u/Odd_Friendship1857

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Necessary to stop at Terminal 2 for LATAM?

I’m flying LATAM out of LAX in the morning and their website says to check-in at their counters at Terminal 2 and then take the bus to TBIT.

My question is, can I just skip T2 and go to TBIT directly? I have my online boarding pass, I’m already checked in online, and have no checked bags. And I have pre-check so not worried about TSA lines. Why bother with T2?

Has anyone taken LATAM recently? Thanks!

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u/Odd_Friendship1857 — 2 days ago

Why are traps so badly designed?

(Kitten tax attached - long story on why the kitten is in a bag in there, I do know how to use traps “correctly”)

As a novice, these crappy traps frustrate me so much. Where to start:

  • the gates and mechanisms get jammed if it’s not set up perfectly
  • cats are afraid of getting in it because it obviously looks suspicious and not safe
  • you have to use a makeshift string release if you want to catch kittens because they come in batches and also don’t set off the weight trigger
  • the wire mesh is dangerous for their paws instead of a solid bottom surface, so you’re supposed to line it with paper or something, but then that rustles around and scares them
  • as soon as they’re caught they jump around and make a huge mess of the food
  • pain to clean thoroughly and cats defecate and urinate through the traps in your car
  • hard to safely get a cat out of the trap to put them in something else especially if you need to use the trap for more kittens

Why has no one designed a better user-friendly cat-friendly trap? We have iphones and self driving cars and we’re still living in the dark ages with these crappy traps.

What frustrates you about these traps and what would you like to see different?

u/Odd_Friendship1857 — 1 month ago

Sanity check on TNR return

We’ve been feeding a 1-year old female stray outside for a few weeks. She gradually let us get closer, within a few feet while she ate, but no touching.

Last week we noticed she looked pregnant so we trapped her and took her in for a spay-abort and vaccines.

When we picked her up after her procedure, we decided to let her recover in a bathroom for a few days and see if she could maybe be socialized. Since then we’ve been going in to feed her twice a day and sitting quietly. She will peek her head out to eat but otherwise she hides when we are in there. We have a camera in there and she does come out to use the litter and eat her food but spends most of her time hiding even when we aren’t in there.

We are now choosing whether to keep trying or return her to her outdoor home (now she has had a chance to heal a bit). If we return her now, hopefully she can resume her regular routine easily, remember her hiding spots and food spots, etc. We hope she will stick around her usual spot so we can keep feeding her outside. We are worried if we keep her inside too long she will just be unhappy and stressed inside for longer and it will be harder for her to return to her outdoor routine.

On the other hand, 3 days isn’t very long, and maybe if we tried a few more weeks we would see more progress. We could either adopt her ourselves (after introducing her slowly to our resident cat, if they get along) or foster her and put her up for adoption. The TNR organization estimated she’s 1 year old so past usual socialization age but still pretty young.

Is there any hope of socializing her and turning her into a happy indoor cat, or is it best for her to let her go back to her outdoor home?

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u/Odd_Friendship1857 — 2 months ago