I need some help and advice!! 😎I named them Tommy and Sheila. They are a stray bonded pair, and SO in love...and she looks pregnant. ❤️ I started feeding them a few weeks ago as Tommy always looked weak, and tired and obviously he protects his girlfriend Sheila. 🥰
They have become quite healthy looking since they're eating properly, and they often sleep over on my porch where I put out some blankets.
Then they disappear for a day or two, and come visit again every other day.
My own 4 rescues usually goes MAD at the front door at 3am in the morning, then I know Tommy and Sheila is checking in for food and a good nights sleep. ☺️
Sometimes they are still there in the morning, and even walk with us if I take Lola (one of my pups) for a walk.
Now here is the problem: Tommy I can pet, and touch and scratch, but Sheila is veeeery scared of human touch and flinch away. I have been building trust over weeks, she will even take food from my hand quickly...she's even gets excited when I greet her, but WON'T let me touch her...not yet anyway.
So, it's easy to potentially collar and leash Tommy, no problem, but Sheila I cannot catch. She is veeeery clever, I have tried various tricks... 😜
Tommy will even come in my back yard if I tease him with a Vienna sausage, but Sheila is too weary and clever and don't trust enough yet... 😉
The problem is, she is showing so I'm not sure how much time she has before the puppies come...and I would hate for her to have them under some bush in the rain!
So, I don't have enough time to build more trust so I can catch her myself easily, before the babies come! I try and make it very comfortable on my porch so MAYBE she will come there if she gives birth, but it's unlikely, as much as I know she does like me, but too afraid to take the step to trust humans.
I need a trap or sorts, like those cages they use to catch strays in the street...something with a trap door so I can put food inside and
