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To think you take a killed cat to the vets, not dump it on a grass verge

646 replies

CoastalWave · 07/01/2022 13:43

Post on FB says 'Found' a dead cat in the middle of the road. Couldn't do anything other than move it to the side as I was busy. " Posted the FB update five hours after doing this.

Cat had been moved about 4m from the road so quite a distance and was hidden from site (not quite sure even how they'd moved him the state he was in)

Poor thing was in a really bad way. I had to put my big girl pants on and take a lot of deep breaths before I dealt with him. I took clean towels and gave him a dignified trip to the vets.

No, I don't like picking up dead cats - particularly after losing one myself to an RTA. But AIBU to think that if you've got time to shift the cat, you've got time to take it to the vets to be scanned?? Or did they move it because they were the ones who killed it?!

Would you stop to take a deceased cat to the vets?

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NewPapaGuinea · 07/01/2022 16:13

Wouldn’t even cross my mind to take a dead cat to the vets.

Sparklingbrook · 07/01/2022 16:13

@TicTacHoh

Why would you take a dead cat to the vets?
It might have been mentioned on this thread many many times but for the vet to scan it for a microchip and notify the owner.
Megan2018 · 07/01/2022 16:13

People are bastards. I have had 2 cats left to die at the roadside. Fortunately on both occasions someone else took them in so we were notified.
I just hope that there is some karma and the people that left them get left on their own to die themselves. Preferably slowly and painfully.

chipsinonehandpieinother · 07/01/2022 16:13

It would never have occurred to me to take a dead cat to the vets. You put them on the side of the road. If you take them to the vet the owner may never know what happened to their cat.

Snugglepumpkin · 07/01/2022 16:14

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MaybeHeIsMyCat · 07/01/2022 16:14

@TicTacHoh

Why would you take a dead cat to the vets?
So the owner isn't spending the next few years searching for their cat, and because vets have a microchip scanner or can post on their FB with a description So the cat isn't thrown away like a bag of rubbish by the council So that the owner if they are searching, they are likely to ring the vet, and the vet will say yes they have the cat
Sparklingbrook · 07/01/2022 16:14

@chipsinonehandpieinother

It would never have occurred to me to take a dead cat to the vets. You put them on the side of the road. If you take them to the vet the owner may never know what happened to their cat.
Except for when the vet calls them having scanned their cat and got their details from the chip?
Megan2018 · 07/01/2022 16:15

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CityMumma78 · 07/01/2022 16:15

Nope!

chipsinonehandpieinother · 07/01/2022 16:15

It might have been mentioned on this thread many many times but for the vet to scan it for a microchip and notify the owner

But if its not microchipped the owner will never know what happened. Cats stay fairly local, so the owner is more likely to find out what happened if the body stays local, especially with people posting on facebook now.

chipsinonehandpieinother · 07/01/2022 16:17

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Sparklingbrook · 07/01/2022 16:17

@chipsinonehandpieinother

It might have been mentioned on this thread many many times but for the vet to scan it for a microchip and notify the owner

But if its not microchipped the owner will never know what happened. Cats stay fairly local, so the owner is more likely to find out what happened if the body stays local, especially with people posting on facebook now.

In my experience at the cat rescue most cats are chipped. Cats get into vans and get driven miles from home. they are certainly not always local. If the cat is not microchipped then unfortunately my sympathy for the owner would be much reduced if their cat goes missing TBH.
MaybeHeIsMyCat · 07/01/2022 16:17

@chipsinonehandpieinother

It would never have occurred to me to take a dead cat to the vets. You put them on the side of the road. If you take them to the vet the owner may never know what happened to their cat.
My friend has been through all the law with this Her cat wasn't scanned and was binned by the council as not all scan. She has fought and fought to help owners with this and runs the FB group to reunite cats with owners so they aren't left
liveforsummer · 07/01/2022 16:18

Micro chips are frequently not updated too

MaybeHeIsMyCat · 07/01/2022 16:18

@chipsinonehandpieinother

It might have been mentioned on this thread many many times but for the vet to scan it for a microchip and notify the owner

But if its not microchipped the owner will never know what happened. Cats stay fairly local, so the owner is more likely to find out what happened if the body stays local, especially with people posting on facebook now.

