It's Caturday- Post some cats (vol 3)
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A cat adopted me about 2 years ago and is still here every day. I know where he should live (quite a fair distance away) but the owner seems disinterested. I wonder what happens if he ever gets checked for a microchip and they return him to his legal owner - in due course he'll, presumably, just turn up with me again.
Many years ago (at least fifteen) a new cat appeared in the neighbourhood, he looked to be part British shorthair, and would come into the house to partake of our cat's breakfast, This lead to him being nicknamed 'Breakfast Puss'. I once drove around the corner to find him sitting in the middle of the road with an 'I'm not moving' cattitude until I sounded the horn at which he stood up and sauntered away. Our old cat died some time ago now and we have since acquired another quasi-rescue cat. Breakfast Puss still hangs around in our garden drinking water out of dustbin lids or just finding a shady spot to lie down.
CheesecakeRunner said:
Slight off-topic but might get some good opinions…
We’ve started being regularly visited by a young cat. It’s coming in through our cat flap (or even the upstairs windows!), eating our cats’ food. One of ours cats doesn’t give a s
t, but it’s freaking the more timid one out.
The visitor looks in good health, is extremely friendly, you can pick it up and handle it fine. It almost seems desperate for attention. We know it also goes into our elderly neighbour’s house. They don’t have any animals, and have brought it back to us a couple of times thinking it’s ours.
However, it doesn’t have a collar on, so we have no idea whose it is, I’m tempted to take it to the vet to be scanned for a chip. Not that I want to have a go at the owner, or anything like that, it’s just doing what cats do, but just for peace of mind really that’s it’s ok.
Where I’m struggling with it a little is that if it’s not chipped but it does belong to someone. The vet isn’t going to let me take it away and release it in that circumstance, but the owner won’t know what’s happened to it..
I’m fitting a microchip cat flap this weekend, so it won’t be able to easily come in the house any more, but can’t make up my mind about getting it checked for a chip.
Take itWe’ve started being regularly visited by a young cat. It’s coming in through our cat flap (or even the upstairs windows!), eating our cats’ food. One of ours cats doesn’t give a s
t, but it’s freaking the more timid one out. The visitor looks in good health, is extremely friendly, you can pick it up and handle it fine. It almost seems desperate for attention. We know it also goes into our elderly neighbour’s house. They don’t have any animals, and have brought it back to us a couple of times thinking it’s ours.
However, it doesn’t have a collar on, so we have no idea whose it is, I’m tempted to take it to the vet to be scanned for a chip. Not that I want to have a go at the owner, or anything like that, it’s just doing what cats do, but just for peace of mind really that’s it’s ok.
Where I’m struggling with it a little is that if it’s not chipped but it does belong to someone. The vet isn’t going to let me take it away and release it in that circumstance, but the owner won’t know what’s happened to it..
I’m fitting a microchip cat flap this weekend, so it won’t be able to easily come in the house any more, but can’t make up my mind about getting it checked for a chip.
If it’s chipped they’ll call the owner
If it’s not, they tell you to release it where you find it
CheesecakeRunner said:
Slight off-topic but might get some good opinions…
We’ve started being regularly visited by a young cat. It’s coming in through our cat flap (or even the upstairs windows!), eating our cats’ food. One of ours cats doesn’t give a st, but it’s freaking the more timid one out.
The visitor looks in good health, is extremely friendly, you can pick it up and handle it fine. It almost seems desperate for attention. We know it also goes into our elderly neighbour’s house. They don’t have any animals, and have brought it back to us a couple of times thinking it’s ours.
However, it doesn’t have a collar on, so we have no idea whose it is, I’m tempted to take it to the vet to be scanned for a chip. Not that I want to have a go at the owner, or anything like that, it’s just doing what cats do, but just for peace of mind really that’s it’s ok.
Where I’m struggling with it a little is that if it’s not chipped but it does belong to someone. The vet isn’t going to let me take it away and release it in that circumstance, but the owner won’t know what’s happened to it..
I’m fitting a microchip cat flap this weekend, so it won’t be able to easily come in the house any more, but can’t make up my mind about getting it checked for a chip.
You can by the readers https://www.amazon.co.uk/Microchip-ISO11784-134-2k...We’ve started being regularly visited by a young cat. It’s coming in through our cat flap (or even the upstairs windows!), eating our cats’ food. One of ours cats doesn’t give a s
t, but it’s freaking the more timid one out. The visitor looks in good health, is extremely friendly, you can pick it up and handle it fine. It almost seems desperate for attention. We know it also goes into our elderly neighbour’s house. They don’t have any animals, and have brought it back to us a couple of times thinking it’s ours.
However, it doesn’t have a collar on, so we have no idea whose it is, I’m tempted to take it to the vet to be scanned for a chip. Not that I want to have a go at the owner, or anything like that, it’s just doing what cats do, but just for peace of mind really that’s it’s ok.
Where I’m struggling with it a little is that if it’s not chipped but it does belong to someone. The vet isn’t going to let me take it away and release it in that circumstance, but the owner won’t know what’s happened to it..
I’m fitting a microchip cat flap this weekend, so it won’t be able to easily come in the house any more, but can’t make up my mind about getting it checked for a chip.
It would save you a trip to the vet. You’d know it was chipped, but not the owner.
Meet Rocket (8 weeks)and Nebula (9 weeks). I collected them Saturday evening.
Upon arrival home, he was straight out exploring the house, whereas she hid wherever possible. I can already tell he is going to be a complete terror, real ginger cat vibes.
Took her a while, but Nebula is starting to be a bit more trusting, and hasn't hissed at me yet today.
