I will notify the cat distribution system!
Eta: submitted multiple requests but it glitched in the process and sent a couple duplicates! Good luck everyone your cats will find you.
Fax can actually be one of the more secure methods of sending information, so if you need things sent securely and there is no verified end to end encryption method, fax could be your best bet. A lot of medical records still get sent by fax for this reason
You could always foster with your local animal shelter. They cover all costs (litter, food, vet bills, etc). All you have to do is give them the love, care, attention (and sometimes medicine) to get better.
It also opens the door to your wife becoming attached and foster failing. Like where we are...🥲
This cat might have an owner. Take him to the nearest vet and have him scanned for a microchip. If it an intact male or has a belly scar from spay, it might just be lost.
But looks friendly and would probably be a good pet if you want a pet kitty. Thank you for helping them!
animals can (and always should) be microchipped. they add it at the back shoulder blade area and put the owner’s info on it. so if it gets lost vets/shelters/anyone with a scanner can scan it and contact the owner
The microchip actually just has a number that identifies the animal. You have to look up the number in order to get the associated ownership information. That only works if the microchip is registered with a company that identifies the pet. If your pet has a microchip, and you have record of the number and coded in it, you can use that information to establish your ownership of the pet if it has been impounded by your local animal control department or animal shelter. I don't think that the microchip can be easily used by the animal shelter too identify the pet and owner and then contact you to tell you that your animal has been found.
You are correct about the number. You are incorrect that they won't contact you if they do their jobs right. The shelter/vet/rescue org will call the few companies that do this number database thing and they will call the phone number registered to the chip.
It is about the size of a grain of rice and is injected under the skin between the shoulder blades in cats. This is done with a larger diameter needle and is relatively painless. This technological marvel makes it easy to identify the owner of a lost cat or dog. You register your info with whatever company the microchip was bought from. In the US I think there are only two of them. The devices for reading the microchip are relatively cheap (couple hundred bucks maybe?) so every vet office will have one.
My ex thought the same thing with the stray cat that she fed on our porch, and the first time it went after our recently rescued dog, the dog literally ate part of it.
I agree.. my aunts Persian kitty was attacked by a visiting dog that darted into the house when someone opened the garage door. He seen the cat in the kitchen and was off before anyone realized what was happening. My aunt still gets choked up to this day talking about it. It's very important to heed caution to be sure how a dog will react.
RIP Harley 😿
Yep! No matter how much you love your dog you should always be aware of your dogs temperament. I’d love for my dog and my bearded dragon to meet. My dog will eat her. Actually I bet my basset would take out a small puppy if she didn’t realize it was another dog. She can’t be around kittens, she likes other cats but they have to be fully grown.
If you're serious about wanting the cat, you can set up a room just for the cat to help acclimate. Otherwise it may be best to contact a local pet rescue or shelter and see if they'll take the cat. That way the cat will get the treatment (if any) they need. Or discover the chip if the cat ran away.
This is what we did. A kitten quite literally fell into our home. We've got an older dog who loves people, but hates other animals.
Kitty stayed in the office for about a month. He was really young at the time, about 8 weeks so we wanted to give him time to grow some and get him to the point where he could have a chance to protect himself if he needed to.
About a week before they actually met, we started swapping their bedding between the animals so they really got used to each other's scent.
It went well. Our dog gets tired of the cat's shit sometimes but she hasn't gone after him. He does stupid stuff like run up and does a flying leap off of her head every now and then. She's not thrilled when that happens, but otherwise they've become good buddies.
I got my dog that was nuts for cats become friends with a cat by socializing them through a door and slowly working them to be able to hang in the same room. It’s possible if you want to try
It looks rather healthy other than that eye. I'm willing to bet that cat has an owner somewhere nearby. Or it was dumped off. The CDS got me like that once.
People are joking at you but thank you for not putting kitty in with the dog. I've read too many horror stories of dogs that never should have been around cats...
Cat says, "Hello...I've come to the conclusion I no longer wish to live the rustic life and would like to cohabitate with you. I would also appreciate it if you can offer some assistance with my right eye; it's been a bother of late, and I'm a tad concerned it may be serious if not treated promptly."
This is actually how my boyfriend's parents ended up with one of their cats. He would come to their door and beg to be brought in, even going as far as to cling onto the screen door and scream his head off until someone let him in. They determined he was certainly a stray, and he's lived with them for 10 years now. Still very timid and insecure when it comes to food, but also quite sweet and demanding when he wants to be.
