And just to top my day off - suggestions needed

My fraidy feral Pandora snuck out of the back door when it was open
this morning. She has managed to get into the back lane which is
over grown with brambles and bushes, so finding her is "difficult".
I have a good idea of where she is, but obviously want her back
indoors.

She doesn't come when she is called, but panics easily.

I need suggestions. What I have done so far, is to empty the litter
box outside the door from my garden into the lane so that if she
stumbles across it, it smells familiar. Her best bud, Tiger, is
mooching about in the lane (he's indoor/outdoor) and FWIW, I've told
him to go find her.

What I am planning to do, is wait until this evening, if she hasn't
found her way back by then with Tiger, and cook some really smelly
fish which she loves. Hopefully, by then, she'll be hungry enough to
sneak out from under the bushes and I can herd her back indoors. I
won't be able to get hold of a trap until tomorrow at the earliest
as they are being used on a major colony at the moment.

I am loath to go bashing about the bushes, as that really will scare
her. She has a reflective collar on, so this evening at dusk i was
planning on going looking for her under the bushes with a torch.

Suggestions please to get this very naughty little girl home!

Helen M


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"Helen Miles" wrote in message
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My fraidy feral Pandora snuck out of the back door when it was open
this morning. She has managed to get into the back lane which is
over grown with brambles and bushes, so finding her is "difficult".
I have a good idea of where she is, but obviously want her back
indoors.

She doesn't come when she is called, but panics easily.

I need suggestions. What I have done so far, is to empty the litter
box outside the door from my garden into the lane so that if she
stumbles across it, it smells familiar. Her best bud, Tiger, is
mooching about in the lane (he's indoor/outdoor) and FWIW, I've told
him to go find her.

What I am planning to do, is wait until this evening, if she hasn't
found her way back by then with Tiger, and cook some really smelly
fish which she loves. Hopefully, by then, she'll be hungry enough to
sneak out from under the bushes and I can herd her back indoors. I
won't be able to get hold of a trap until tomorrow at the earliest
as they are being used on a major colony at the moment.

I am loath to go bashing about the bushes, as that really will scare
her. She has a reflective collar on, so this evening at dusk i was
planning on going looking for her under the bushes with a torch.

Suggestions please to get this very naughty little girl home!

Helen M


Since she's a feral there's no telling what will work. Maybe whatever you
originally did to get her trapped will work again. I'd start at dusk, that's
their most active time and when she's most likely to be hungry. Best of luck
and we'll be purring for it to be an easy ordeal.

Just goes to show that having a "best friend" look for you, and mommy
cook some fish (in this case, fresh salmon!) and all intrepid wanderers
will come home.
As I resorted to cooking some fish in the microwave to try and ecourage
madam from under the bushes, Tiger disapeared out the back door. 30
seconds later, he and madam came trotting up the garden path.

Cats 1
Mommy 0

Helen M





"Pat" wrote in message


Since she's a feral there's no telling what will work. Maybe whatever you
originally did to get her trapped will work again. I'd start at dusk, that's
their most active time and when she's most likely to be hungry. Best of luck
and we'll be purring for it to be an easy ordeal.




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Helen Miles wrote:
My fraidy feral Pandora snuck out of the back door when it was open
this morning. She has managed to get into the back lane which is
over grown with brambles and bushes, so finding her is "difficult".
I have a good idea of where she is, but obviously want her back
indoors.

She doesn't come when she is called, but panics easily.

I need suggestions. What I have done so far, is to empty the litter
box outside the door from my garden into the lane so that if she
stumbles across it, it smells familiar. Her best bud, Tiger, is
mooching about in the lane (he's indoor/outdoor) and FWIW, I've told
him to go find her.

What I am planning to do, is wait until this evening, if she hasn't
found her way back by then with Tiger, and cook some really smelly
fish which she loves. Hopefully, by then, she'll be hungry enough to
sneak out from under the bushes and I can herd her back indoors. I
won't be able to get hold of a trap until tomorrow at the earliest
as they are being used on a major colony at the moment.

