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Mrschocolate · 12/08/2013 19:12

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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cozietoesie · 13/08/2013 22:03

It'll be OK by tomorrow. Smile

MissStrawberry · 14/08/2013 11:33

She looks like she is going to be boss!!

cozietoesie · 14/08/2013 11:38

She certainly does. Beautiful cat.

Smile
OhDearNigel · 14/08/2013 11:43

All cats need is love, somewhere comfy to curl up, access to a clean litter tray or garden and some food and water.
If the cat is to be a house cat they don't need inoculations unless they are likely to need to go into kennels.

PenguinBear · 14/08/2013 11:58

Lovely story and lovely cat :)

TheMagicKeyCanFuckOff · 14/08/2013 12:20

Poppy looks adorable.

florencedombey · 14/08/2013 13:24

Gorgeous face, full of character. Well done FIL and MIL for taking her on.

Sparklingbrook · 14/08/2013 13:28

Ooh she's beautiful. And very lucky. Fab.

SummerRain · 14/08/2013 14:34

Oh she's gorgeous. And a very lucky puss indeed Smile

Meid · 14/08/2013 14:42

What a beautiful cat. Love the story.

RabbitsarenotHares · 14/08/2013 14:55

I think I've fallen in love with your FIL... Such a wonderful man. Be sure to tell him he has a huge cohort of female fans now!

And I love wee Poppy. She's so lucky to have landed on her paws like she has. She'll be making lots of new, happy memories this week. Yay!

HaveIGotPoosForYou · 14/08/2013 15:18

What a lovely FIL you have!

Beautiful kitty, she's so gorgeous :)

What a complete wanker your FILs boss is.

Fuzzymum1 · 14/08/2013 18:26

Fuzzymum1 - what law is that? And how on earth is it enforceable?

I'm not sure but it was spoken about on an animal rescue type program I was watching recently.

Fuzzymum1 · 14/08/2013 18:31

This has made me smile so much. I like people names for cats...

Me too - several of ours have people names - we have: Trevor, Mabel, Fred and Douglas - the other three don't have people names - McGonagall, Boddington (after the beer!) and Marmite because she's a very dark tortie and it just suits her.

Fuzzymum1 · 14/08/2013 18:39

For future reference buying flea and worm stuff is way cheaper from www.vetuk.co.uk than it is from the vet. I order McGonagall's special kidney diet from there and get the flea and worm stuff at the same time.

Fuzzymum1 · 14/08/2013 18:40

Oh and I meant to say (having finally caught up with this thread having not had five minutes spare) She is beautiful and so lucky to have found such caring and amazingly generous spirits in your PIL.

Mrschocolate · 14/08/2013 18:52

Hooray the picture works Grin

Poppy is settling in nicely she seems very happy with PILs.
Boss called FIL today and he didn't even mention Poppy he just said that he was staying on holiday for another week.

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SingingSands · 14/08/2013 19:09

So happy that your FIL found her and fell in love with her.

The boss should be reported. Planning to stay on another week, the poor cat would be dead by now if it wasn't for FIL rescuing it.

Fluffycloudland77 · 14/08/2013 19:09

She is lovely, but in my mind she will forever look like sparklingbrooks temporary picture.

Mrschocolate · 14/08/2013 19:14

Fluffy That's okay sparkling's picture is cute too.

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girliefriend · 14/08/2013 19:26

She is lovely, looks a lot like our cat

BigW · 14/08/2013 19:30

She's got such a lovely inquisitive little face. What a lucky cat!

DontCallMeBaby · 14/08/2013 20:02

Just told DH about this and he asked if anyone has said what an arse the boss is. Oh yes, I said, in a number of colourful Anglo-Saxon phrases. He's now playing with one of our cats and being soppy, which may be a direct result of hearing about Poppy!

Mrschocolate · 14/08/2013 21:43

I am going to take my DD to meet her tomorrow because my DD is calm and she won't scream and jump around and scare her.

DontcallMeBaby the boss is a complete arse.

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cozietoesie · 14/08/2013 21:57

Sadly, I guess your FIL will have to work with him in the future. A job is a job and all that, however difficult he's going to find it.