Really? Does this happen frequently?
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Just watched tonight's episode of Location and one house came with the cat! Owners wanted to leave it at the house. Comment made was that it wasn't unusual!
Apart from wanting to give them a good slap, would they leave one of the kids behind, I've never heard of it.
Cats do get left though I'm sure.
Apart from wanting to give them a good slap, would they leave one of the kids behind, I've never heard of it.
Cats do get left though I'm sure.
Frequently, though most owners don't tell anyone that's what they are planning to do.
The last cat my Mum and Dad took on was abandoned in this way.
Sadly I am no longer shocked when I hear this just a bit more sad with the world (lots of things make me sad for the world re fellow human and animals)
The last cat my Mum and Dad took on was abandoned in this way.
Sadly I am no longer shocked when I hear this just a bit more sad with the world (lots of things make me sad for the world re fellow human and animals)
Edited by bexVN on Thursday 5th September 22:18
It's an interesting question - is a cat more attached to its home or the people in it?
If I was to move away and some decent people moved in and took on my cat, would she mind unduly? Same place, same territory, just a different hand on the catfood cupboard ('Katfood Korner').
If I moved a few doors away, would she move too or stay put I wonder?
If I was to move away and some decent people moved in and took on my cat, would she mind unduly? Same place, same territory, just a different hand on the catfood cupboard ('Katfood Korner').
If I moved a few doors away, would she move too or stay put I wonder?
If a previous owner left their cat then my dog would evict it pretty sharpish.
Even if by some miracle the dog allowed it to stay I would have it removed, I'm talking call a cat shelter to take it away not poison it.
It is a bit sad that someone can move house and leave their pet behind.
Even if by some miracle the dog allowed it to stay I would have it removed, I'm talking call a cat shelter to take it away not poison it.
It is a bit sad that someone can move house and leave their pet behind.
Pesty said:
Don't get it. Why do people get pets and do that?
My little man is part of he family I'd rather ut my own arm off. Same if he was a cat.
In 1991 we moved into a house and inherited the cat. There were extenuating circumstances and it was pre-agreed when we moved in.My little man is part of he family I'd rather ut my own arm off. Same if he was a cat.
It was a tied farm cottage, the previous tenants were friends of ours - she had been murdered a few months before and he then emigrated as per their plans; unable to take the cat. He made sure both her cats were settled before he left - Blackie went to her Mum as he had always preferred her anyway, Jasper came with the house to me; which was what was planned to happen when they emigrated.
We bought the cat with the house, or rather as we sometimes tell people we bought the cat and got the house free.
The cat originally belonged to the people who owned the house before the people we bought it from. They had several dogs and cats and moved within the village. All the pets went with them quite happily apart from one cat who kept coming back to the house so got adopted by the next owners. They knew when they sold the house there was not really any point trying to take her so we took her on. Sadly she died a couple of years ago but by our reckoning was about 17 by then.
The cat originally belonged to the people who owned the house before the people we bought it from. They had several dogs and cats and moved within the village. All the pets went with them quite happily apart from one cat who kept coming back to the house so got adopted by the next owners. They knew when they sold the house there was not really any point trying to take her so we took her on. Sadly she died a couple of years ago but by our reckoning was about 17 by then.
I moved from once side of my block to another side and it took the cats less than a week to decide that they would join me.
They both still pop into the old flat every now and then to see what has changed.
When i moved a few miles to this building from my old cottage i did worry and i made sure that i shut all the windows, except on day 3 when i left the tiny little vent window in the bathroom that was about 8 foot from the floor, i came home after work, parked my car and went inside only to discover a cat was missing.
Running out in panic ready to start the walk back to my old house calling for the little sod i found him sat on the roof of my car, after that i figured they weren't to bothered about where we were as long as kept the food coming.
They both still pop into the old flat every now and then to see what has changed.
When i moved a few miles to this building from my old cottage i did worry and i made sure that i shut all the windows, except on day 3 when i left the tiny little vent window in the bathroom that was about 8 foot from the floor, i came home after work, parked my car and went inside only to discover a cat was missing.
Running out in panic ready to start the walk back to my old house calling for the little sod i found him sat on the roof of my car, after that i figured they weren't to bothered about where we were as long as kept the food coming.
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