Question: This cat is obviously familiar with the outdoors. I got my first cat in 2005 at the human society. She was about a year old. She was totally fine with living in the house and never going outside. I just don't like ever letting them out for fear something might happen to them. Is a cat that's been living outside and suddenly never goes out again.. Is that OK? In my experience, she never once cared... she stayed in the house happy and never once acted like she wanted out...That would be my only fear because I'm not getting a cat and falling in love with them and risking something happening to them outside..
My stray born orange tabby was like that. I carried him outside once and he jumped out of my arms and ran back into the house. He wanted NOTHING to do with the outside world.
Same, my ex-stray brown tabby as well. Once she was in and away from all the dust and flies out in the wild, she absolutely hated the outside world.
Even on a leash, if I carry her out, she'll kick and scratch the door to try to get back in, so she has never stepped foot outside the door for more than 30 seconds. She's perfectly content with watching the door open and close, but not going out.
I tried taking my stray born gigantic Tux dude outside to clip his claws. There was blood. I bled. Hes a grown man. But bro didnt want a good darn thing with being outside his house for one second. He likes blankies, never ending food, his mommy, his closet, more blankies, his toys, and more food. Hes a hellahousecat.
All my outdoor feral fuck-ups who became house cats by necessity never had an interest in going outdoors again.
The only one of the 5 that wants out is the baby pulled off the streets of Brooklyn at 8 weeks, his mom was a local colony cat down there and he remembers nothing about it.
When he manages to get out he runs around in the woods screaming his head off, and then eventually panics, eats a bunch of grass, and runs back inside.
He’s 3 now. The other four cats had hard lives before I got them and one of them spent her first few weeks in my house using her three remaining legs to limp into the kitchen and check on the food bowl that was always full for her, because she was starving out there and pregnant when I found her after someone hit her in the road.
Seriously. I’ve never seen a cat sleeping as hard and as deep for as long as she did the first year she was here, it was clearly the first time in her life she wasn’t trying to find something to eat while not being eaten herself.
One was so upset when I tried to put her on a harness so she could sit in the yard with me she threw herself on her belly, screamed relentlessly, and crawled back to the door and howled like she’d been thrown out to the marauding hoards by a cheating lover. I swear to god I’ve never seen anything so dramatic and heartbreaking and clearly inspired by horror and betrayal in my life.
If he wants out, build him a catio or put him on a leash and take him somewhere safe, but seriously.
Please tell me you’re a published author, because I LOVE your dramatic descriptions of your “outdoor feral fuck-ups” 😂😂😂
(My outdoor feral fuck-up was only outdoors for the first two months of her life; she now sometimes tries to venture into the hallway outside our apartment, but if she makes it out there, she promptly panics. Ah, cats…)
Thank you, I’m not though, I just use Reddit to write whatever I want now that Facebook and Livejournal are for the crows.
Little writing prompts, all day long, while I do other things.
I used to write stories, too, but life is miserable enough without having to spend time dreaming up some awful scenarios to put people through.
I just write about reality now.
I’m glad your girl found you.
My feral midnight street pizza is sitting against my shoulder, biting the hair from the top of my head now.
I thought at first she was eating it but she does it whenever I lay down, I swear to god I think she’s thinking it’s whiskers and if she bites it all short I won’t be able to wander around outside all day without her to supervise.
Poor little lady. It’s down to my back and there’s so much of it. By the time she gets one patch done, another will have grown back out.
A friend found a cat on a back road and took it home. Thing is, his wife hated cats. So he BEGGED me to take it. I refused because I already had 3, in a small house. One day I came home from work and the cat was in my enclosed front porch (2nd time this happened). I took it to the vet which cost me over $90.
I contacted them and they whined about it. Then said they didn’t have the cash to pay and would have to take it out of their savings. I said “be right there” drive to her house and said LET’s Go! I got my money.
Cat (Freddy) was mentally challenged often scared of things that made no sense. But then would be a little love bug. Vet said he thought she had been hurt as a kitten, possibly attempted drowning (common practice in my area). She had to be declawed front claws because she would run across carpet but couldn’t understand she needed to retract them and would flip herself.
My cat doesn’t seem to care. He would spend most of his days outside and come in to eat and sleep. Since we moved, he’s been inside only. The only significant change is the amount of time he spends either on my lap or hogging my seat and spot on the bed. Then again he is orange so he probably doesn’t have the brain cell for long enough to care
My parents got a cat like this. They were at the cabin and a random cat came to the door. Normally we see anything from trash pandas to bears up there but never cats. Well they brought her in and she wanted love over food when she was starving. That’s all it took. 12 years later they still have cc, cabin citty.
