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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2004Found Tagged Cat
This declawed, older cat wandered up to my sister's house. It had a "petfinder" tag, and rabies tag. The rabies tag was from a vet in Indiana. (we are in Okla.) She called the number for the petfinder tag. They said they could not release the name of the owner due to privacy issues, but would pass along her number to them. They never called. She called them back tonight (petfinders). They said the owners had been contacted and were trying to reach her. But her phone has caller ID on it, and it shows no calls for the whole day while she was at work. They still wouldn't give her the name / address of the owner. I don't get this. If it were me, I would *welcome* them to give my name to someone who'd found my cat. I can't figure out why they won't. And I wonder if she calls the vet off the rabies tag, if *they* will help her find the owner. Does anyone know if vets will give out that info? It's a real mystery. If the owner is still in Indiana, I can't imagine how the cat got here. I really should bring it out here and put it in one of the extra bedrooms. She has these yappy miniature rat terriers, and I'm sure they are driving the poor thing nuts. Sherry > This declawed, older cat wandered up to my sister's house. It had a > "petfinder" tag, and rabies tag. The rabies tag was from a vet in [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Sherry I'd call the number on the rabies tag too. Can't hurt. Maybe the owners moved or changed phone numbers? Who knows? I can appreciate the vet keeping someone's name and number private, but at the risk of losing a beloved pet? Nawwww. Just tell me how to reach the owners. I'd call the other number and see what happens. And yes, please temporarily rescue the cat from the yapping terriers :) Jill >I'd call the number on the rabies tag too. Can't hurt. Maybe the owners >moved or changed phone numbers? That's what I thought. But the petfinder people say they contacted them. Maybe they *did* move here from Indiana and Petfinders just didn't tell us. Maybe they updated their info. with Petfinders,but just not on the tag itself. Who knows? I can appreciate the vet >keeping someone's name and number private, but at the risk of losing a >beloved pet? Nawwww. Just tell me how to reach the owners. That's the part I don't understand. Because any one of us would put getting our cat back higher priority than protecting our phone number from someone who had the cat and was trying to help. Heck, I'd let them put my address & phone on TV if my cat was missing and I thought it would get him/her back. Sherry >I'd call the other number and see what happens. And yes, please temporarily >rescue the cat from the yapping terriers :) > >Jill > This declawed, older cat wandered up to my sister's house. It had a > "petfinder" [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Sherry I'd sure try the vet. Can she give them your number too for contact? >> It's a real mystery. If the owner is still in Indiana, I can't imagine how >the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >I'd sure try the vet. Can she give them your number too for contact? Oh, gosh. I never thought of that. I can even give them the Humane Society's number, too. I knew there was a reason to put rpca's collective heads togehter :) Sherry > her phone has caller ID on it, and it shows no calls for the whole day while she was at work. I have a friend in Oklahoma that I can't call because of caller ID. With my long-distance service I must use an access code that won't let me get through to a phone with caller ID. Could be that those folks use a similar service. >I have a friend in Oklahoma that I can't call because of caller ID. With my >long-distance service I must use an access code that won't let me get >through to a phone with caller ID. Could be that those folks use a similar >service. Oh yes. We had that on our phone and had to take it off because it would not allow the doctor's office to ring through. It's supposed to filter out telemarketers or any "unavailable" caller ID number but sometimes it filters out other calls. I should check on that. Thanks Pat Sherry >>I have a friend in Oklahoma that I can't call because of caller ID. With my >>long-distance service I must use an access code that won't let me get >>through to a phone with caller ID. Could be that those folks use a similar >>service. > Oh yes. We had that on our phone and had to take it off because it would not > allow the doctor's office to ring through. It's supposed to filter out > telemarketers or any "unavailable" caller ID number but sometimes it filters > out other calls. I should check on that. Thanks Pat If your number is blocked and someone won't allow calls from blocked numbers, you can dial *82 first, then dial their number. The *82 will override the block and send your number to their caller ID. Joyce Sherry, YES, the vet will give her number. My dog got out of our yard years ago and manged to wander away. I was totally frantic, as she never was out of the yard except on a leash. I had tags on her from the vet (rabies - local #) and DVM (pet insurance - 800#). 