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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2008Trying to catch a stray - Update #2 - GOT HIM !!!!!
Hi there: I caught poor kitty this afternoon. He'd had two cans of cat food in rapid succession and I put the trap by the hole under my porch where I'd been feeding him. He went for the tuna and the trap snapped shut. He was cold and desperate I think. Moved quite slowly the last time I went out. Needed to get warm. It was the most watched cat trap in the history of mankind since both older children were staring out the window all day until then. We knew immediately that we'd got him. Sam and I put him in the back of the car with a big blanket on the cage and took him to the SPCA (the other non-profit cat rescues are all full). They looked at him and he had no tattoo or chip - he is an intact male over a year old but tiny. He is stunning. A beautiful oval face, green eyes, and grey grey GREY - grey velvet nose and fur. Sam named him "Star". They've given me his case number and I'll be checking on his progress. He yowled like crazy when the blanket was lifted but was gentle and appeared calm when they transfered him to the cat carrier. He seems to have known people in some way and is not totally feral. I hated to leave him there. We absolutely can't have three for so many reasons. I am at least glad that he's not out in the cold winter. Please, could we have big purrs that little Star finds a forever home? He was so brave to approach the house, find some food, and take the plunge into the trap. Thanks, Susan M Otis and Chester > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester My girls are on the purr detail. Here's hoping Star will find a loving forever home very soon. He is at least not having to battle for his cold weather survival as a stray, anymore. Melissa > My girls are on the purr detail. Here's hoping Star will find a > loving forever home very soon. He is at least not having to battle for > his cold weather survival as a stray, anymore. Thank you Melissa. I think your girls might find him quite handsome and appealing! It was below 0 Farenheit lastnight and I too am thankful that he wasn't out there. Also, I could actually sleep knowing that he was inside ... Susan M Otis and Chester > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester Purrs for him to find the perfect home, and kudos to you for going to all that trouble. Joy > Purrs for him to find the perfect home, and kudos to you for going to all > that trouble. Thanks Joy - I'm really *really* hoping that he gets his onetruehome. I think any of us here would walk across broken glass to help a cat. This was relatively easy compared to what lots of people here have done! Susan M Otis and Chester >He is stunning. A beautiful oval face, green eyes, and grey grey GREY - >grey velvet nose and fur. Sam named him "Star". They've given me his [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >He was so brave to approach the house, find some food, and take the >plunge into the trap. Will you be looking in on him? He sounds so adorable. It's so cute that the kids were pitching in on the rescue mission. :) > Will you be looking in on him? He sounds so adorable. It's so cute > that the kids were pitching in on the rescue mission. :) You bet I'll be checking up on him! The kids were really caught up in trying to catch him ... and with all the cats at the SPCA. Sam was particularly ga-ga over a cream medium haired boy kitten that took a shine to him. I could have taken every single one of those cats. Susan M Otis and Chester >> Will you be looking in on him? He sounds so adorable. It's so cute >> that the kids were pitching in on the rescue mission. :) [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester We are sending lots and lots of purrs and best wishes that he finds a great onetruehome really soon. I'm so relieved you got him out of the cold, Susan. Polonca and Soncek > Please, could we have big purrs that little Star finds a forever home? > He was so brave to approach the house, find some food, and take the > plunge into the trap. Of course, lots of purrs for the brave little mite. It sounds like he may be at least part Russian Blue. Does he have a very long tail with faint stripes?  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > Of course, lots of purrs for the brave little mite. It sounds like he > may be at least part Russian Blue. Does he have a very long tail with > faint stripes? Ah thanks Marina - I'll bet that Caliban and Mere have some nice rumbly and dainty purrs to offer up for little Star :-) I think he might have more in common with the Korats that I've seen than the Russian Blues. He didn't seem to have stripes in his tail - he was uniformly grey. It was the heart-shaped face that makes me think of the Korat? Susan M Otis and Chester > Ah thanks Marina - I'll bet that Caliban and Mere have some nice rumbly > and dainty purrs to offer up for little Star :-) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > uniformly grey. It was the heart-shaped face that makes me think of the > Korat? OK. I didn't know what a Korat looks like, so I googled for them. They actually look a bit like Mir's mother Kira. She has a rounder face and stockier body than Mir. Not that I really care about breeds, you know. I just happen to live with the most beautiful purebred cat in the world. ;) And the