We are always hoping to trap females over males, and regular colony members over roaming cats, so this TNR is everything we didn't hope for, but we'll take it over a completely failed trapping attempt.
"Mr. Clean"
We have had several unfixed cats show up recently. We've recorded them and have been working on getting them used to eating out of our traps to make things easier on trapping night. This just didn't work for us on our most recent evening fishing, only one of our new regulars showed up and then he/she wasn't interested in going into the trap for the bait food. We almost gave up for the night, but then this random stranger sauntered in. We have never seen him before, but he seemed comfortable around the other cats. He figured out the trap faster than most of the other male cats we've fixed, and actually went right in.
As for his name, we have discovered over the years that the feral cats in the colony have a distinct odor. Every morning after a successful trapping when we go to the garage to get the cat to take to the vet there is a very unique stink in the air. It happens every time, but it didn't this time. We noticed it when we opened the door this morning and we noticed it on the drive home in the afternoon after picking him up. This was the first vet-to-home transfer that didn't require driving with all the windows down (regardless of weather). So Mr. Clean has somehow avoided The Feral Smell.
