Based on this report, we had Sam out all night Friday night, with some volunteer support, monitoring a special trap that Sam designed and which she always assembles on site. Unfortunately, there were no sightings overnight, so we need to give Toby a little more guidance. To help condition him to rely on the food we provide, we will be discontinuing the use of the second feeding station, the lower feeding station, and relocating the upper station to the ridge above the street shown in the picture below.
The trap that Sam monitored all night was located at the other end of Baish Dr from the location of the upper station. Here's a picture of it, and since it's so dark, another picture of the same trap, set up in another location at another time for another animal, is also shown. It's less threatening to a lot of animals than a cage-style trap. Hopefully to Toby, anyway.
We will be placing a plastic container next to the stake with the signs to hold the food and keep it dry. We will continue to monitor the feeding station as we've been doing and once we can establish, through sighting and photos, that Toby is eating at the new location, we will try to trap again. We are also working at trying to get another tracking dog as Salsa has started her chemo.
