I thought maybe I could start trapping them and getting them neutered but the first night I set the trap out I caught an opossum then the next night I caught a damn skunk.......That was the end of my trapping.
Before we brought in the two I posted about, we did TNR on all of them. We did it for the three kittens of one of them before that. After a couple months after releasing them we brought them in. The kittens were pretty easy, as we had partially tamed them on the screen porch.
Never got a possom or a skunk, although they were in the neighborhood. Guessed we lucked out.
We have a great organization here that will neuter ferals without an appointment. Once trapped, you keep them overnight with no food or water (anesthesia issues), and take them in a 7 am. By afternoon, they’re done. I think it was only $25.