Wordless Wednesday
What’s this for?
P.S. Know the answer? Leave your response in the comment box. (Hint: You don’t use it to tame the frizzies!) And if you missed our first-ever video Wordless Wednesday last week, catch the rerun here.
UPDATE, October 31: If you’re thinking of starting a TNR program in your community, you most definitely want some of these. Click through to the comment box for complete deets.
Related links:
Webinar recording: “Starting a TNR Program In Your Community”
Trap-Neuter-Return on ASPCApro.org
“Winter Cat Care: Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
Tags: Feral Cats, Spay/Neuter
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Lauren Says:
Used to squeeze/secure animal trapped in humane trap at one end or the other to administer tranquilizer.
Chris Whyle Says:
That tool is an isolator, and it is used to restrain a trapped feral cat for initial sedation before spay/neuter surgery. It is also used post-surgery to restrict a cat to one side of the trap or another during the recovery period to place food/water in the trap or to facilitate changing the papers in the bottom of the trap.
Nancy Clark Says:
The 2 comments so far would be right I believe…used to move/restrain cats in traps to do food and water or administer drugs or whatever.
Pune Dracker, Editor, Shelters' Edge Says:
Yes, Yes and Yes! You guys are all correct, and Chris–you said the magic word! What you’re looking at is indeed a trap isolator, used in this case for TNR work with feral cats.
The teeth of the isolator fit into the holes of the trap at the bottom and allow the trap to be divided in two. With a feral cat on one side of the isolator, fresh paper, food and water can be placed into the other side. Once cleaning and/or feeding is complete, the isolator is removed. ”For safety,” says the ASPCA’s Jesse Oldham, “we recommend that two isolators be used.”
P.S. Looking for additional tips on techniques and equipment like the trap isolator? You are not alone! Check out the recent webinar presented by Oldham, “Starting a TNR Program in Your Community.” Listen to the recording, download the slides and get Jesse’s comprehensive list of resources here: http://www.aspcapro.org/webinar-starting-a-tnr-program-in-your-c.php