cutest moggy. :P SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Susan, yay, yay!! You and you family are wonderful resuce-ers! Four is sending a message, "Star, don't be afraid, you'll be fed and warm and it won't be scary. Sleep well." SignatureCharleen Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro The Spirit of Mr. Pumpkin St. Cloud, Florida USA > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester > Susan, yay, yay!! You and you family are wonderful resuce-ers! Four is > sending a message, "Star, don't be afraid, you'll be fed and warm and it > won't be scary. Sleep well." Thanks Charleen! Star thanks Four and I continue to think of Four and hope that he's all healed up and cuddling soon. Susan M Otis and Chester >Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >He was so brave to approach the house, find some food, and take the >plunge into the trap. Purrs coming that Star calms down and quickly finds a forever home. So glad that you caught him and that he's now safe and warm. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit, Spot, Princess and Furby with loving memories of Rocky (RB) > Purrs coming that Star calms down and quickly finds a forever home. So > glad that you caught him and that he's now safe and warm. thank you Steve - he's come this far he'd better get himself a home ASAP!!!! He'll be in quarantine for a few days while he's checked out and then calmed down and socialized for a total of 10 days before he's put out for adoption. Fingers and toes crossed here. Susan M Otis and Chester Iam proud of you Susan good going Many purrs being sent for the little master > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester > Iam proud of you Susan good going > Many purrs being sent for the little master thank you Matthew - I really appreciate the purrs for him! Susan M Otis and Chester > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester Congratulations! Purrs for Star to find his forever home very soon. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Congratulations! Purrs for Star to find his forever home very soon. Thank you Adrian! I'll let everyone know as soon as I find out more about how he's doing. Susan M Otis and Chester > Hi there: <Wonderful story snipped> > Please, could we have big purrs that little Star finds a forever home? > He was so brave to approach the house, find some food, and take the > plunge into the trap. We are all purring and pulling for the pretty little boy. Good job. Will in New Haven -- Dum Vivamus, vivimus- While we live, let us live > We are all purring and pulling for the pretty little boy. Good job. > > Will in New Haven thank you Will - little is the operative word. My cats looked like giants when I came home after having getting a look at Star at the SPCA. I told the volunteers there that I thought he was about 9 months old. They said his teeth clearly put him at least at a year old, maybe older. Wow. Don't know if his diet just hasn't been great or if its just genetics. Susan M Otis and Chester > > We are all purring and pulling for the pretty little boy. Good job. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > older. Wow. Don't know if his diet just hasn't been great or if its > just genetics. We have four of the tiniest Himalayans at our house. They were Micki's cats before I even met her. Then we have a mixed-breed who belonged to my mom before she went to the bridge. WooToo weighs almost as much, without really being very fat, as all the Himmys put together, seventeen pounds for her, nineteen for them. All five of them chow down like there was no tomorrow, although we try to keep WooToo's consumption to a dull roar. Cats don't come in as many sizes as d*gs but they do vary quite a lot. Will in New Haven -- "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of Human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." William Pitt - British House of Commons during the Revolutionary War and sympathetic to Colonial America, November 18, 1783 > We have four of the tiniest Himalayans at our house. They were Micki's > cats before I even met her. Then we have a mixed-breed who belonged to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > consumption to a dull roar. Cats don't come in as many sizes as d*gs > but they do vary quite a lot. I always thought of Himmys as being BIG cats too. Well, there you go! They had some spectacularly large cats at the SPCA when we were there. I really like big cats and big dogs. Maybe it's because I'm close to 5'11" that I need super sized creatures around me ;-) There was a girl cat there - a grey/brown tabby - that must have been about 30 pounds. No kidding. Overweight for sure but also a gigantic head. There was a male tuxedo of the same size as well. My favourite was a long-haired boy named Malcom who was so fluffy that he had tufts of hair coming up between his toes. We just looked at him and cooed and he started kneading and rubbing the cage in ecstasy. Then followed upside downy head, which caused him to fall off the top shelf and knock over his food, because he was just too big. I tried to get a straight link to his picture http://www.calgaryhumane.ca/ but it all shows this same link. Anyone who's interested can click the above link, go to browse, and see Malcolm third from the bottom on the outside left. Star will find it easier to eat there since the food kept freezing outside :-( Susan M Otis