hard to trap cat advice
There is one female in my colony who I swear was put on this Earth to test me. I have no problem baiting her into the trap, The issue is that Princess Houdini always manages to either teleport and/or witchcraft herself out.
She EXCELS at running into the traps, stealing the bait, then sprinting out before the door can fully close. I'm still not 100% sure how she pulls this off but so far she's managed to escape both a spring loaded Tomahawk (twice!) AND a gravity close TruCatch (too many times to count). I don't think the traps are the problem because they're well maintained and have caught literally dozens of other cats.
She is heavily pregnant right now and I (foolishly) assumed she'd be slow enough to catch this time. I was wrong. As I type this she is barricaded under a neighbor's porch, merrily munching on an entire leg of rotisserie chicken that she dragged out whole from the trap.
Everyone in my core colony is tipped except for her and a few of her kittens from last year. At this point the majority of the cats that I catch are tomcats from other colonies lured into the yard by her wanton wails.
advice? Are drop traps worth the investment?
picture of my tipped ladies in the snow for attention