Neighbour has stolen my much loved cat...

Kimberley

No one owns cats - cats are their own masters and will choose to rest with whomever gives them food, toys and affection. No one actually steals a cat because the cat chooses where it wants to be

I'm afraid I do OWN my cat. I get fed up with some people (not you) who say cats are not owned by their owner. It's a load of ball of course we do.

I had a Bengal cat stolen last year. I paid over £400 for her (got it back from insurance) I will keep looking and even if she is with someone else I will want her back.

Thankfully my Bengal Oscar would not allow someone else to take him.

I hope OP you resolve this issue.

emlou2009

i know a cat is different to a tv, but if you bought a tv and paid the electric to keep it running, the license, the house insurance etc, and someone stole it, you would say you owned it right? a cat is no different, you buy it and it is yours. nobody has a right to steal a cat. just because they have cupboard love doesnt mean whoever feeds them own them, thats quite frankly rubbish!

if i were you i would just tell her that the cat needs a special diet cos theres something wrong with him and dont tell her what the diet is, if she truly cares about the cat then she wont want to feed him any more, and definitely lock him in for a good while. i'd also have punched her by now lol

ailuro2

http://www.kittycollars.co.uk/personalised-cat-collars.htm

Waterfalls

i wod def claim the cat back and keep him in for a bit, after all he is yours and u have every right to do so. if he prefers going outside to toilet try putting some mud in his littler tray to try and get him use to it.

i have found feeding my cats at the same time every night makes them come in, as i like them to be in overnight. keeping ur cat in might get him into some kind of routine. and if u think it may stress him out-try a feliway difuser

seadee

Good luck in getting YOUR cat back.
One of our cats keeps popping into our neighbours and they do, very occasionally, feed him.
No problem with that he knows where he lives and always comes back.

If you cannot find the cat soon put some "missing presumed stolen" posters up and make sure you stick one through her letterbox

olias

Horace wrote: »

No one owns cats - cats are their own masters and will choose to rest with whomever gives them food, toys and affection. No one actually steals a cat because the cat chooses where it wants to be - better have a dog instead as they are more loyal than cats:rolleyes:

What a load of old !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Olias

kindofagilr

This is awful I would go to the police straight away, if he is microchipped then he is YOUR cat not hers

I am sorry but I would get the cat back and keep it inside and I would report her to police

Its disgusting and horrible that someone would take someone elses cat

If it was my cat I would go totally mental!

bradford67

I have just joined so i could post a reply about your cat! I am currently experiencig the same problem so i totally understand your tears and frustration.

My cat Leo is 17 years old and was bought for my son's 2nd birthday. He has saved our family from a fire by notifying us the kitchen was alight. He has lived with us in UK, Spain, Dubai and now UK again. He once went missing for 5 weeks and suddenly turned up desperately thin and with barely any claws. So i know my cat would not leave me unless he was being tempted away.

He has been happy with us for 17 years and now an 80 year old lady round the corner has decided he looks hungry and needs feeding! He is 17 and not as fat as he used to be, but like most cats will eat whenever and wherever.

People should never feed other peoples cat's or let them in their houses it only entices them to stay! I would never feed another persons cat especially if it had a collar and was quite clearly owned by someone. Yes, a cat is your property in the eyes of the law. Why else chip animals to return lost ones to owners?

This has only happened during the last two weeks and i am devastated. I am going to be persistent. Everytime he leaves my house for any length of time I am going to go repatriate him by knocking on her door. I understand she probably thinks she is being kind to the cat and she is 80 after all, but it's hurting our family too.

I know you cannot make a cat stay with you, but 17 years is 17 years for me and i am not letting go without a fight. And if you work full time i guess you can't do like me and keep on getting the cat, but take others advice and take him back and don't let him out. He is yours.

I hope they will soon discover Leo's slight incontinence anyway and stop letting him sleep in the house!

olias

bradford67 wrote: »

My cat Leo is 17 years old and was bought for my son's 2nd birthday. He has saved our family from a fire by notifying us the kitchen was alight. He has lived with us in UK, Spain, Dubai and now UK again.
He has been happy with us for 17 years!

I hope you have said all the above to the lady in question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Olias

Sirbendy

Cats are opportunistic little sods - look at mine. If I won't feed them on demand, they ignore me and go for my soft-target partner. As soon as I feed them, i get loved up, she gets blanked.

Both of mine are house-cats, by joint decision. Too many idiots in cars here, too many sadistic weirdos in the world too, and as I work in a secondary school, I KNOW what I'm on about..some of the things I hear make me have to go for a quiet walk before I explode.

In a very real way, you DO own your cat..you pay for it's chip, it's injections, it's food and healthcare, its litter and so on. Chances are you paid to own said feline as well - so, like a car, it IS yours.

I fuss wandering cats, as does my OH. I've only ever "taken in" one, even then only into my open garage for the sake of some warmth and shelter when needed, and some dry food to bulk it up..it was a poor skinny little thing, Dull matted coat, dribbly, thin, small...out in all weathers.

It used to follow my car home and wait for me to get out, then ask for food, and curl up on the warm bonnet. I was happy, cat was happy. She went and did her thing, I did mine, if the shelter was needed or food required, it was there.

We've moved since, but I've seen her at the house, so I guess she's made an impact on the new tenants..heh. I tried the paper collar thing - no go.

I seem to attract cats, even a siamese ragdoll came and sat on me on a bench the other day..they'll get a fuss, maybe even a chat, but I wouldn't try to "adopt" one..if it was one of mine, I'd be livid.