{"id":9971,"date":"2015-06-15T13:47:29","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T18:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeanschara.com\/randr\/?p=9971"},"modified":"2016-03-30T17:52:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T22:52:26","slug":"photos-the-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/photos-the-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: The Trap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m trying to trap Boomer. No luck so far. Here are some trap antics that have ensued in the process:<\/p>\n<p>Junior readily entered <strong>the trap<\/strong> and was surprised when he got caught. I foolishly attempted to transfer him to a carrier, and he escaped. He came back to eat Fancy Feast from a bowl, so I didn&#8217;t lose much ground, but I haven&#8217;t seen him since Friday.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11697\" src=\"https:\/\/pmtoo.jeanschara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-06-12-08.06.53-e1459377612514.jpg\" alt=\"Surprise Trapped\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was surprised when Walter trapped himself later in the afternoon. I guess he was, too, because he cussed me out royally when I went outside to let him out (I don&#8217;t need him until next month when his vaccinations are due &#8212; I&#8217;ll probably not get him near a trap again).<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11698\" src=\"https:\/\/pmtoo.jeanschara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-06-12-15.15.38-2-e1459377759812.jpg\" alt=\"cat entering trap\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walter was surprised a few seconds later:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11699\" src=\"https:\/\/pmtoo.jeanschara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-06-12-15.23.58-2-e1459377719257.jpg\" alt=\"surprised cat\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I thought he was cussing me out, but photographic evidence seems to support he was more upset with Sneaky who is probably laughing at him from behind me.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11700\" src=\"https:\/\/pmtoo.jeanschara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-06-12-15.25.04-e1459378092254.jpg\" alt=\"cussing cat\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even with the trap open, he stayed in there cussing up a storm. He was so loud, Boomer came up the steps with me there to see what was happening:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11701\" src=\"https:\/\/pmtoo.jeanschara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-06-12-15.26.11-e1459378127532.jpg\" alt=\"cat in open trap\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After Walter finally left the trap, I reset it in hopes Boomer (the target of the day&#8217;s trapping activities) would join in the fun.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11702\" src=\"https:\/\/pmtoo.jeanschara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-06-12-16.06.48-e1459377660248.jpg\" alt=\"Boomer looking in trap\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While Boomer looked into the trap, he did not go for the bait. This morning, after I set the trap in hopes of capturing Boomer, Sneaky peered in. I told her to get out. She did, but moments later she walked back in, eating the early bait. I decided to let her do what she was going to do. I wasn&#8217;t surprised when I heard the trap trip moments later. I went to let her out, but she was too fast to be caught. The trap was empty. Now, you know why I call her Sneaky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m trying to trap Boomer. No luck so far. Here are some trap antics that have ensued in the process: Junior readily entered the trap and was surprised when he got caught. I foolishly attempted to transfer him to a carrier, and he escaped. He came back to eat Fancy <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/photos-the-trap\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[77],"tags":[116,113,111,108,244,115],"class_list":["post-9971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pets","tag-boomer","tag-feral-cats","tag-junior","tag-sneaky","tag-the-trap","tag-walter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-06-12-15.23.58-2-e1459377719257.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}