The issue is when someone picks the cat up and throws it in a bin You would never know If someone contacts me I ask if they can move the cat to say under a bush/hedge/just out of view whilst I head to collect it
Sparklingbrook · 07/01/2022 16:20

@liveforsummer

Micro chips are frequently not updated too
In my experience there has only been one not updated but they were reached by their email which hadn't changed.
NeverSurrender · 07/01/2022 16:20

@ilovepixie

Sure it's dead. It's the vet not Jesus lol.
🤣🤣

I wouldn't take it to the vets if it was clearly dead. They aren't a charity. I would post of my local Facebook page with a description so the owner could fetch it. There are often posts like this so must be very common. It's a bit different if it's a dog as presumably their owner has lost them. Cats are free to roam, unfortunately this means they are more likely to be hit by a car.

chaosrabbitland · 07/01/2022 16:20

@Megan2018

People are bastards. I have had 2 cats left to die at the roadside. Fortunately on both occasions someone else took them in so we were notified. I just hope that there is some karma and the people that left them get left on their own to die themselves. Preferably slowly and painfully.
couldnt agree more with you
elfycat · 07/01/2022 16:20

No. And I say that as someone who has gloves, plastic bags and a spare amazon 'dead cat-sized' box in the back of the car. I have taken 3 dead cats, a dying pigeon and a very poorly hedgehog to the vet in 2021. One of the cats I had to pick up in several pieces.

On my way to a nursing shift c2004 I saw a cat lying in the road. I didn't have time at 0700 on a Sunday to call in an on-call vet to deal with it, but I could move it to the side so it wasn't mashed into the road by lorries before the owner found it. As I bent down it mewed at me and at that point I did have time to call the on-call vet in and rush it to be seen. Sadly poor kitty had major spinal issues as well as fairly serious head injury and the vet had to PTS. I managed to find the owner after my shift ended to let her know.

But no, if it had been dead then I would not have had time.

godmum56 · 07/01/2022 16:22

no sorry. I know that vets can scan dead pets for a chip but I would not do it. For one thing I have no idea whether the cat is feral or a pet and I don't want fleas or ticks in my car.

Furries · 07/01/2022 16:23

What I find shocking, on these types of threads, is the number of posters who come on to say something deliberately hurtful and over the top.

There’s a number of people who seem to take pure delight in posting an answer that they KNOW is going to be very hurtful to those who love their pets.

Thankfully, I’ve never come across someone like this irl.

OnaBegonia · 07/01/2022 16:23

Hi OP, I'm a volunteer scanner and often scan deceased cats. Taking them to a vet can be a bit time consuming and it's appreciated if someone lifts them off the road to avoid further damage as often the chip or identifying marks are lost if badly damaged.
Not everyone has a spare hour or something to wrap them in unfortunately.
Reminder to cat owners, please chip your cat, 70% that I go out to aren't chipped, our local vet will hold for two weeks before cremation to let us try and find an owner though.

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 07/01/2022 16:24

@liveforsummer

Micro chips are frequently not updated too
I never updated the actual address on 2 of my cats and my dog but we have only moved 2 streets away. The phone number is still the same
godmum56 · 07/01/2022 16:24

I am not sure why cat owners, who allow their cats to roam, expect other people to take responsibility for their animals? A live injured animal i would certainly take to a vet if I was local and knew where toe vet was.

chaosrabbitland · 07/01/2022 16:26

yes i would and thats even though i dont drive , id make sure i got it to the vet , that could be someones furbaby and as for the muppet suggesting that vets wont take them err , yes of course they do

nice to see all the cold souless tossers on here that would be happy to pass on by with a plethora of excuses about why they couldnt do it
threads like this just reaffirm why i prefer animals to humans

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