Upon arrival home, he was straight out exploring the house, whereas she hid wherever possible. I can already tell he is going to be a complete terror, real ginger cat vibes.
Took her a while, but Nebula is starting to be a bit more trusting, and hasn't hissed at me yet today.
SouthHamsGaz said:
Meet Rocket (8 weeks)and Nebula (9 weeks). I collected them Saturday evening.
Upon arrival home, he was straight out exploring the house, whereas she hid wherever possible. I can already tell he is going to be a complete terror, real ginger cat vibes.
Took her a while, but Nebula is starting to be a bit more trusting, and hasn't hissed at me yet today.
Awww. Very cute. Upon arrival home, he was straight out exploring the house, whereas she hid wherever possible. I can already tell he is going to be a complete terror, real ginger cat vibes.
Took her a while, but Nebula is starting to be a bit more trusting, and hasn't hissed at me yet today.
CheesecakeRunner said:
Slight off-topic but might get some good opinions…
We’ve started being regularly visited by a young cat. It’s coming in through our cat flap (or even the upstairs windows!), eating our cats’ food. One of ours cats doesn’t give a st, but it’s freaking the more timid one out.
The visitor looks in good health, is extremely friendly, you can pick it up and handle it fine. It almost seems desperate for attention. We know it also goes into our elderly neighbour’s house. They don’t have any animals, and have brought it back to us a couple of times thinking it’s ours.
However, it doesn’t have a collar on, so we have no idea whose it is, I’m tempted to take it to the vet to be scanned for a chip. Not that I want to have a go at the owner, or anything like that, it’s just doing what cats do, but just for peace of mind really that’s it’s ok.
Where I’m struggling with it a little is that if it’s not chipped but it does belong to someone. The vet isn’t going to let me take it away and release it in that circumstance, but the owner won’t know what’s happened to it..
I’m fitting a microchip cat flap this weekend, so it won’t be able to easily come in the house any more, but can’t make up my mind about getting it checked for a chip.
The cat distribution system seems to have chosen you...We’ve started being regularly visited by a young cat. It’s coming in through our cat flap (or even the upstairs windows!), eating our cats’ food. One of ours cats doesn’t give a s
t, but it’s freaking the more timid one out. The visitor looks in good health, is extremely friendly, you can pick it up and handle it fine. It almost seems desperate for attention. We know it also goes into our elderly neighbour’s house. They don’t have any animals, and have brought it back to us a couple of times thinking it’s ours.
However, it doesn’t have a collar on, so we have no idea whose it is, I’m tempted to take it to the vet to be scanned for a chip. Not that I want to have a go at the owner, or anything like that, it’s just doing what cats do, but just for peace of mind really that’s it’s ok.
Where I’m struggling with it a little is that if it’s not chipped but it does belong to someone. The vet isn’t going to let me take it away and release it in that circumstance, but the owner won’t know what’s happened to it..
I’m fitting a microchip cat flap this weekend, so it won’t be able to easily come in the house any more, but can’t make up my mind about getting it checked for a chip.
In all seriousness, cats will go where they're fed even if they have a home. If he appears to be a stray then it might be worth buying a chip reader (or maybe posting a picture on a local FB group?) to see. Could just be that he's a greedy git and is doing the rounds getting breakfast lunch and dinner at all different places.
CheesecakeRunner said:
Well, the new prison door got fitted at the weekend, so that will discourage it a bit.
Although training the more timid of my cats to use it is proving a pain. As soon as it clicks to unlock she decides she doesn’t want to go through. Have it working as a normal flap for the moment during the day and have the chip lock on at night so she gets used to it.
The other one just bombed straight through without a care.
I taped the latch open for a while while training mine. It makes a noise, but not as much, and when they're used to it, remove the tape.Although training the more timid of my cats to use it is proving a pain. As soon as it clicks to unlock she decides she doesn’t want to go through. Have it working as a normal flap for the moment during the day and have the chip lock on at night so she gets used to it.
The other one just bombed straight through without a care.
Won't stop incoming visitors during that time, though!
Chris Stott said:
Took my boy 6 months to use the catflap. It’s still a complete drama 12 months later.
He want at the front of the queue when brains were handed out.
This picture is from around 2017 (with the tape in place!), and shows Raj and Priya looking at me to open the door.He want at the front of the queue when brains were handed out.
They're lazy, though.
Priya sadly got run over a few months after that, but Raj still looks at me in the same way if he's by the cat flap and I'm walking past...
tribbles said:
This picture is from around 2017 (with the tape in place!), and shows Raj and Priya looking at me to open the door.
They're lazy, though.
Priya sadly got run over a few months after that, but Raj still looks at me in the same way if he's by the cat flap and I'm walking past...
You are still in the "training phase" They're lazy, though.
Priya sadly got run over a few months after that, but Raj still looks at me in the same way if he's by the cat flap and I'm walking past...
tribbles said:
This picture is from around 2017 (with the tape in place!), and shows Raj and Priya looking at me to open the door.
They're lazy, though.
Priya sadly got run over a few months after that, but Raj still looks at me in the same way if he's by the cat flap and I'm walking past...
Why should Raj have to use the cat flap when there is a human nearby to open the door?They're lazy, though.
Priya sadly got run over a few months after that, but Raj still looks at me in the same way if he's by the cat flap and I'm walking past...
tribbles said:
This picture is from around 2017 (with the tape in place!), and shows Raj and Priya looking at me to open the door.
They're lazy, though.
Priya sadly got run over a few months after that, but Raj still looks at me in the same way if he's by the cat flap and I'm walking past...
That’s a great pic.They're lazy, though.
Priya sadly got run over a few months after that, but Raj still looks at me in the same way if he's by the cat flap and I'm walking past...
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