Feral #43

We tried a new piece of equipment in this trapping. The unfixed cats come to the yard so infrequently now; it was time to get help from the 21st Century!

"Cross-eyed Small Black Goggles" 

We call this fella "Goggles" because his "Nictitating Membrane" ("Third Eyelid" or "Haw") are always showing. This can be a sign of disease or infection but none of the other cats in the colony have this condition right now. There used to be one like this that we trapped before. 

The 21st Century help we got was from a Blink camera from Amazon.

This allowed us to lower the trap over the fence into the utility easement and then remotely monitor who was going in and out. The system switches to an infrared setting that lets us see in the dark and finally catch this cat. No unfixed cats went into the trap before sunset, and without the ability to see in the dark, we would have never caught this guy. This video is from when we were lifting the trap out of the utility easement with the infrared activated.