What I Caught Today

[Thirteen]

This forum needs more posts, and what better way to encourage it than something light and entertaining?
Contrary to popular belief, not all doctor spouses are eating bonbons. 😆 We have wild animal problems in our established suburb, and they are targeting my pets. I bought a humane catch-and-release trap, and I will be updating everything I find in the trap, complete with pictures.

Today is Day 1. DS2 “helped” me set up the trap in a shady, wooded space close to my animal pen. First bait of choice is ocean fish flavored canned cat food.



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[Auspicious]

Intriguing! Do you have a prediction of what you might catch?


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[Thirteen]

We have:
Raccoons, armadillos, skunks, a fox, bobcat, possums... it’s going to be very interesting.
My hope is to catch the bobcat that’s been stalking my hens.


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[civilspouse]

What I Caught Today

Excited to follow along but what do you do after you catch it? I’m envisioning driving away with a skunk in the car, it spraying all over. I assume the idea would be to relocate them outside of the neighborhood?


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[rainbabies]

As long as the skunk keeps its hind legs on the ground and tail down with the have a heart, you’re golden. we had one in the barn a few months ago. I’d creep out there to feed my horses and check it out. I was skeeeerd!! It was a baby. I cleaned up the spilled grain and cat food and he moved on. Thankfully lol


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[Thirteen]

Excited to follow along but what do you do after you catch it? I’m envisioning driving away with a skunk in the car, it spraying all over. I assume the idea would be to relocate them outside of the neighborhood?


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Anything stinky or dangerous will have fish and wildlife called to remove it.


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[alotofyarn]

How fun!

[MrsC]

I'm intrigued! We caught and released two groundhogs a couple of years back but you have far more interesting creatures.

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[Thirteen]

Nothing yet, and it wasn’t triggered.


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[spotty_dog]

Well, keep us posted!

[Thirteen]

Trap was triggered, and bait taken. We are either dealing with something so big that it doesn’t completely fit, or an animal that is familiar with traps and knows how to avoid getting stuck. 🙈


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[civilspouse]

Now this is getting interesting. Maybe you should set up some kind of camera system. 😂


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[Cam]

I am absolutely intrigued by what it is. Please keep us posted!