24 hours later a little boy called me. He had called the number on the rabies tag, and they gave him my number. Turns out Taffy was only 4 blocks away, but how she got across the major busy, busy street still floors me! So, yes, have her call the vet's number. Good luck to her. To reply by mail, remove 'nick'. Shirley B. Webmaster: http://jumi-shirley-butler.com http://www.geocities.com/mhc_reporter "Making a way out of no way is sometimes the only way" Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole And I wonder if ~she calls the vet off the rabies tag, if *they* will help her find the owner. ~Does anyone know if vets will give out that info? ~ ~ ~Sherry >It's a real mystery. If the owner is still in Indiana, I can't imagine how >the >cat got here. She moved there and the cat just got out. Or, she's letting it roam. I'd check with all the neighbors, put signs up, notify the animal shelters. My neighbors kids gave them their cat which lived in Florida. They kept the Florida tags on that cat for years. The info on the tags was their kids last address. Don't trust the info on the tags. > This declawed, older cat wandered up to my sister's house. It had a "petfinder" > tag, and rabies tag. The rabies tag was from a vet in Indiana. (we are in [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Sherry Sherry, Why not call Petfinders and ask them if they would request permission from the cat's owner's to give you the telephone number? That would preserve privacy rights and yet give you a way to get in touch with the owners if they are willing to accept this provision. I think it is a good idea to also call the vet directly (as someone else suggested) even though Petfinders claims to have already done that. Incidentally, I assume this is not the same www.Petfinder.com web site that some of us have used in adopting pets. Is that correct? MaryL >Why not call Petfinders and ask them if they would request permission from >the cat's owner's to give you the telephone number? That would preserve [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >MaryL I'm not sure, Mary. I think it's the microchipping service. We finally called the vet, and lo and behold, he was happy to provide the owner's name and phone number and address. He also said he had microchipped the cat. I think he's definitely lost. Even if the person has moved here, and deliberately let him outside, he obviously can't find his way back. I'll post an update when we're able to get someone to answer at that number. It just occurred to me that my sister gets a stray, and it's a well-cared-for, microchipped cat with a collar. I get a stray, and it's usually an emaciated, wormy, sickly thing and I end up having to spend $200 at the vet's on it. Sherry >> Why not call Petfinders and ask them if they would request permission from >> the cat's owner's to give you the telephone number? That would preserve [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Sherry Well, you have to ask yourself, would your sister take in a emaciated, wormy, sickly thing and spend 200 at the vet? THere's your answer ;) (snippage) > It just occurred to me that my sister gets a stray, and it's a well-cared-for, > microchipped cat with a collar. I get a stray, and it's usually an emaciated, > wormy, sickly thing and I end up having to spend $200 at the vet's on it. > > Sherry Only $200?! Sheesh, count yer blessings. ;-) We are sending purrs that the kitty does have good slaves out there, and is reunited with them. ------ Krista > (snippage) > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > ------ > Krista Heh. Thing is for Sherry that it happens frequently. > Heh. Thing is for Sherry that it happens frequently. True. I bet her cat magnet interferes with navigation. :-P ------- Krista > (snippage) > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > We are sending purrs that the kitty does have good slaves out there, > and is reunited with them. They can't be that good, after all the cat was declawed.  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. >> We are sending purrs that the kitty does have good slaves out there, >> and is reunited with them. > >They can't be that good, after all the cat was declawed. I forgot to update yesterday. You're right, Adrian. They are crappy cat owners with more money than sense. It wasn't a joyful reunion like I'd hoped. Turns out, the cat ended up here because the family was visiting "grandma". They brought the cat, and left it because they really didn't want it anymore. It seems Grandma isn't too crazy about it, either, and is letting it outdoors. I don't understand going to the expense, for one thing, of microchipping/declawing/tagging a cat if you don't care much about it. I don't understand a lot of this deal, though. There's not much I can do. It's being fed well and not neglected in any form. >>> We are sending purrs that the kitty does have good slaves out there, >>> and is reunited with them. