FIL went to his bosses house today with some documents. His boss is on holiday for 3 weeks and asked FIL to take the key from his next door neighbour (a mutual friend) and to leave the documents in the kitchen.
When FIL got their he found a cat. It was yowling and he said it looked very distressed. There was no water in the cats bowl and no food out. FIL called his boss to tell him about the cat because he assumed that whoever was supposed to be watching the cat hadn't turned up. (the neighbour is housebound so wouldn't of been looking after the cat)
His boss said that know one was looking after the cat. He got it two months ago for a girlfriend who then left him. She didn't want the cat and he didn't want one in the first place so he just left it there whilst he went on holiday. He left the cat flap open and assumed that when it got hungry it would leave and not bother coming back. However the cat is a house cat and his boss guess that is why the cat hadn't left yet.
FIL was horrified and told his boss he was taking the cat. His boss said do what you like with it.
The cat is black and white (like Jess the cat off postman pat) it's a female and it doesn't look full grown though it is thin. It has drank a lot of water and FIL fed him some chicken out of a packet that he bought from a local garage on his way home.
The cat is asleep on the sofa cushions. PILs called me around for some advice because they have never owned a pet. However I have only owned dogs so I have no idea either. I have called my vet and they are taking the cat in first thing in the morning.
Could you please give advice on what to do for this cat. FIL is going to go to the supermarket to grab some cat stuff so I am hoping you can give us some advice as to what to get
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Mrschocolate · 12/08/2013 19:12
My cat tends to ignore all names anyway unless she decrees us worthy of a saunter over purely to scratch her chin 
'Unfortunately the callousness of her owner doesn't surprise me as much as it should. We come across it all the time.' CatNeuterer - it is really chilling to think that there are so many people amongst us who lack such basic empathy 
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Thank goodness FIL is retiring at Christmas and won't have to deal with his boss anymore.
I love her photo, Mrschocolate - what a poppet.
I suspect Poppy couldn't care what she's called as long as it has Princess or Her Majesty in front of it. Easy to recognize who is now in charge in that household.
Was telling a friend at work about this today and that PIL would be changing cat's name. Apparently, they should still use the old name but tag the new name on to the end each time. After a little while (not sure how long), drop the old name and carry on using the new name.
Disclaimer: I have no idea whether this is right but the person who told her about it is a long-time cat owner of many cats.
On the other hand, little Poppy may be used to her new name straight away!
We also agreed that boss man is a dickhead and your FIL is a very very lovely person
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