How to trap a cat that is trap-shy:

First, to ensure the cat doesn't get the food without springing the
trap, when you set the trap, make sure to put a newspaper on the floor
of the trap, folded lengthwise so it doesn't touch the sides and covers
the trip plate. Often cats will step over the trip plate if they see it
and will get the food, but not spring the trap. This is a good
precaution to take that will greatly increase the odds that that won't
happen.

That said, this is what I did to catch a feral that had been caught once
before, and was afraid of traps. It took a little over a week. I used
canned mackeral (any canned food that is really smelly will do) and
started by leaving the trap out, open with the door tied up using a
bungee cord. I put the food about a foot away from the front entrance of
the trap. I continued to do so until I was certain the cat was eating
the food there. Each day I moved the food closer and then gradually
inside the trap, making sure that the trap door was still tied up so it
would not spring. Each day I moved the bowl a little farther into the
trap. When I saw that the cat was always eating the food when it was far
into the trap, I then moved the food all the way to the back of the
trap, removed the bungee cord that was keeping the door up, and set the
trap so it would spring. I got the cat that night. Hopefully this will
work in your situation, but it may take a little time.
Glad to hear things are working out.

Megan



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