Gary M.
7 months ago
Create scent trails on grass and ground to cat home or to a trap, ideally monitored with a trail cam, so you can respond quickly when she’s in the trap (or release a possum or other animal that enters the trap).
Get a towel with the cat’s scent from her bed or your home’s scent or the scent of any other animals in your home, dust from a vacuum cleaner. Tie a rope to the towel and drag the towel from the areas where you think the cat might be and create scent trails on the ground leading to your house or the trap. You won’t smell the scent on the towel or the ground, but the cat will.
The method worked for me. After trying for three weeks to trap a kitten that had gotten outside, I created scent trails and the next day the cat went into a trap set up right outside the house. Note that the trap always had some sardines or roast chicken in it, but it was the scent trails that gave the cat guidance to get to the trap. If you’re not using a trap, you’ll have to keep watching to see if the cat is nearby.
Details: The smell of rotisserie chicken and KFC (breading removed, no bones) seems to travel far. If you use a trap, you may get some possums that you’ll have to release. Rain will wash away the scent you dragged, so you’ll have to do it again. Also, it doesn’t hurt to renew the scent if it doesn’t work on the first day.
Scent trails method learned from Dan Montuori, expert tracker of lost animals. Contact Dan for additional advice. https://www.facebook.com/dan.maddawg
Dan demonstrates how he does it. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2726658517474490&id=100003911057582&mibextid=qC1gEa