and Chester > Please, could we have big purrs that little Star finds a forever home? Lots and lots of purrs for the perfect family to find him. > He was so brave to approach the house, find some food, and take the > plunge into the trap. And thank you for caring!!! SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > Lots and lots of purrs for the perfect family to find him. Thank you - he deserves some warmth, good food, and love after his last little while fending for himself. > And thank you for caring!!! Well, thank you all for caring - I know we'd all do the same. Susan M Otis and Chester You did a good thing getting him out of the cold. I hope he finds a home soon. Sue Signature**Visit me and my cats at http://www.island-cats.com/ ** --- > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester > You did a good thing getting him out of the cold. I hope he finds a home > soon. > > Sue Thank you Sue. I *really* hope so too. Susan M Otis and Chester > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester Hey, you made it! You are so good. Purrs for little Star, that he will get a wonderful home with wonderful hoomins to care for him. Lots of love Bettina Purrs and prayers for little Star. Thank you for getting him out of the cold. On 29 Dez., 07:33, Susan M <not_h...@shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester Hey, you made it! You are so good. Purrs for little Star, that he will get a wonderful home with wonderful hoomins to care for him. Lots of love Bettina > Purrs and prayers for little Star. Thank you for getting him out of the > cold. Thanks Granby - below freezing last night so I was glad to think of him all warm and well fed. Susan M Otis and Chester > Hey, you made it! You are so good. > Purrs for little Star, that he will get a wonderful home > with wonderful hoomins to care for him. Thank you Bettina - I don't want to jinx it or anything by talking about it so much but I'm hoping he finds a family on his first day out for adoption! Susan M Otis and Chester > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester Poor brave Star. Purrs he gets the great home he deserves. > Poor brave Star. Purrs he gets the great home he deserves. Thanks Theresa. You know - he really must have been desperate to take the chance on us and on the trap. Glad he took the plunge. Susan M Otis and Chester > Please, could we have big purrs that little Star finds a forever > home? He was so brave to approach the house, find some food, and > take the plunge into the trap. Purrs for Star. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > was so brave to approach the house, find some food, and take the plunge > into the trap. Yes, big purrs coming up for Star to find his onetruehome. It reminds me of when I was trying to trap Boyfriend. He had obviously lost his way home somehow and I didn't want another cat, so I was going to catch him and take him to a no-kill shelter. He was clever enough to enter the trap and scoop the food out with his paw over the treadle that would have set it off. I watched him do it, from inside my kitchen. I had to do it the hard way. No feeding outside, a plate of yummy gooshy just inside the door. Then 6 inches inside, then a foot. Door open all the time, this is very important for shy semi-feral cats, they need to know they can escape. By the time I got him really inside the kitchen, slowly moving the food further and further from the door - I have a big kitchen 16 ft x 12 ft, I'd fallen in love with him. I know he was owned before because he had quite a posh collar on. I wish I could tell his previous owners that he is happy here, maybe they worry about where he is. They should have had him microchipped. And perhaps neutered too.. Both now done. It's a wonderful thing that you have done for this stray cat, Susan. Your karma has increased bigtime ;-) Tweed > Yes, big purrs coming up for Star to find his onetruehome. It reminds me of > when I was trying to trap Boyfriend. He had obviously lost his way home [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > It's a wonderful thing that you have done for this stray cat, Susan. Your > karma has increased bigtime ;-) Thank you Christina. Your Boyfriend story is so wonderful - he clearly had to string you along until you fell in love with him :-) You had such patience with him! I'm surprised that someone wouldn't have at least neutered him given the fancy collar and all. So glad that he found your home! I often wonder about O&C's homes before ours and wonder about their stories. Otis found stray in late February (very cold) and Chester, I think, surrendered by his owners. Of course, a few hours with Otis and I could understand why maybe his previous owners wouldn't let him in anymore ;-) He *still* doesn't sleep through the night at almost 12 yo!!! Susan M Otis and Chester Tweed, I hadn't heard Boyfriend's story before. It was wonderful, talk about working out the best for everyone and every cat! SignatureCharleen Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro The Spirit of Mr. Pumpkin St. Cloud, Florida USA >> Hi there: >> [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > > Tweed > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester I'm so glad, he sounds like he will make someone's life very happy. So good that you were all able to watch the trap so he didn't have to spend much time in it at all. Purrs were heard. Jo > I'm so