When Mr Tom and Shadow showed up for treats (OK, Shadow comes for treats, Mr Tom comes to get brushed and de-burred), Momma cat was right behind them! She has a pink arrow in the picture pointing her out behind Shadow.

She was too skittish to eat a treat while I was there. I have the camera up, but the SD card is glitchy, so I only get a live feed, no scrolling backward through time. Still, the food I’ve put in the back of the cage has been consumed, so I hope all this will help to catch her so she can be fixed.

Sitting in the car in my neighbor’s driveway has worked to catch 17 unfixed cats so far, but the remaining couple are elusive and wary so I have to approach in a different way. I set up a web camera behind my coop to monitor a trap.

I have a water station and insulated box behind my coop for our outdoor cat, and we have noticed that neighborhood cats from both sides also use the area. Even the elusive Momma cat. Hm. I have a trap out there, but upside down so no one gets caught without supervision (a trapped cat panics and can injure themselves if not closely monitored and swiftly covered and moved). I’ve been putting tasty morsels in there to get them used to checking for food. When we are ready to trap, I will set it and monitor through the camera, so the cats can’t see me.

Fingers crossed.

I sits.

Here is another picture of not-my-cat, but isn’t he in a pretty pose? This definitely gets marked as a favorite and saved for a reference for future art. The arc of the tail! The perfect feet! That light necklace of fur that gives him an even more regal air! Those eyes! I missed the picture of him meowing at me. He will approach, but not allow the familiarity of pets let alone brushing. He is Mr Tom’s Shadow, and they hang out in the meadow.