Last night the neighbours called me because there was a small black cat/kitten (at a guess, 9 months old) crying in their back garden. It kept trying to get into their shed, and was there for a few hours. I took it home and kept it overnight, shut in a small room (I have another cat) with food and a litter tray. It looks well cared for but was hungry and scared. It cried in the night so I went and slept with it in my arms.
OK, before anyone tells me I did the wrong thing I know the RSPCA advice is to leave it in the garden unless it's injured. But it was nighttime, it's very young, it didn't have a collar (making me think it's not normally allowed out?) and was very distressed. So my instinct is I did the right thing.
But what now? Do I put it back in the garden and see if it can find its way home? Put up 'found' notices? Knock on doors? (I did a bit of this last night.) I won't be able to take it to the vet to check if it's micro-chipped till tomorrow.
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Devora · 11/10/2015 09:14
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