Sneaky stray cat disappears after being trapped and adopted into Canadian cat lover’s home, causing reset of trap and capture of second feral feline, after which original cat comes crawling out of basement, making them an instantly happy fur family

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Apr 29, 2026 8:45 AM EDT

Cat Distribution System deliveries can be some of the strangest feline-hooman meet cutes and this double delivery is certainly one for the record books.

For after going through a classic feral feline capture and rehabilitation this cat pawrent thought that their time with troubled felines was over. That from that point onwards they would be dealing with a decently well behaved feline who enjoys living indoors with them. However, old habits dissipate slowly and before long the cat she painstakingly worked on acclimating to her home went MIA. And as any reasonable pawrent would do she set up the trap once more to capture the catto she was sure had run away.

However, as fate would have it this was a Cat Distribution System trick designed to capture a second feral feline to join the first one who had been hiding in the basement tearing up the insulation while trying to chase mice. And with stories like this you can start to see where the creators of shows like Looney Tunes got their inspawration.
 

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    "They must have been hommies in the wild outdoors because they were cuddling up with each other from day one."
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    I live in rural Canada and it is getting cold... I have been hearing sounds on my porch the last few nights but thought it was just regular wildlife until tonight when I went out and saw a kitty tail rushing away.
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    I always have a couple cans of cat food in case I run across a stray driving so I opened one up and set it out and it was gone 20 min later but I wasn't able to get close to the kitty she was too fast to even get a
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    photo of and was definitely not into me being near her (by her size I'm guessing female) I am hoping for advice on how to catch her. I already have a bunch of supplies
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    for a cat and have just been waiting till I was a bit more set up and was going to "a word I can't say because it flags the post" a bonded pair but seems like the CDS had other plans. I only have one more can of cat food on hand and a
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    couple cans of tuna but I can go into town tomorrow and get some more food. Any trap ideas or other advice would be helpful thanks
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    So it took about ten days of feeding her and slowly moving the food closer to the trap(not set) then inside and past the trip pad before I set it and caught her. I talked with a neighbor and apparently she has been around for a
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    few years so I realize she is very feral, and this will be a long road. She went on a hunger strike for the first few days, though pd on a blanket every day so was drinking water I guess... By the third
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  • You have just got to love the drama of cats. Especially the outdoor ones who get so shocked by being brought indoors that they would be unhinged enough to go on hunger strike. Not realizing that in doing so they are actually being the most privileged that they could possibly be because the moment they break the strike they will be in a place that has a never ending amount of food in it. It's like being taken to a food court and not eating because you want to go outside to dig through trash.
     

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    day she found and used the litterbox just for p . And later on she finally broke down and ate something. She has only done a small pop and is eating half as much as when she was outside but she isn't
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    in the cold or active so likely not as hungry, and obviously still super not stoked on whatever the heck is going on even if it's warmer and there is always good around. I got her some dry food because I
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    didn't like leaving wet food out for long periods but want her to have access to food 24/7. I had a few smaller cat stands but today the large cat tree arrived so I set that up and I'm hoping that can help her
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  • Such classic cat behavior, this feral feline has no idea how good she has it and how grateful she should be. It is completely wild that these cats can be so dimwitted for such intelligent creatures. But that is one of the many things that we so deeply love about our cat children at the end of the day. And one day very soon that plentiful food and plush cat tree will be received with great pleasure and pride. Just not today, today ignorance has been chosen and will continue to be chosen until this outdoor cat finally breaks and admits that it likes the soft, cushy life of an indoor cat. 
     

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    feel more comfortable. I've gotten a couple toys that are hands off. I'm going to try and practice yoga and listen to my audio book (dungeon crawler Carl series) everyday with her so she gets used to me a bit, and will
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    probably sleep in there a couple days a week. Hopefully I can get another cat/kitten in a few months as I think that seems to be the only way super feral cats break out of their shells completely.
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    Not sure who would want a update but here it is I'll post another in a few months or whenever theres progress worth posting about
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    PLATES HORKOUTS
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    A few months back I posted about a feral kitty I trapped well shortly after that post I thought my roommate accidentally let her back outside... After resetting the trap and having no luck
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    recatching her I moved it to a shed and hoped for better luck in a new location. And then she appeared from the depths of my basement crawl space. When I went to take down the trap I was gifted another very spicy
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    feral kitty. Well now I had to move the trap to my basement, secluded spicy kitty two in the spare room and retrap spicy kitty one. I was nervous about putting them together but spicy kitty one was tearing
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    down insulation in her attempts to locate mice so she needed to be relieved of her basement privalages. Thankfully they must have been hommies in the wild outdoors because they were
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    cuddling up with each other from day one. That or they had a common enemy. Now spicy kitty one was a short hair so I was going to stick with going a bit slower but spicy two was a long hair and
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    absolutely covered in matting. And oh boy was she stinky so after a few weeks I really just couldnt let her go on in that condition as much as she may not want me to touch her she needed help. I started using a
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    long silicone shower brush to brush her, and then I utilized gloves and my hair dressing scissors and slowly worked on removing the matts. It took about a week of going at a slow pace and making sure to give lots of treats but I think she
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    understood I was trying to help. Then I used a spray bottle with diluted Vinegar and wet her down and then used baking soda and brushed her out. She smells and feels infinitly better, and my hand doesn't feel covered in grime
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    after petting her. Now it has taken a while to name them but I have settled on Samantha and Katia (both from the DCC book series) Katia being a bit on the shy side and definitely more of a tank when push
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    comes to shove seemed fitting. And seeing as Samantha still greats me with daily hisses even if she has gotten to the point that she will sometimes purr when I'm petting her. So far I have just been able to get Katia to take treats off of the silicone
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    shower brush and let me brush her a couple times before she cries out in protest... But progress is progress.
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