a bowl stuck in the corner of the cage may hurt it. 3 Check traps regularly. Although the live animal trap is safe, the cat should not be left unattended in the cage for too long. Check the trap regularly to see if the cat is caught. If you do, please take the cage back to the prepared place in the house, or take it directly to the veterinarian. Bring the cat into the house. After the cat is trapped in the trap, cover the trap with a cloth and bring the cage safely into the house. When transporting cats into the house, cats will feel more at ease if the surrounding environment is dark. Please dim the lights and cover the cage. Keep the cat in a cage. Don't let the cat get out or try to move it, or you may lose all your efforts. Cats prefer to stay in narrow spaces, so let them stay in cages, don't worry! Method 3: Find a new home for the stray cat. 1 Sterilize the cat and ask a veterinarian for treatment if necessary. To sterilize cats, at least give them rabies and canine distemper vaccines, and carry out insect repellent treatment (fleas or other insects). It is best to do a cat leukemia test. In many places, according to the animal control policy, these services are free. Release stray cats. After sterilization, the female cat needs to be kept in a cage with cat litter, food and water for 5 days, and the male cat can be released to nature the next day after surgery. You can put the cat back to its original place or take it somewhere else. Cats sent to a new environment need someone to take care of them in order to adapt to the new environment, and this process usually takes several weeks. This policy was put forward by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to control the number of cats. If the cat can adapt to the new environment, it can be released into nature and provided with food and water regularly. It is difficult for a cat left in a strange environment to survive. Only when they are taken care of and provided with food, water and shelter can they survive. In order to compete for territory, indigenous cats in this area may also attack new cats. Contact your local cat-loving association or no-kill animal shelter. If you live in a city, it may be irresponsible to release your cat into the wild. Cat-loving associations and animal shelter organizations are better destinations for cats. They will help the cat find a new home. Wildcats are rarely adopted, so more than 90% will be euthanized. If there is no adoption, it is better to send the cat back to the place where it was caught. Many organizations will pay for the medical expenses of stray cats. Remember to keep the receipt. If possible, please take care of the cat until it finds a new home. Many organizations are burdened by adopting too many cats. If they want to find someone more experienced to take care of the cat, please don't take it seriously. Find a new home for the cat if necessary. If you are sure that the cat has no owner and it is difficult for you to take care of it, you'd better find a new home for it yourself. You can advertise, ask around and find a reliable person to adopt a cat as a pet. Ask around and see if any of your friends or relatives are willing to take care of the cat. Ask reliable friends and acquaintances first, let the cat find a good family, and you can also visit it often. Advertise locally. Put the information of the cat on the website of Petfinder.com, and the information marked should be true. You can also publish advertisements on the Internet or publish information on local classified advertisements. Consider adopting a cat. Many stray cats will become lovely pets after getting used to family life. Think carefully about whether you have time, money and a good environment for keeping pets. If you decide to keep a cat, take it to a detailed veterinary examination to make sure it can be kept, and then take it home.