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Originally Posted by [MERIT] (Post 1891626)

A neighbor 3 doors down found her a few days back and has been taking care of her. She was alerted to an online post about the missing cat and brought her back to me. She was about to take her to the pound she said. It looks like my cat only spent 1 night out in the cold. I put food, water and a bed outside to lure her home, but it only brought in a stray. I brought him inside to eat and warm up, but had to put him back outside b/c he had fleas.

Jeez! Were you that hungry???
Seriously, great news and I hope your neighbour gets some good karma for her good deed.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1891644)

I wanna be happy but now I'm just thinking about the flea bitten kitty who thought he had a home for an hour.

yeah me too, but even if he had de-fleaed the cat, it's hard to bring a strange cat in to the territory of an established one. Not worth the hassle.

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Originally Posted by [MERIT] (Post 1891647)

Yeah, no good deed goes unpunished. I felt bad. It was freezing out, so I had to let him warm up. I've seen him around the neighborhood quite a bit.

Does he give you the finger? I mean, claw?

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1891704)

Happy Endings are awesome.

**** what the cat wants, a collar with a tag engraved with her/his name and your cell number is a no-brainer.

You ever tried to get a cat to wear a collar? It's not easy. And it makes them miserable/angry/agitated/violent/all of the above.

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1891767)

OK.

I guess my visit back east was a good thing afterall. When I left to come home last Thursday his vitals had started bouncing back. He's been on the upswing ever since and is actually getting released from the hospital today!!!!

Good news Chula, best to your dad. I'm sure he's a tough old bird.

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1891927)

You ever tried to get a cat to wear a collar? It's not easy. And it makes them miserable/angry/agitated/violent/all of the above.

Ours is strictly an indoor cat. We let it out on the patio supervised.

Thanks for the props for my Dad. Last Tuesday evening we were all pretty sure he wouldn't last the night.

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1891933)

Ours is strictly an indoor cat. We let it out on the patio supervised.

Thanks for the props for my Dad. Last Tuesday evening we were all pretty sure he wouldn't last the night.

Wow. Good news then. Luckily, my scumbag father is on his last legs. Christmas has come early... :D

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Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 1891774)

If I had pets, I wouldn't do this, but it is a vaiable option:

https://www.petfinder.com/dogs/lost-...icrochip-faqs/

Already done. But they don't use satellites to geo-locate the pet if it gets lost. Thanks a lot science.

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1891927)

yeah me too, but even if he had de-fleaed the cat, it's hard to bring a strange cat in to the territory of an established one. Not worth the hassle.

I know this full well, but any stray that will let itself be brought inside is a friendly ass mother****er who deserves love. I'm hoping Merit keeps feeding it. Dude deserves a steady food source at the very least.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1891959)

I feel ya. But now that his own cat is back there could be trouble if another one is getting fed. Merit's cat would see that as an intruder/interloper stealing his food. You know cats: everything is theirs as far as they're concerned. They just let you live in their house. Would be better to try and home it if that were possible, or find a no-kill animal shelter maybe.

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1891962)

If one is an indoor cat that isn't let outside while the other is just getting fed by the doorstep then there wouldn't be an issue.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1891966)

If one is an indoor cat that isn't let outside while the other is just getting fed by the doorstep then there wouldn't be an issue.

That's true. I used to feed a stray that would sit in my lap believe it or not. We tried to get her in the house once (we have two indoor cats) but she pretty much freaked out. The indoor cats were surprisingly fine though.

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Originally Posted by rubber soul (Post 1892036)

Used to have an outdoor cat that was a neighbor's who we believe moved and just left her. She hung around our house for years until we moved and we just took her. Then she was OUR outdoor cat until she got old and just decided she'd like to be an indoor cat until she passed away. Great cat who took **** from no one but was the friendliest thing to anyone who wasn't another cat.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1891966)

If one is an indoor cat that isn't let outside while the other is just getting fed by the doorstep then there wouldn't be an issue.

All I know is that both my remaining cats are very much indoor ones (Eddie goes out into the back garden in the morning, Molly might go out a little later but they're both in for good by the time Karen settles down for the afternoon, around 2pm) but they both go ape**** if another cat comes into the garden, or even looks in at the door. Scrape the mat, pee on the carpet, run up and down, flinging themselves against the window etc. Maybe mine are just mad.