Outwitted

For the last week or so we’ve been visited by a very cute female black cat. A couple nights ago she went into heat and has been serenading us with her siren song since.

I borrowed a Havahart trap from my neighbor. Wolf set it up last night so we can catch Little Miss Siren, bring her to the shelter, and find her a nice home. I put some tuna in a bowl.

Well, Little Miss Siren outwitted us. She ate the tuna without closing the doors. I hate being outsmarted by a being with the brain the size of a walnut.

The trap has two doors, one at either end. Setting the trap requires both doors to be open but that seems so counterintuitive to me. Wolf smeared a small amount of tuna on the trigger but I didn’t feel that was enough so I put a bowl into the trap, just behind the trigger. Then I put the watering can near one of the doors as a way to block it. Totally didn’t work.

So, dear readers, how do I catch this kitty with this Havaheart trap? She’s still chortling out there. As soon as I let my cats out she’s going to bolt and I don’t want that to happen.

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Edited to add: Harley, my cat, went out and ate the tuna smeared on the trigger. Doing so did not trip the trigger. I watched him stick his head in, eat, walk over the trigger, then eat the rest. Something is totally wrong here.