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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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Nicecatneighbour · 10/11/2024 18:23

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

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steff13 · 10/11/2024 18:23

Msmoonpie · 10/11/2024 18:19

Are you sure it’s a starving stray ? Cats do a very good impression of neglect to get food ..

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!

Poor starving cat on my doorstep
Caerulea · 10/11/2024 18:22

Cat distribution network is at play

LightDrizzle · 10/11/2024 18:22

When you say “sad” do you mean very underweight (cats should be slim) with matted hair and gunky eyes sad or is it just there and mewing?

I’d photograph it if as above and enquire if it belongs to anyone. Don’t bring or let it into your house unless it is injured or so ill that you need to take it to the vet.

The risk with feeding it is that it may be elderly and on a special diet and also you don’t want to encourage it away from its home if it has one.

Theunamedcat · 10/11/2024 18:22

Are you sure it's a stray?
Do you have scan angels in your area? They scan strays

K0OLA1D · 10/11/2024 18:21

You need to scan it. Post on your local FB group. There should be someone with a scanner who will come to scan it depending on where you live

Emmacb82 · 10/11/2024 18:20

I thought this was going to be related to the bird thread and the cat was starving because he wasn’t allowed to catch birds anymore 🤦🏼‍♀️

MistyF · 10/11/2024 18:20

oh, yeah, posters are right... check if it's really a stray

JaneandtheLaundry · 10/11/2024 18:19

How do you know it's a stray? Cats try it on for food all the time, there are tons of owners on here whose cats got nicked by a nice person who thought they were hungry.

Msmoonpie · 10/11/2024 18:19

Are you sure it’s a starving stray ? Cats do a very good impression of neglect to get food ..

MistyF · 10/11/2024 18:18

these are options:

  1. adopt her/him
  2. feed him without adoption
  3. call a vet or shelter
Ellmau · 10/11/2024 18:18

Take to vet to see if it has a chip.

thanksicloud · 10/11/2024 18:18

can you post a pic?

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