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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / February 2004a "friend" takes up residence on patio
My cat has a friend...a younger cat who may or may not have a home in this big apt complex. It now sleeps all the time on our patio...but I don't feed it so it must be eating somewhere. My cat doesn't seem to be disturbed by all this. Any recommendations. I do not need another cat! > My cat has a friend...a younger cat who may or may not have a home in this big > apt complex. It now sleeps all the time on our patio...but I don't feed it so > it must be eating somewhere. My cat doesn't seem to be disturbed by all this. > Any recommendations. I do not need another cat! Hi , You need to find if the cat has a home. Ask your vet or local Rescue to check for a microchip and check their records of lost and found. Put a collar on the cat asking if it belongs to someone and ask around . If you can't find the owner then it would be best to find it a home. <<> Any recommendations. I do not need another cat!>>> Do you have any choice?? LOL Alison >My cat has a friend...a younger cat who may or may not have a home in this big >apt complex. It now sleeps all the time on our patio...but I don't feed it so >it must be eating somewhere. My cat doesn't seem to be disturbed by all this. >Any recommendations. I do not need another cat! Maybe you don't need another cat, but the cat may need you. And then again, your cat may really need this little friend. Maybe it is only eating what it can scrounge -- offer it something to see if it is hungry. Poor baby! maybe it's faith, this kittie was destined to come to you! Sonny :) "of all the patios why did you walk into mine?" > >My cat has a friend...a younger cat who may or may not have a home in this big > >apt complex. It now sleeps all the time on our patio...but I don't feed it so [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > eating what it can scrounge -- offer it something to see if it is > hungry. Poor baby! << Subject: Re: a "friend" takes up residence on patio From: "Mr Nangla" nangla@nildram.co.uk Date: Sat, Feb 21, 2004 3:19 PM Sonny :) "of all the patios why did you walk into mine?" >> ------------- Great. Best post here in years! You made my day with it. Thanks >My cat has a friend...a younger cat who may or may not have a home in this big >apt complex. It now sleeps all the time on our patio...but I don't feed it so >it must be eating somewhere. My cat doesn't seem to be disturbed by all this. >Any recommendations. I do not need another cat! This always makes me wonder. Does the cat have a home is is just coming over to play with yours or is he/she lost or abandened or rejected or what. Do you take him/her in or feed it or leave it alone. If you feed it, it would be encouraged to stay. If if doesn't have a home, it needs to be fed. Tough choice. Cats will almost always eat a little snack so it is hard to tell if they are really hungry or just looking for something different. If it was skinny, it would be easier to decide, but what do you do if it appears well cared for? I would hate to "steal" someone's cat, but would also not want to reject it if it needs help. I obtained my first cat because he wandered into my parent's yard and proceeded to build a nest. After a few days, we concluded he was not going away and I offered him food and he was very hungry. He ended up coming home with me and seemed very happy to do so. I looked for signs and ads and never saw any about him. A few months ago, I found a rather expensive camera that had been placed on a fence near my home. I put an ad in the paper and it was not claimed. The police had no reports of a lost camera so they advised me to just keep it. They have my number if a claim is ever made. By coincidence, it is an exact match to a camera that I own so now I have a spare body and lens. It is worth about $125USD used so the owner should have wanted it back. The point of this is that you might never find the owner, no matter how hard you try. << Subject: Re: a "friend" takes up residence on patio From: ">Fan <> Date: Sat, Feb 21, 2004 5:46 PM Message-id: <19nf30dgbe3hd18botmqhrki09nd8vub3e@4ax.com> >My cat has a friend...a younger cat who may or may not have a home in this big >apt complex. It now sleeps all the time on our patio...but I don't feed it so >it must be eating somewhere. My cat doesn't seem to be disturbed by all this. >Any recommendations. I do not need another cat! This always makes me wonder. Does the cat have a home is is just coming over to play with yours or is he/she lost or abandened or rejected or what. Do you take him/her in or feed it or leave it alone. If you feed it, it would be encouraged to stay. If if doesn't have a home, it needs to be fed. DOESN'T SEEM HUNGRY. JUST HANGS AROUND...THEN AT NITE THEY GO WANDERING OR BOTH HANG AROUND THE PATIO. MAYBE THIS IS MY EARLIER CAT WHO DIED ABOUT A YEAR AND HALF AGO COME BACK, HUH? STRANGE...HE ACTS LIKE HE BELONGS. > << Subject: Re: a "friend" takes up residence on patio > From: ">Fan <> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > HUH? > STRANGE...HE ACTS LIKE HE BELONGS. Boy, that's REALLY how cats operate. I think you need to take the hint. Do you only have the one cat? If so, you definitely could take this kitty in. Put a color with a note on it saying you want to know if this cat is owned. If you get no response, you know it is a gift for you and your kitty. And you shouldn't look gift cats in the mouth. When they don't go away its because they have no where to go away to. Your neighbours cats may come over but they will then go home a cat which is always there has no home to go to. If they are friendly they realise they have to find someone to feed them so they move to a person who looks friendly usually this person will have a cat of their own. I don't know if they intentually look for other cats or these are just the people who respond but it often seems to work out that way. The number of cats who are dumped, left behind, or even get lost is amazing. Take the cat in and then look for an owner. Local shops people on the street, neighbours ask around put an add in the paper and contact the local shelters and let them know you found a cat but bring him in. > This always makes me wonder. Does the cat have a home is is just > coming over to play with yours or is he/she lost or abandened or > rejected or what. Do you take him/her in or feed it or leave it alone. > If you feed it, it would be encouraged to stay. If if doesn't have a > home, it needs to be fed. Take them in always and ask around the put the cat in a cat carrier and go for a walk to visit your neighbours, ask if they ever saw the cat before or know who it belongs to but don't leave it there. I've done this just driving down the street and seen a cat in an area I didn't think was safe pop cat in basket and go walking will usually find you the home if there is one. > Tough choice. Cats will almost always eat a little snack so it is hard > to tell if they are really hungry Cats that wolf down food are hungry but a starved cat could be lost and a stray could have just been feed by a neighbour. Don't ignore them and wait though, I feed everything I see within reason of course and never has a persons cat stayed they will still go home if they have a home to go to.
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