mutt cat found

oompaloompa · #1 09-27-2010

for a week, a mutt with no collar, young cat but not kitten, has visited our door. Noticed it followed us home, mini was eating a sandwich in pushchair and might have wanted some, but mini was not feeling generous that day..when we got through front door I felt sorry for it and gave it a can of tuna which it gobbled. It has lurked outside ever since and we have been feeding it. Mini has named it and pesters me every 5 seconds to see fuu fuu outside. What do I do, I am not keen to let it in, Ive never owned a cat, do I take it to vet first, what do I check for, or just leave it as an outdoor cat and give it a bed in outhouse? If it stays, and doesnt just wander of somewhere else, will it get too cold in outhouse, given temp outside in Winter may be freezing? I kind of feel responsible for the darn thing now...

stickmade · #2 09-27-2010

Same thing happen to me, dog appears at door, hungry, we fed it, it stayed, 10 years later, hes still with us.

Best thing if you want to keep it take it too vet, get him checked, if alls good, she'll be fine in an out house, theirs cats in our neighborhood outside year round and they survive. Your attached to it now! Good luck

rsot · #3 09-27-2010

Decent advice.

jamblix · #4 09-28-2010

That sounds awesome! Send the cat to me through DHL, I'll take care of it. Just pray it doesn't get stuck in customs

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jeffweico · #5 09-28-2010

It is a great honor that the cat chose you. Certainly get the cat to a vet so that you can make sure the cat is well.

Tuna is not a great diet for a cat, but they DO love it. Forget the saucer of milk, cats are lactose intolerant.

But they are an absolute joy to have around, and animals don't have agendas. Their wants are simple... Feed me, play with me, rub my tummy, pet me...

And, yes, you should - if at all possible - take it indoors after the Vet OK's it. Domestic cats don't tend to do well in the outdoors. They CAN freeze to death over the winter. And I don't know the exact situation in the UK, but here the animal shelters are always at capacity and many good, cute, loving, kind and gentle souls are lost every day for the lack of a decent huiman being to take care of them.

Oompa, I know that you are a wonderful human being and will do the right thing. Give kitty a home. Not only will kitty love you, but God will look favorably upon you as well.

Of course, mine is not an unbiased opinion. I definitely have a soft spot when it comes to animals, especially cats. Animals are truly God's innocent creatures.

And if you give the cat to Jamblix, me and my cat are coming to the UK. I'll hold you down and Lil' Guy will sit on you. :D

**SaiJin** · #6 09-28-2010

Jeff.... you love cats , don't you? I have a weak spot for them too. But I'm allergic.
Heck, my next pet will be a baby snow leopard.

Btw.. is your cat still that fat?

jeffweico · #7 09-28-2010

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GreenBean · #8 09-28-2010

I eat nasties

jeffweico · #9 09-28-2010

See???? Even GreenBean Agrees!

**SaiJin** · #10 09-28-2010

That's a white tiger! Not a snow leopard!
btw... where's your normal Penguin avatar, GB?

Jeff, if I don't get a heart attack from cat, I'll sneeze and itch to death.
It's a curse.

jeffweico · #11 09-28-2010

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Meow Meow PLEASE OOMPA!! Meow Meow LOVE OOMPA!!!

oompaloompa · #12 09-28-2010

hmm you guys are making me feel bad!, but I dont think I can have it in the main indoors, as allergies run in the family and I have a feeling mini will be the same, thats why we cant really have indoor pets (well we have an aquarium) plus I dont really like pet smells or mess in my house. Ive always thought animals belong outdoors and free, my relatives have a farm and the dogs and cats and chickens and rabbits , all have their own little smelly homes they go to when they want..I will take the vets advice anyway, but I could put a portable radiator in the outhouse, it has electricity, Ive put a bed there already and it (not sure if its boy or girl) is sleeping there sometimes, I think...

Im already looking online for a cheap pet carrier for it, honesty, this thing turns up and starts costing me money!

