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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 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

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missmogwi · 11/10/2011 13:18

cheered up a miserable, rainy day OP. It was a lovely thing to do anyway and made us all laugh

RedRubyBlue · 11/10/2011 13:15

It is like the Canadian fire department who spent hours trying to rescue a bear cub from a tree.

It was a black bin liner.

poorbuthappy · 11/10/2011 13:14

I did wonder why this was in classics
Brilliant... Well perhaps not so good for you but thank you!! Here have another

m0nkeynuts · 11/10/2011 13:13

Hilarious!! Must have been a VERY well made toy cat!

WhereTheWildThingsWere · 11/10/2011 13:12

Priceless

isthisweird · 11/10/2011 13:11

Was wondering how a thread with only 29 posts could possibly be in classics. Thought it was a mistake, but no, well worth it.

Proper belly laughs here.

Sorry OP you sound very kind.

TheLittleFriend · 11/10/2011 13:11

OMG! The vets must have thought you were having a laugh! That is hilarious, thank you so much for posting that.

ljgibbs · 11/10/2011 13:11

That is so funny, have you updated your facebook yet

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purplewerepidj · 11/10/2011 13:10

noooooooooooooooooooo my shame will live forever

I like my name, too, and don't want to change

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ripstheirthroatoutliveupstairs · 11/10/2011 13:10

Brilliant. It must have been one of those horrid ones that are made out of proper cat or rabbit fur.
You deserve a reward though for two reasons.
Being bothered in the first place
Owning up.

AKMD · 11/10/2011 13:09

Already reported for Classics...

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purplewerepidj · 11/10/2011 13:08

I don't know whether to nominate myself for Classics or report so the thread can be deleted due to the sheer weight of shame

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purplewerepidj · 11/10/2011 13:06

I'm not imaginative enough to make this up

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MrsDanverclone · 11/10/2011 13:06

Reading this with tears in my eyes, even more so, now I've read you last post

mistressploppy · 11/10/2011 13:06

HA HA HA HA HA

I was getting all upset (pregnant) so am very pleased to read the end of this thread! Classic!!

JjandtheBeanlovesUnicorns · 11/10/2011 13:06

I followed this thread all sorrowfull, but that, that's hilarious

missmogwi · 11/10/2011 13:04

Really? and for you!

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purplewerepidj · 11/10/2011 13:03

Don't woryy, the vet and I were in giggly hysterics! I don't know how I'm going to face them when the cat's jabs are due!

It was just curled up on top of a 6' brick gate pillar thing. I saw a cat face, and assumed the worst.

Am I the biggest twat on MN today? I must be!

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LittlePickleHead · 11/10/2011 13:00

Sorry but I did burst out laughing! How did you not realise?!

AKMD · 11/10/2011 12:58

So sad... until your last post. That is hilarious, sorry. Must have been a realistic cat!

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purplewerepidj · 11/10/2011 12:56

For anyone still following, I have made a total twat of myself. It wasn't a dead cat. It was a toy cat. I dropped it off to the vet this morning, and they just rang back to tell me

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purplewerepidj · 10/10/2011 21:55

Thanks, the duty vet's advice was that our local council would dispose of the body like any other rubbish

A wonderful person took my cat (the ginger one on my profile) to the vet earlier this year when he was run over. I never found out who, but did put an ad in the local rag to say thank you. So this feels like Karma - it's my "turn". Cynical DP agrees he's away for work so didn't know til too late

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SheepAreSuper · 10/10/2011 21:51

Not sure where you are but my local council dog warden will assist with collection and identification I'm these circumstances. Your general council contact number should be able to put you through to the right department.

Havingkittens · 10/10/2011 21:48

That's lovely of you. If it were my cat I would be really grateful to a kind soul like you for going to the trouble. They will be sad, I'm sure, but at least it won't mean they spend weeks looking for it and hoping it will come home. I think posters if a good idea too, giving the number of the vet you have contacted if you can't face breaking the news to the owner.

I saw what I thought was a dead cat on the side of a road at night a few months ago and called the local RSPCA number. They said they wouldn't send someone to fetch it but that they would make a note in case anyone called to report a missing cat.

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purplewerepidj · 10/10/2011 21:32

Oh, Katherine, no!

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