The Kitten showed up at my back door around 3:45…very friendly but refusing to go into the trap, no matter how yummy the food in it was. I think she's been reading this weblog and knows what I'm up to. I finally went out, pet her a bit and then attempted to place her into it — gently at first then, when she fought like mad, with all the strength I could muster.
Didn't work. She kicked and flailed and never remained in a position that would enable her to fit through its door. Then she banged the cage, the door slammed down…and I had no choice but to let her go. I couldn't take one hand off her to open the cage.
She's sitting out in the far side of the yard, refusing to go anywhere near the cage which I have reset. If I can't get her into it in the next thirty minutes or so, I'm going to have to put it off 'til the morrow. The vet won't take her after 6 PM and it'll take a good 45 minutes to get her there.