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > it. I don't understand a lot of this deal, though. There's not much I > can do. It's being fed well and not neglected in any form. I'll never understand humans. :-( SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. > I forgot to update yesterday. You're right, Adrian. They are crappy > cat owners with more money than sense. It wasn't a joyful reunion like > I'd hoped. Oh, that makes me sad. Does it make you wish you'd never tried to contact them? It makes *me* wish that! Not that I blame you, you did the right thing. I'm just sorry it turned out this way. Poor kitty... Joyce > > I forgot to update yesterday. You're right, Adrian. They are crappy > > cat owners with more money than sense. It wasn't a joyful reunion like [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > them? It makes *me* wish that! Not that I blame you, you did the right > thing. I'm just sorry it turned out this way. Poor kitty... Unless it's some sort of purebred (with resultant "snob appeal"), perhaps you could persuade them to let you take it off their hands? > Joyce >> Oh, that makes me sad. Does it make you wish you'd never tried to contact >> them? It makes *me* wish that! Not that I blame you, you did the right [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >> Joyce No, I tried. Well, sort of. I gave her my Humane Society card and told her if she didn't want it I was *sure* we could find it a good home. She said no, her granddaughter would be mad if she gave it away. Next door to my sister is my nephew next door to him is my other nephew, and next door to him is my son's house. Next door to my son is a rental house we have that my daughter will be moving into for 6 months while her house is being built. Next door to that house is the house the cat lives. So the whole block is family. That cat won't want for people watching out for him at least. Sherry >>> Oh, that makes me sad. Does it make you wish you'd never tried to contact >>> them? It makes *me* wish that! Not that I blame you, you did the right [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Sherry Well, there you go! that's one way to look out for a poor kitties interest! >>>We are sending purrs that the kitty does have good slaves out there, >>>and is reunited with them. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > understand a lot of this deal, though. There's not much I can do. It's being > fed well and not neglected in any form. Except emotionally? There are far too many people, still, who regard a companion animal as a "thing" rather than a living, breathing creature with feelings. <snip> > It just occurred to me that my sister gets a stray, and it's a well-cared-for, > microchipped cat with a collar. I get a stray, and it's usually an emaciated, > wormy, sickly thing and I end up having to spend $200 at the vet's on it. I have a sister like that too. Always the perfect daughter, popular and bright at school, she got the perfect job, the perfect hubby, the perfect house at a perfect price. She always find the most amazing bargains (we psycically know when the sales are about to start, by making our big purchases the week before). People give things to her. She wins raffles. She had a totally perfect pregnancy, not even one incidence of morning sickness, had a quick uncomplicated birth that only needed gas for pain relief and presented a much wanted girl grandchild to my mother. Even my father has commented that Joel & I always seem to just scrape by while my sister sails through life, forever landing on her feet. The big difference between me and her though, is that Joel and I have loads of friends (that includes you folk) whereas it seems my sister and her hubby lead a very lonely existance. And thats why, although I wouldn't mind some of her luck occaasionally, I wouldn't trade my life for hers. Our friends are too precious to trade in. I guess being perfect means also being boring. Yowie > "Sherry " <sriddles@aol.comkitty> wrote > I wouldn't trade my life for hers. Our friends > are too precious to trade in. I guess being perfect means also being boring. > > Yowie It certainly means being tiresome. Charlie and I used to joke that we married each other because at least we kept all the bad luck in one family. We've always seemed to have more than our share of car breakdowns at inopportune times and places. But being less than perfect makes one easier to be around. Not so much to try to live up to. Jo > I have a sister like that too. Always the perfect daughter, popular and > bright at school, she got the perfect job, the perfect hubby, the perfect [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > sickness, had a quick uncomplicated birth that only needed gas for pain > relief and presented a much wanted girl grandchild to my mother. God, I hate this woman already! :) (I hope you're not offended - I'm just joking. But perfect people with perfect lives just make me cranky!) Joyce <snip people not giving the name or number of hte owner of a stray cat to Sherry> > I don't get this. If it were me, I would *welcome* them to give my name to > someone who'd found my cat. I can't figure out why they won't. And I wonder if > she calls the vet off the rabies tag, if *they* will help her find the owner. > Does anyone know if vets will give out that info? In Australia, privacy laws would not allow the phone number or address of one party to be given to another party by an intercessery (sp?) without permission. Good luck in finding owner, a lets hope its a woried and stressed owner who desperately wants their precious baby home! Yowie |
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