Fixing Mama Cat (2007-03-13)
There have been previous attempts to catch Mama Cat by Mrs Y and the lovely lady in the back apartment without success. As a result both were scratched numerous places and they just weren't strong enough to grab her and put her in the cage.
Mama Cat was seen mating again with four toms recently! We
really had to do something about catching her again so she could be
desexed before it's too late. I volunteered to try and my method
is simple: instead of manhandling her, I'd lure her into the
cage. I related my plan to Mrs Y and asked her not to feed her
the night before the big day so Mama Cat would be really hungry in the
morning. Mrs Y also gave me a can of her favorite food as the
bait.
So came morning and I was all set with the cage out front and the
food in a bowl. Mama Cat was already waiting in her usual spot in
the carpark. The minute she spotted me, she came running. I
stuck the food inside the cage but she wouldn't go in as if she knew it
was a trap. I took the food out and waved it in front of her and
she went crazy with the smell of her beloved breakfast. I placed
the bowl deep inside the cage again and she followed it! Her
entire body was in and she sank into her oblivion of food. I
gently closed the door and her fate was sealed. Just like that,
there was no pushing, no struggling and fortunately for me no
scratching by her. Easy as pie.
When Mama Cat realized she was trapped, she went berserk! She
started yelping and screaming and clawing at the door like a rabid
feral beast. I hurried over to Mrs Y's house down the street and
told her the good news. She couldn't believe I did it and had to
come over to see it herself. She was so ecstatic to see Mama Cat
inside the cage that she gave me a big hug, something older Japanese
women almost never do.
That morning she took Mama Cat to the vet and her kitten making days
are over. Besides fixing her and aborting five fetuses in the
process, the vet also had to remove two rotting teeth from her.
Had we been even a week late, the vet would not have been able to spay
her because of the growing babies.
Mrs Y as being the generous woman that she is, flatly refused to accept money from me or the lady in the back apartment. I don't understand why she thought it's her responsibility to desex Mama Cat, but three days of begging her to take my money with no avail, I gave up. I have to respect her wishes.
Mama Cat is recovering well. I hope she doesn't remember me as the bad guy.
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