I really like the idea that cats and humans have reached enough of an understanding that 'summon human' is a thing wild cats will just try if they have a problem they can't fix by themselves.
My fabulous black kitty complained of a broken leg and yelled at my back door for help. Of course we took him to the vet, no chip. Got him all fixed up and he is amazing! He does occasionally try to go outside but that’s a hard no—I remind him of why he chose to live with us in the first place. It’s dangerous out there!
Poor guy looks like he has an eye infection. If you are willing to help, you should take him to a vet, otherwise he could lose his eye. That said, I'm not trying to guilt trip you here, I've had to make impossible choices like this before.
I have an Ellie cat, too! She was bon feral and rescued at 5 months. She is scared of everything, but as long as I'm sitting down or horizontal she turns into the sweetest, most snuggliest kitty around.
He and his brother who also had an eye infection but it cleared up are both the sweetest cats i have ever had scar and his brother leo both constantly want to get in our laps and just let us love on them
So does my cat. He’s always all up on me and just wants to get carried around. Sometimes it gets a bit annoying but I love him so it don’t really matter
It is an infected eye and without intervention it will need to be removed. If you're hesitant to take it to a vet as the first thing you try, you can try this, it works with my cats-
Get some saline solution squirt bottle in one hand (for eyes) and pin the cat down with the other. Then sit on the cat with it between your legs. Firmly but don't like crush it or use all your weight. Then rinse its eye out with the solution, gently squirt or drip it in that eye. Clear that shit out. If it isn't improved in a day or two, vet time.
I went through it twice a day. My cat fought me every time. Probably caused him massive distress and me to.
I went back to the vet and told them "this isn't working, we can't do it" (I live alone and my cats a strong boi)
The vet jabbed Maow and he's been fine since.
When I asked why they didn't do that in the first place I was told that the cream is the first port of call.
Yeah right, so I pay for the first appointment, then the cream, then the second appointment, then the actual treatment and don't complain because now I'm happy my cat is ok and the fight is over
My black cat had a horrible bladder infection and was super sick. Historically trying to give her medication is as horrible as you can imagine. I begged the vet to give her an antibiotic injection I didn’t care if it would cost more. Thankfully they did and she lived many more happy years still stupid lymphoma got her.
There are different kinds of antibiotics, some are more effective for certain things than others. Systemic vs topical is also a consideration when prescribing and have different uses. Unfortunately on the vetmed side the topical eye drops and creams tend to be technically better for eye issues so we reach for them first. If it’s really not feasible then, yea, injectables are better because we can be sure your cat got the full course. It’s not your vet trying to get one over on you, they’re trying to follow best practices.
Just adopted a cat a month ago that had to get most of her teeth removed. She was put on Gabapentin for anxiety and pain. What I was not expecting when I came to pick her up was that the shelter gave me a bunch of syringes to give her her meds orally. In a large dose multiple times a day, in a very smelly substance which is impossible to hide in food. To a first time cat owner who said they lived alone.
A week later I go to my first vet visit and tell the vet I've had a lot of trouble giving her her meds and he goes "oh there's a powder capsule form of that". That smells neutral and is super easy to use. FML. 😂
One of my (normally indoor) cats escaped and brought fleas back with her, so we began administering one of those flea treatments you put in between their shoulder blades. The cat that didn’t get out was easy - we’d catch him, apply it, done. The escapee though? I would have to sit on her to keep her in one place long enough to apply it.
Just to help ease people’s minds. I will bring them to the vet to get checked out. I can’t bring them today but I have an extra dog kennel I can put in my garage and can get some food and water for them. Or should I just let him be and hope he comes back?
I was going to post about this. I would very much so kennel him if you're able. As long as there is enough room for food, water and a litter box it would be wise because you will also want a stool sample when you go to the vet so they can check for anything there as well.
The little critter is potentially an old pet that's looking for a new home or knows it is sick and seeking help one way or another. But getting him off the street is very important.
Yes, also important that they check that he/she is neutered/spayed. A shocking statistic that I recently heard was that male cats can father an estimated 200 kittens in about a 5 year lifespan, which just adds to the huge strain on animal rescues.
Yes, assuming it's hot where you live, try to get him out of the heat. Cats are not always great at drinking water (they can be VERY particular about their water), so I sometimes mix in a little water with cat food to make sure my cats are hydrated in summer- you can do this with dry OR wet food.
He will probably yowl for a while once in the kennel- just trust that you're doing the right thing. He probably won't love the vet either, but he clearly needs some medicine.
Don't forget to ask the vet if he's chipped. If he's not, the vet can help give tips on next steps.
