a cat showed up in our garden three months ago, and after going around all the neighbours and posting on various facebook pages no owner could be found. we’ve been feeding her for the past three months and she was sleeping in a basket in our shed. she was really skittish but lately she’s calmed down and now allows us to stroke her. she also now sleeps in the house. we’ve also been fleaing and worming her in the time we’ve had her. the cat is long haired and has lots of big clumps of matted fur that cannot be brushed out. we’ve been brushing her every day but some of these clumps are so bad i think it’ll be necessary for her to sedated whilst they are removed. we have a consultation booked at the vets next week to discuss this.
anyway, last week a lady came and scanned her for a chip and was able to locate her owner. her owner said the cat regularly goes missing and she thinks the cat is scared of her dogs which makes her wander. her owner now wants her back and whilst i know she has every right it’s breaking my heart that we’ve got to return her to a home that obviously causes her stress. we’ve been speaking through the scanner lady and the owner is seemingly unwilling to budge on us keeping her. i’m sat here in floods at the thought of her not being around. i don’t even know what advice i’m asking for, but any would be appreciated!