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Poor starving cat on my doorstep

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Nicecatneighbour · 10/11/2024 18:17

There's a sad looking creature crying at my front door, obviously sad stray. What shall I do?

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PyreneanAubrie · 10/11/2024 19:10

K0OLA1D · 10/11/2024 19:08

Nah. Dog hating one started about half an hour ago. Dogs in pubs and cafes, dogs smell.. blah blah.

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Oh. Must have missed it. I'll have to go over and have a rant.

PyreneanAubrie · 10/11/2024 19:09

thanksicloud · 10/11/2024 19:07

op won’t be back
and no photo will ever be forthcoming
i’m guessing just bored tonight

I think someone was supposed to ask if Jeffrey is her husband...

K0OLA1D · 10/11/2024 19:08

PyreneanAubrie · 10/11/2024 19:06

What's with all the weird cat threads on here today?

Makes a change from the usual dog hating threads, I suppose, but it is a bit strange...

Boring rainy day, I guess everyone has cabin fever 🙄

Nah. Dog hating one started about half an hour ago. Dogs in pubs and cafes, dogs smell.. blah blah.

thanksicloud · 10/11/2024 19:07

op won’t be back
and no photo will ever be forthcoming
i’m guessing just bored tonight

PyreneanAubrie · 10/11/2024 19:06

What's with all the weird cat threads on here today?

Makes a change from the usual dog hating threads, I suppose, but it is a bit strange...

Boring rainy day, I guess everyone has cabin fever 🙄

Daleksatemyshed · 10/11/2024 18:58

Just before the first UK Covid lockdown a cat started to hang around out house, skinny and with a small wound on her back. I fed her but also advertised all over to find her owner, no one claimed her and no chip or collar. She's our cat now, well fed and housed and loved, I feel no shame because if she did have an owner they didn't take care of her. I'd rather be a cat stealer than see an animal neglected or abandoned.

Gettingbysomehow · 10/11/2024 18:53

Get it scanned. I was walking down the road when I saw my cat sitting in a neighbours window. I knocked on the door and said can I have my cat back please, they thought she was a stray yet hadn't taken her to be scanned, I was livid, they had kidnapped my cat.
Oh she seemed so hungry - yes I know, she will do backflips for treats.
Get the cat scanned before kidnapping it.

Justalittlehotpotato · 10/11/2024 18:47

I think you should fatten it up with a nice, tasty bird

thanksicloud · 10/11/2024 18:45

ChangingChangingMe · 10/11/2024 18:45

What, exactly, makes you think it is starving, sad or stray…?

hence me asking for a photo

ChangingChangingMe · 10/11/2024 18:45

What, exactly, makes you think it is starving, sad or stray…?

Brananan · 10/11/2024 18:34

Caerulea · 10/11/2024 18:22

Cat distribution network is at play

This has happened to me! I have a feral cat sleeping in my greenhouse. I've put a bed in there for it.

Pumpkinsandchutney · 10/11/2024 18:33

It's Six Dinner Sid!
Put his pic on your street whatsapp/next door. He'll be claimed

HappyNewYear2027 · 10/11/2024 18:33

Personally I'd bring it inside, give it some food and warmth. Take it to the vet first thing in the morning and see if it has any injuries, medical condition and a chip.

If no chip, congratulations you have a cat!

EerieSilence · 10/11/2024 18:32

We were hosts to a stray cat for two weeks. He was hungry and apparently had spent the week before his camping at our terrace roaming the streets around the estate.

We had him checked for microchip, had none. After two weeks his owner suddenly messaged me on FB, turns out they had just moved and their cat wasn't really streetwise so he lost his way home.
This could be your case. Or the Cat Distribution System gave you a new slave driver.

steff13 · 10/11/2024 18:32

Daleksatemyshed · 10/11/2024 18:27

@steff13 but she's so beautiful, you should feel honoured

We are. I was just very surprised after weeks and weeks of taking care of her that she showed up wearing a collar. And it's a cute collar too.

weareallcats · 10/11/2024 18:32

This happened to a friend of mine and she took the cat in whilst searching for its owner - she made a lot of effort but no one came forward. She then kept the cat.

TooBigForMyBoots · 10/11/2024 18:32

Nicecatneighbour · 10/11/2024 18:23

I think his name is Jeffrey...........

Is he an artist?

steff13 · 10/11/2024 18:31

thanksicloud · 10/11/2024 18:28

Looks very well cared for and healthy to me

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She's actually very skinny and her fur is matted in a lot of places and it was full of burrs until we brushed it out.

Zanatdy · 10/11/2024 18:30

Most of the time they have a home.

thanksicloud · 10/11/2024 18:29

oh that’s not the cat!

ok take a pic and post of the cat on your doorstep

thanksicloud · 10/11/2024 18:28

steff13 · 10/11/2024 18:23

I live in the US and it's much less common here for people to let their cats go outside. Most cats are indoor cats. So I rarely see a cat outside in my neighborhood.

One day this fuzzy black cat showed up on my front porch crying. She was pretty skinny, and like I said, most people around here don't let their cats outside so we assumed she was a stray. We fed her and she kept coming back every evening so every evening we would put a dish of food out for her. And then a couple of weeks ago she came back and she was wearing a Halloween collar! Apparently she has been cheating on her real family with us for months!

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Looks very well cared for and healthy to me

iloveeverykindofcat · 10/11/2024 18:27

I don't think you should feed it immediately. Is there a local WhatsApp or FB you could try to find an owner on? I have a girl with significant food allergies and she was very thin until she was one, it wasn't for lack of eating.

Daleksatemyshed · 10/11/2024 18:27

@steff13 but she's so beautiful, you should feel honoured

K0OLA1D · 10/11/2024 18:27

Nicecatneighbour · 10/11/2024 18:23

I think his name is Jeffrey...........

Has he pissed on your air fryer?

U13579 · 10/11/2024 18:23

Does it have a collar with a bell on?

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