I am loath to go bashing about the bushes, as that really will scare
her. She has a reflective collar on, so this evening at dusk i was
planning on going looking for her under the bushes with a torch.

Suggestions please to get this very naughty little girl home!

Helen M

Sorry, no suggestions, just purrs the she finds her way home. Your
luck's got to get better soon.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.

Helen Miles wrote:
Just goes to show that having a "best friend" look for you, and mommy
cook some fish (in this case, fresh salmon!) and all intrepid
wanderers will come home.
As I resorted to cooking some fish in the microwave to try and
ecourage madam from under the bushes, Tiger disapeared out the back
door. 30 seconds later, he and madam came trotting up the garden path.

Cats 1
Mommy 0

Helen M

Thank goodness! Things are looking up. :-)
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.

I am loath to go bashing about the bushes, as that really will scare
her. She has a reflective collar on, so this evening at dusk i was
planning on going looking for her under the bushes with a torch.

Suggestions please to get this very naughty little girl home!

Helen M


Good plan about dusk... Keep calling her. Does she react positively to the
sound of a tin of cat treats being shaken??

Hoping she comes home soon.

Cheers, helen s

As I resorted to cooking some fish in the microwave to try and ecourage
madam from under the bushes, Tiger disapeared out the back door. 30
seconds later, he and madam came trotting up the garden path.



Excellent :-)

Cheers, helen s

wafflycat wrote:
I am loath to go bashing about the bushes, as that really will scare
her. She has a reflective collar on, so this evening at dusk i was
planning on going looking for her under the bushes with a torch.

Suggestions please to get this very naughty little girl home!

Helen M


Good plan about dusk... Keep calling her. Does she react positively
to the sound of a tin of cat treats being shaken??

Hoping she comes home soon.

Cheers, helen s

You must have missed the follow up, HRFL Tiger has already brought her
home. :-)
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.

Well, I don't know about Pandora, but ours could never stand not to come to
us if we went and sat outside. They would try to ignore us (because they
knew they would get brought in) but eventually, they HAD to come over and
see what we were doing (usually reading a book.).


"Helen Miles" wrote in message
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My fraidy feral Pandora snuck out of the back door when it was open
this morning. She has managed to get into the back lane which is
over grown with brambles and bushes, so finding her is "difficult".
I have a good idea of where she is, but obviously want her back
indoors.

She doesn't come when she is called, but panics easily.

I need suggestions. What I have done so far, is to empty the litter
box outside the door from my garden into the lane so that if she
stumbles across it, it smells familiar. Her best bud, Tiger, is
mooching about in the lane (he's indoor/outdoor) and FWIW, I've told
him to go find her.

What I am planning to do, is wait until this evening, if she hasn't
found her way back by then with Tiger, and cook some really smelly
fish which she loves. Hopefully, by then, she'll be hungry enough to
sneak out from under the bushes and I can herd her back indoors. I
won't be able to get hold of a trap until tomorrow at the earliest
as they are being used on a major colony at the moment.

I am loath to go bashing about the bushes, as that really will scare
her. She has a reflective collar on, so this evening at dusk i was
planning on going looking for her under the bushes with a torch.

Suggestions please to get this very naughty little girl home!

Helen M


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LOL!!

"Helen Miles" wrote in message
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Just goes to show that having a "best friend" look for you, and mommy
cook some fish (in this case, fresh salmon!) and all intrepid wanderers
will come home.
As I resorted to cooking some fish in the microwave to try and ecourage
madam from under the bushes, Tiger disapeared out the back door. 30
seconds later, he and madam came trotting up the garden path.

Cats 1
Mommy 0

Helen M





"Pat" wrote in message


Since she's a feral there's no telling what will work. Maybe whatever
you
originally did to get her trapped will work again. I'd start at dusk,
that's
their most active time and when she's most likely to be hungry. Best of
luck
and we'll be purring for it to be an easy ordeal.




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