Yes...I tried that too(with string), but then my pole broke and I was unprepared to go any further since it was late already. So yesterday, I had to buy a taller ladder, and used the bigger dependable trap I had and the cat almost went in. I left everything out there with trap tied open and food and water inside, and will try again tonight. This is a 15 mile one way drive for me. So, i’m going back after work tonight and will hope to God it goes in this time. Meanwhile, from teh roof area, I see 4 week old kittens poppping out from under a hedge over there. I have to get them now too....unbelievable.
One thing about traps — and if you’re doing cat rescue you probably already know this, but there are a lot of other people reading this thread who need to know it — do NOT leave a trap unattended, or you are apt to retrieve a dead cat. Once trapped, they MUST be retrieved right away! They cannot tolerate being trapped for any appreciable period of time (i.e., more than an hour or two at most is all I’d go).
If anyone is setting a trap, it’s important to stick around, rather than set it out with the plan of coming back the next day, or even later on that same day. Cats are very rugged critters, but this is one thing they just don’t handle very well.