As for attention, it has plenty of attention from mini, yes it is a nice cat, it has had toys thrown at it, been run over by the scooter and its tail pulled and it hasnt freaked out..yet..

tuna - no good, ok noted, I havent been buying that filth they call cat food, Ive bought it turkey sandwich slices and it has leftovers, like chicken skin etc..
is that ok?

**SaiJin** · #13 09-28-2010

Jeff.... I love cats too, but you are starting to creep me out...

you are not one of those people that end up living in a house alone with 50 cats, are you?

rsot · #14 09-28-2010

Yikes - Jeff the cat man ha.

I had a cat I took in when I was abroad - had it for a month or so - was feeding it low grade sausages - it liked that ok.

needhelpplease · #15 09-28-2010

This is an "ode to my stray cat love": I am a dog person for sure.....love love love love my dogs....however had a cat come to my house awhile ago and just wouldnt leave....I am allergic to cats, but this one was just so perfect...acted just like a darn dog! He would sleep on my porch all night everynight and would come out the woods when he would hear my car pull up and great me with purrs and meows and rubs, so I decided to start feeding it....well it surely became my BEST friend, even became BEST friends with one of my pitbulls who also decided to start sleeping on the porch WITH the cat. Whenever I would sit on the porch "cat" (that is what I named him) would jump on my lap and purr and purr and purr and rub my face, neck, anything. More than a million times I would shoo him off but he would jump right back on....I didnt have the heart to continue to push him off so..... I would break out in a rash and my eyes would turn blood red and puffy and itchy EVERY SINGLE DARN DAY, but I just loved him! Soon he never left my porch or yard and he became MINE even though he only was able to stay outside! One day he came "home" with his face half off! LITERALLY and I cleaned him off, medicined him up and wrapped his head (a complete bonding experience,lol!)and in about 1 week he was growing his skin back.....and in a month not even so much as a scar showed. 2 months after that....1 day goes by...2 days go by....a week....and no "cat".....now I am a grown woman but I cried and cried and cried.....walked through the woods for days calling for it... and nothing.....never saw him again...my eyes are tearing up right now! I LOVED that darn cat! So yes, this was a long story, but it is dedicated to him. Hope he is happy wherever he is!

rsot · #16 09-28-2010

That is one long writ of diarrhea needhelpplease ha =) Cheers

needhelpplease · #17 09-28-2010

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Originally Posted by rsot

That is one long writ of diarrhea needhelpplease ha =) Cheers

Is this in Canadian???? LOL! I dont understand the "language"

jeffweico · #18 09-28-2010

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Originally Posted by SaiJin

Jeff.... I love cats too, but you are starting to creep me out...

you are not one of those people that end up living in a house alone with 50 cats, are you?

62....

Nahh.... My wife won't let me.

**SaiJin** · #19 09-28-2010

YOu have a wife?? Really???

62 cats???

jeffweico · #20 09-28-2010

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Originally Posted by SaiJin

YOu have a wife?? Really???

62 cats???

1) Is the thought so ridiculous?

2) 3 cats. One planned, the other two were given up by a friend of mine as his health deteriorated and he could no longer care for them. But I love all three of my precious balls of fur.

TRIALnERROR · #21 09-29-2010

My roomate has two cats. They refuse to feed them dry food and only wet food. This equals to cat vomit all over my hardwood floors and/or carpet. The stuff looks like cat poop/dingleberries. Why I don't like cats?? ...let me think..

jeffweico · #22 09-29-2010

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Originally Posted by TRIALnERROR

My roomate has two cats. They refuse to feed them dry food and only wet food. This equals to cat vomit all over my hardwood floors and/or carpet. The stuff looks like cat poop/dingleberries. Why I don't like cats?? ...let me think..

The problem is not the cats, it is the roommate. If they are vomiting up the wet food, either they have a medical issue and should be checked out by a vet, or they should be switched to food that agrees with them.

Think of it this way. If every time you ate at a certain restaurant you vomited, you would stop going to that restaurant. But the cats do not have that choice, they are eating the only food the roommate will give them.

The cats (and you) are the innocent victims in this situation.