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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As pps have said, a tipped ear means he was/is a colony cat who went through a TNR program.  The only reason to try and catch him is if he’s not safe outdoors, either because he’s no longer with his colony or because he’s too socialized/not feral.  Sounds like it isn’t the latter since you’ve had so much trouble trapping him.

Yes, if you kept him confined to your patio for two weeks you can be sure he’s ok.  State health department quarantine for rabies is 10 days…if he’s not showing any symptoms at that point (honestly, it’s more like he’s still alive as if he were rabid he probably wouldn’t be by then) then he’s fine.  But unless you have serious concerns about his safety I wouldn’t bother trying to trap him.[/quote]

+1 for all of this. If the cat is that hard to catch, he doesn’t want to come inside.

I live in an area with TNR colonies and one of the reasons they return the feral cats is that they have determined that cats are territorial, and if you take the cats away, more simply take their place. If you have a neutered colony, they will occupy the territory, but not reproduce. [/quote]

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