Handy dandy trap baited and set, she out maneuvered us for hours and eventually sent her little minion in to test the food. CAPTURED!!! Although it wasn't Bea it was Skelator, another kitty I'd been trying to catch to have sterilized and examined (only has one good eye and seemed a bit on the sick side....). He was a she, which pretty much makes it 100% of the time that I've been wrong about guessing the sex based on looks (orange, black & white tabbies and pregnant mothers aside).
Trap rebaited and reset, she eventually dared to make her way inside and was caught that evening. Her little buddy alerted us to the capture, as he sat by her in the cage until we went across the street to collect our prize. He also remained sitting in our front yard for the next few days until she was released back to her friends. I will leave out the part where Adam gave us "what is wrong with you guys?" faces, as Anna and I literally danced with joy over our capture of Bea!
Bea and Skelator were both sterilized, dewormed and given rabies shots by the amazing Miami Dade Animal Services team that held a spay day event in South Miami. If only I had more cages and traps I would have brought more!!!
Here are the two recuperating after the surgery, along with the other feral cats sterilized that day:
They're the two all the way to the left in the middle row (Bea is under the beige cat blanket, and Skelator is in the grey carrier right next to her).Photo credit to the Cat Network.
And here they are after a couple weeks... still growing the hair back, but otherwise good to go!
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