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AvalancheOfCheese · 19/06/2024 17:49

Hello everyone,
I’m hoping for some advice, there’s a young cat (I’d say around 8-12 months old) who has been visiting me at home for the past few months, now she looks reasonably healthy and not like a typical stray, however she is pretty thin and is always ravenous (I have had cats all my life so aware they can act like they’ve not eaten in weeks when they have!) She is also incredibly friendly. So my assumption is that she has a home already. The issue is that she has already been heavily pregnant, as she got huge and I could feel the kittens (she’s tiny) and she disappeared for a few weeks now she’s back, her teats are showing but I don’t know if she’s nursing or what happened to her kittens or where she lives. She comes back every day and stays almost all day and I have to say I am beginning to get attached. She clearly isn’t spayed and there are at least two un neutered male cats in the area (I see and hear them every day) I’m worried she’ll get pregnant again. It just seems so unfair for such a young cat to go through this and I can’t help but think whoever her ‘owners’ are they clearly don’t give a shit about her. WIBU to take her to the vets and see if she’s microchipped? And if she isn’t, what should I do? If anything?

I know this sounds awfully like I’ve just taken a liking to a local cat doing normal cat things but I’ve just got a feeling she isn’t being taken care of, if at all.

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Toddlerteaplease · 19/06/2024 17:51

Try and find out if she has an owner. Get in touch with a local rescue and see if they can help. Or at least scan her for a chip.

FuzzyStripes · 19/06/2024 17:56

Take her to the vets. Legally cats need to be microchipped now.

Reugny · 19/06/2024 17:57

Paper collar?

Put a paper collar on her with your contact details asking if she is stray.

The owners may just be ignorant about how young/quickly cats can get pregnant.

BTW I know plenty of cats who have/had other homes hence the paper collar method. In my DP's case it meant he could go away and one of the other homes his cat visited daily would feed her. He also made friends with that household. It also meant DP remembered to give her flea and worm treatment.

AlisonDonut · 19/06/2024 18:00

I had the same. She dropped the kittens off on the terrace at 6 weeks, and came to nurse them and then left them for the next two.

We caught her before she got pregnant again and had her neutered. We got her older daughter neutered and the first two boys. Got 2 more boys to go.

If you catch her now and get her neutered then kittens are at risk of not being able to get food. I'd mark in the calendar when she disappeared and look out for signs of kitten activity.at 6-8 weeks. You might be able to catch them all and get them rehomed but contact the shelters to see if any have space.

AvalancheOfCheese · 19/06/2024 18:03

Thanks everyone, great advice, i called the vet and they said it was about to be a legal requirement to microchip and to bring her in but not much they could do other than check if she has one. I have to say I am secretly hoping I can adopt her 😂🤦🏻‍♀️ but I know full well she may have a home somewhere nearby.

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PuppyMonkey · 19/06/2024 18:31

BTW I know plenty of cats who have/had other homes hence the paper collar method. In my DP's case it meant he could go away and one of the other homes his cat visited daily would feed her. He also made friends with that household. It also meant DP remembered to give her flea and worm treatment

Hope you don’t mind me saying, but do you think your DP is really cut out to be a cat owner? Confused

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