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A small fluffy bundle...

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purplewerepidj · 10/10/2011 20:21

I walk to work (about 10 minutes) and this morning spotted a small fluffy bundle on top of a wall. I didn't really have time to check it out, but it played on my mind all day.

I checked it out on the way home, and it's a dead cat Sad I work shifts (which is why I'm posting 12 hours after I first saw it) and have tomorrow off. I need advice on what to do:

a) Nothing
b) Go back with a cardboard pet carrier and rubber gloves and contact the local vet in the morning
c) Call the emergency vet and/or some kind of local council department

I don't think I'm heartless enough for option a. I was incredibly grateful to the stranger who took my cat to the vet when he was run over even though he didn't pull through. Option b seems logical but I would have to store it in the dustbin as I don't really want it in the house, but that seems disrespectful. Option c might be the proper way to do things, but I'd like to know that the owner knew what had happened.

I don't have dc's so am free to go with the MN verdict! Thank you Thanks

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KatharineClifton · 11/10/2011 14:48

Cheers for the photo! To be fair, in the dark and rain it really would look like a dead cat.

AKMD · 11/10/2011 14:41

I wonder what the vet's bill will say? "Consultation on 1 x toy cat" LOL. "Miss Polly had a dolly that was sick, sick, sick..."

LizaTarbucksNonSmokingAuntie · 11/10/2011 14:24

Purple I want you to be my best friend please.

You have made me Grin Grin Grin my pants off

LeBOF · 11/10/2011 14:14

Is it very wrong that I now want to buy a realistic toy cat just to flush out MNers in my vicinity?

LadyClariceCannockMonty · 11/10/2011 14:12

This is the most hilarious thing I've heard for a long long time.

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But OP, you are a Good Person and it would have been a lovely thing to do had it been real!

SpawnChorus · 11/10/2011 14:11

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA!

You deliciously bonkers person. How could you have picked it up and not twigged??? Grin

wellwisher · 11/10/2011 14:11

AMAZING Grin

Havingkittens · 11/10/2011 14:10

If it makes you feel slightly better, the "what I thought was a dead cat" in my post turned out to be a fox cub but I only found this out after my OH had called the RSPCA for me after I'd called him all upset!

RatherBeOnThePiste · 11/10/2011 14:06

This has made me genuinely laugh out loud!! I was all worried about the little cat, the microchip, the sad owner, etc etc

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Tenebrist · 11/10/2011 14:03

Oh god, is the photo on your profile yet. The last photo is of this curled up orange fluffball and it does look incredibly realistic - or is that your real cat? I'd have been taken in completely until I picked it up and realised that a toy cat weighs a lot less than a real dead cat.

KnottyLocks · 11/10/2011 14:02

You're going to have to replace it under the cover of darkness.

You got a balaklava?

KatharineClifton · 11/10/2011 13:59
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EggyAllenPoe · 11/10/2011 13:39

OH that is very funny. what a relief!

purplewerepidj · 11/10/2011 13:39

I'm trying to upload the photo now that was taken to show DP what excitement he's missing by buggering off to a conference. I'll link once I've sorted it Blush

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browneyesblue · 11/10/2011 13:38

Brilliant Grin That gave me a much-needed laugh.

You do realise that you've probably stolen someone's toy cat (or creepy garden ornament), dont you? Are you going to smuggle it back?

OvOntToSuckYourBlood · 11/10/2011 13:32

Oh. My. God.

I'd never be able to go back to that vets!

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MissPenteuth · 11/10/2011 13:31

Was it one of the creepy realistic ones like these? They have batteries in to make it look like they're breathing, I swear thay really do look like dead cats.

VeronicaSpeedwell · 11/10/2011 13:30
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KnottyLocks · 11/10/2011 13:27

Fabulous Grin

You're going to have to put it back where you found it now!

Schnarkle · 11/10/2011 13:26

That's hilarious. Never have I seen a thread take such a sudden sharp turn like that Grin

ellisbell · 11/10/2011 13:25

another one wondering how a 29 post thread ended up in classics - but it was worth it. Of course some poor child is now agonising over their lost kitty so you still have the problem of reuniting it with its owner.......have you put up found posters where it "died"?

AndTheWinnerIs · 11/10/2011 13:25

Big belly laughs here as well op, thank you for brightening up a very shitty day.
Toy cat ahahah

LoveInAColdClimate · 11/10/2011 13:21

I crying silently with laughter at my desk. Thank you, OP.

Blondeshavemorefun · 11/10/2011 13:20

After reading your status on fb I had to come and find this

How the hell could you not tell the difference between a dead cat and a stuffed pussy lol

purplewerepidj · 11/10/2011 13:19

I've been crying with laughter for the last 10 minutes

Yes, it's on my facebook - how could I not be proud of getting a thread into classics?! I also asked for advice on there last night Grin

The vets and nurses know me (by sight at least) my now deceased cat was in the process of registering for Pets as Therapy and I have another cat and a house rabbit, so I have animals registered as patients there

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