glad, he sounds like he will make someone's life very happy. > > So good that you were all able to watch the trap so he didn't have to spend > much time in it at all. Purrs were heard. Thanks Jo. I don't think we could have pried the children away from the window if we'd tried! Thank goodness it was relatively quick or we'd have a tray of dirty dishes beside the window! Susan M Otis and Chester > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester Purrs for Star. May his star shine brightly and lead him to a forever home. Happy New Year. MLB > Purrs for Star. May his star shine brightly and lead him to a forever > home. Happy New Year. MLB Thank you! And Happy New Year to you too. Susan M Otis and Chester > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester Blessings from the Creator and Bast for your kindness to one of the helpless least. Dunno where you are but doubt its winters are more vicious than the ones here. Strays do not survive here at this time of year. :o( > Blessings from the Creator and Bast for your kindness > to one of the helpless least. Dunno where you are but > doubt its winters are more vicious than the ones here. > Strays do not survive here at this time of year. :o( Hi Hop - Well, I'm further North than you are just a shade East of the Canadian Rockies in Calgary. You have more elevation and snow though strays don't survive around here at this time of year very easily either. He really needed in from the cold. So glad that he's inside tonight! Susan M Otis and Chester > Hi there: > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > was so brave to approach the house, find some food, and take the plunge > into the trap. Awwww, purrs for Star. I'm sure if he'sthat gorgeous, he'll be snappedup quickly. Yoiwe > Awwww, purrs for Star. I'm sure if he'sthat gorgeous, he'll be snappedup > quickly. Yikes - I hope so and I think you may be right. He's very unusual looking and delicate. It's that heart shaped face that really struck me. Maybe some Korat in him? I've got both my boys purr engines revved up for him to find a forever home. Susan M Otis and Chester > I caught poor kitty this afternoon. He'd had two cans of cat food in > rapid succession and I put the trap by the hole under my porch where I'd > been feeding him. He went for the tuna and the trap snapped shut. He > was cold and desperate I think. Moved quite slowly the last time I went > out. Needed to get warm. ... [snip] > I hated to leave him there. We absolutely can't have three for so many > reasons. I am at least glad that he's not out in the cold winter. > Please, could we have big purrs that little Star finds a forever home? Purrs for the poor guy, I hope he finds a good home ASAP! You were great to put so much effort (with excellent help from the kids) into rescuing him. Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. > > I caught poor kitty this afternoon. > Purrs for the poor guy, I hope he finds a good home ASAP! You were great > to put so much effort (with excellent help from the kids) into rescuing > him. PS - "Star" is a wonderful name. Hope his future humans keep it. Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. > Purrs for the poor guy, I hope he finds a good home ASAP! You were great > to put so much effort (with excellent help from the kids) into rescuing > him. Well, you know they don't make it easy. The city won't get involved in the winter, the no-kill shelters were full and not taking phone messages, you have to drive to the far SE of the city, pay a $50 deposit to get the trap, bait the trap, agree to check it every couple of hours and to a bunch of other complicated instructions, and then drive back with the cat. I didn't mind doing it at all but not everyone would do that for "just a cat". Glad we got him though! And while we there, a young hip guy showed up with a little kitten that he'd found on his fence and gave in the kitty. Obviously a stray and absolutely stunning. Appearances can be deceiving I guess - he was very concerned about the cat, which was very nice to see. Susan M Otis and Chester Susan you and your family are just great. I just know you would have hung out for as long as it took to capture that furry guy, I'm glad it didn't take long. We're so anxious to hear what happens next. Many thankful purrs for what you did. SignatureCharleen Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro The Spirit of Mr. Pumpkin St. Cloud, Florida USA >> Purrs for the poor guy, I hope he finds a good home ASAP! You were great >> to put so much effort (with excellent help from the kids) into rescuing [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester Purring for Star- he sounds beautiful-to get his forever home asap Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >> Purrs for the poor guy, I hope he finds a good home ASAP! You were great >> to put so much effort (with excellent help from the kids) into rescuing [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester Lots of purrs for Star (what a great name!) and the kitten to find onetruehomes really soon, Polonca and Soncek > Please, could we have big purrs that little Star finds a forever home? > He was so brave to approach the house, find some food, and take the > plunge into the trap. Congratulations on getting him to safety. Purrs for a foreverhome on the way. Sam, supervised by Mistletoe
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