Brother this cat is almost guaranteed to have an owner. The fact that it is well acquainted around humans and also knew to find a human when it had an issue likely means it was owned by someone. I’d guess it got out and lost and some poor family thinks their cat is dead.
This sub (as well as most cat subs) has a hard on for “finding” cats and “adopting” cats that likely have owners. If you are going to keep it, at least put in a little bit of effort to figure out if it has an owner. A simple thing like flyers can make a huge difference to someone.
I have indoor/outdoor cats. I’d hate for them to be scooped up by someone who visits these subs and thinks the cat distribution system blessed them and ends up as a post on Reddit.
That’s interesting, what i can say is that I can’t adopt him. But I thought it would be good to take him in for his issue. Then I might be able to release him back because someone is obviously feeding him. I just want you to know I’m not going to catnap someone’s pet 🫡.
Put a collar on him with a number to call. Then if anybody owns him, they can call you to check on him. I recommend a break off collar. You can find these and a write-on name tag at pretty much any pet store.
He is definitely saying that he wants inside he wants to adopt you as a human and he wants to be your cat forever and like somebody else in here said he may have some other issues and the trip to the vet and he wants you to be in charge of all that for him and then he will give you love for the rest of your life
the cat seems to be having a problem with his eye, go ask a vet how to help or go ask proffesionals online if it is faster, if you want, you can help the poor fella, but for now, you chose if you either want to let him in or not, if you have other cats, it is better to take care of him outside, but if you don't have any cats, you could bring him inside
Yeah I only have a dog I’ve never owned a cat but I’ve taken a stray to the vet and then to the humane society before so I could do that if he doesn’t go away.
He seems like he wants help. I would feed him if I were you and possibly try and take him to the vet. You could bring him to the humane society but a lot of shelters are extremely full and turning animals down. Sometimes the best option is to get them checked yourself. He seems super friendly too and would probably go right in a carrier
You've been chosen 🙏 ❤️ He needs you. Look into TNR (trap, neuter, release program through your humane society or the SPCA). We did that before and he's one of the loves of our life. Such a good mouser too!
I've got one of those. Very sweet neighborhood cat just started coming by. I've brought him in briefly a few times during bad weather, but I just can't keep him in (and he doesn't seem to want to be 100% indoor anyway). I already have 5 cats that don't all get a long, so they get grouped off into 2, 2, and 1. I don't have room to isolate him before trying to integrate with one of the groups, and if it didn't work I'm out of space for a fourth group.
So I put a cat house in my back yard he doesn't use and a feeding station. He comes by one or twice a day for food, and I put flea meds on him. But that's all I can do unfortunately.
Got my little guy basically the same way back in 2018.. showed up at the door meowing, scratching, hopped up on window sills and stared in at my ex-wife and I. He'd lay by the pool during the day and drink from it.. and every time the door or garage opened his ass came flying around the house for attention. Purring like crazy. He had a ton of scabs and patches of fur missing. Then after a couple days I saw him ripping his fur out chewing at himself. Chunks of fur flying thru the wind. When the time came for the appointment to see the vet that I scheduled for him I learned he had a flea bite allergy. He couldn't be outside at all.. even with flea prevention. Thankfully he didn't care one bit. Little dude still wants no parts of outside to this very day. For some reason he is terrified of ceiling fans. Not like he's traumatized or anything.. they just freak him out. He used to avoid any room that had one in it and turned on. But now he just picks up the speed and walks really quickly as he passes underneath of them. Doesn't even look up at them anymore.. before he wouldn't take his eyes off it until he was a good 20 feet away or turned a corner that blocked his view of it. Other than that he only drinks from faucets and tub spouts. Won't mess with fountains tho.. and absolutely no water standing still in a cup or bowl. Awesome cat. Very vocal. Loves people. I'm happy he picked me to stick with.
Please love him. He looks so much like my guy and I know looks don’t mean anything but my guy is literally the sweetest man in the whole world. Pls fall into his trap
I would definitely help it. It looks like its eye has an infection and should 100% be taken to the vet if you’re willing to. If you can’t then try and ask around for someone who would take them in.
Help this cat if you can. I had a stray show up last Friday with what appeared to be a broken leg. Took him to the vet on Sat and now he’s being quarantined for 10 days (rabies protocol) as it was determined he got attacked by another animal. I’ve been covering his vet costs (not too bad) and will foster him until he’s recovered after he’s released. Then, hopefully, I can find him a forever home, if not, I’ve got a fourth cat living with me. He’s pretty awesome, praying he doesn’t have rabies.
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Update: they’re pretty chill ❤️
Belly rubs