Interesting cat situation

ljonski
ljonski Posts: 3,337 Forumite
My street goes up and down in ones instead of twos . the people at 26 got a Maine type Coon called Rambo a year or so ago. The man at 19 , not having a cat but being a great socialiser on his doorstep would leave plenty of cat food out on his doorstep for any strays that were passing. Obviously Rambo heard of the free grub and got himself down there asap.The other tenants at 19 seem to have adopted him and I have even seen them with a cat box looking for him, practically outside 26.( I suspect they have taken him to the vets as their cat) This is great for Rambo as he is quids in, but what happens if the people at 26 leave and take him with them.All the people are East Europeans but I suspect the real owners don't take him to the vet(no pdsa qualification. He does have a collar that i have not looked at too closely. The only other thing i can think of is their are actually two cats who look pretty identical , but I have never seen them together. Both groups of people work long hours , while at least one cat is always outside as , as i have hinted everybody lives in upstairs flats.

Confused ? Well so am I.
pS as i type Rambo has just gone past heading from 26 towards 19 !
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  • laurz
    laurz Posts: 545 Forumite
    my neighbour used to feed my cat and i got really cross! he put on loads of weight (comprimising his qualioty of life). defleaing and worming twice will make him quite sick! also as i pointed out to my neighbour what if my cat had been on a special diet ie for kidney trouble. and another point is if he was to have an operation he has to be starved for 12 hours - if she feeds him she's risking him dying on the table! my children were upset as he was spending less and less time at home.

    now years on he's more of a neighbourhood cat he goes off on rounds of visiting and everyone stops to pet him but they know where he belongs and wouldn't dare feed him.
  • emlou2009
    emlou2009 Posts: 4,016 Forumite
    The proper owners should have him microchipped. That way it would hold up in court if the feeder pinched him. They need to have a word really!
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  • gettingready
    gettingready Posts: 11,330
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    emlou2009 wrote: »
    The proper owners should have him microchipped. That way it would hold up in court if the feeder pinched him. They need to have a word really!

    That is what I thought so too - till I saw a thread on here where a missing for a year, microchipped cat could not be returned to his real owners...

    If a cat needed to be starved 12 hours or so - one would have to keep it indoors to manage to do that anyway, not allow it wandering outside.
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