Post Code TW19 - cat living around a bus stop

antonia86

How do you know the cat is 19yo?


A loving owner may not be able to brush it regularly (age/ill health). If your friend knows who the cat belongs to - I would imagine they now do as you have given age information - I suggest they go and discuss their concerns with the owner.

Mrs_Z

Well, could be an elderly cat with a hyperthyroid condition. Ours had it and despite being cared for and on medication, her coat looked terrible and got very matted too towards the end. However, she hardly ventured out preferring to stay indoors. The white fur on that cat looks rather dirty (on the head), which suggests to me that she does not have a warm home to go to... Could anyone put a paper collar on the cat with a message to the owner and a phone number to ring?

gettingready

Thanks - as my friend took as tin of cat food and put it down for a cat, a lady came out of the house near by. My friend asked her if she knows this cat and she said, yes she does and that it is her cat. She said cat is 19 yo. My friend asked her why does the cat look so bad skinny dirty and matted and the woman shrugged and said the cat is not well and been to vets. She was not bothered by my friend feeding the cat, cat ate 3/4 of a tin.

Hmmmm

Froglet

Yes it may well be her cat but she obviously does not care about it poor thing.Most loving owners would be quite angry if they found a stranger feeding their cat.

The problem is with winter coming on that poor cat is going to suffer.It needs care but how to do it? Always a problem.Better if it had been a stray in a way.The owner may well be keeping an eye out now to see what happens,and would put up a fight if someone actually picked it up.It might also be microchipped so that would show up if scanned and would be returned to her anyway.

Other than complaining about it's condition,which i doubt the RSPCA would be overly concerned about,i am not sure of the answer.We can only hope that now the owner knows someone is watching it she may take it in.

gettingready

Thanks - that is kind of what we are thinking now.

My friend does not use this bus stop all the time but when she does - the cat is there.

She will be poping round in the evenings to see if the poor oldie (if the cat is 19 yo) is taken in for the night at least.

My cats are just greedy but this one acted really hungry when my friend took a tin of cat food and box of dry food for him/her.

Person_one

gettingready wrote: »

Thanks - as my friend took as tin of cat food and put it down for a cat, a lady came out of the house near by. My friend asked her if she knows this cat and she said, yes she does and that it is her cat. She said cat is 19 yo. My friend asked her why does the cat look so bad skinny dirty and matted and the woman shrugged and said the cat is not well and been to vets. She was not bothered by my friend feeding the cat, cat ate 3/4 of a tin.

Hmmmm

Elderly animals can look neglected even when they are not, and are in fact loved and cared for. You definitely can't take the fact that an animal 'seems hungry' as evidence of neglect, mine would eat as though they'd been starved for years 5 minutes after their last meal!

It seems this cat hasn't even been going very far from home, best to leave it alone I think.

Person_one

Froglet wrote: »

The problem is with winter coming on that poor cat is going to suffer.It needs care but how to do it? Always a problem.Better if it had been a stray in a way.The owner may well be keeping an eye out now to see what happens,and would put up a fight if someone actually picked it up.It might also be microchipped so that would show up if scanned and would be returned to her anyway.

I'd expect so, I'd certainly put up a fight if somebody tried to 'rescue' one of my pets from me!

iammumtoone

I had 19 year old cat, it stayed indoors most of the time but got out. One of the neighbours brought it back, they said their wife had fed it and was going to ring the cats protection to collect the 'stray' :eek: Luckily her husband thought it might be elderly so tried to find its owner first.

I would say if the owner didn't care about it, they wouldn't have come out of the house to see why someone was feeding it. It does look dirty but my elderly cat didn't take very good care of herself, and went thin.

Good idea to check at night to see if it has been taken in, if not then I would certainly be concerned.

krlyr

Katz Castle are nearby and helped me catch two feral cats that appeared on the farm (non-working, so not farm cats) next to me
http://www.katzcastle.co.uk/

Person_one

krlyr wrote: »

Katz Castle are nearby and helped me catch two feral cats that appeared on the farm (non-working, so not farm cats) next to me
http://www.katzcastle.co.uk/

This isn't a feral cat though, have you finished the thread?