DON'T FEED STRANGERS CATS!!!!

[Itshotoutthere]

My cat has a sensitive stomach - someone has been feeding him and making him Ill. He's always an indoor/ outdoor cat he has PLENTY of food at home . I can't put a collar on him as he loses/ someone takes them off. Grrr

Keep your manky cat in then

A decent owner can't stop a cat going where it wants to.

They absolutely can. They simply choose not to!

I do wish people would keep their cats on their own property, I don't really like them in my garden

Cats do their own thing. We often get a strange cat in trying to have a go at my cat's bowl if he's been daft enough to leave it full. And I'm pretty sure he goes and steals other cats' food.

If you let him stray then yes he's going to eat stuff he shouldn't. So rather than make pointless pleas on here why not cat proof your garden and keep him safe on your property?

And is you, his owner, aren't bothered about keeping him safe then why should others care?

It's possible to cat proof your garden, that is a better option

Our cat stays in our garden I should add, fence is high with overhang

This is where punctuation makes all the difference!

Love this. The power of an apostrophe.

I just think it's bizarre that people allow their cats to roam freely and then expect to control what other people to do them.

Your cat will eat what it wants, when it wants. Get over it. If you want to control what your cat eats, don't let it out.

BTW, your cat sneaks in and tries to steal the dog food. Your problem.

I have outdoor cats OP. But how do you know it's someone feeding your cat and not that he's been eating half rotten dead mice/snotty tissues/horse poo?

I had a cat who dragged home a whole roast chicken (still warm) on a Sunday afternoon. I'm pretty sure whichever neighbour it was, hadn't given it to him.

Yanbu re the feeding but please keep your cat inside or contained within your garden. I don't understand why cat owners don't look after their pets and just let them loose to be hit by cars ... And yes you can keep a cat within a garden as I have friends and a neighbour who is.

Then don't let your cat out of your house. You can't control what happens if you let the cat wander wherever it pleases.

OP we’ve also had the problem of neighbours feeding our cats (we can see them do it from our upstairs windows!!)

I put a collar on with a large note saying “please do not feed me for medical reasons”

the collar only lasted a day or two but that’s long enough for the neighbours to see it. Seems to have done the trick

@WhiteFire ... yes, dried.

Keep your manky cat in your house then. If someone feeding it doesn’t harm in, getting run over by a car will

Buy cheap collars and write 'I live at 46 xxx Ave. Feeding me makes me ill.' Keep doing it every time s/he comes home without a collar. If it goes on, write 'Feeding me sends me to the vet. Stop it.'

What are you implying? I've never fed cats to strangers.

Thank you Halstead

I'll add it to my next shop.🐿(there's no hedgehog)

I bet hardly any people feed strange cats, why would you, they are mainly scavenging

Nope, the onus is on pet owners to take responsibility for their animals if you want any kind of control over what they ingest. L

Don't let your cat out to roam then.

Tbf they can. Catproof fences. Cat still gets the outside space, but will not go and eat everything everywhere else.