Cat doesn't love us any more...
Discussion
So, we have this cat, it appeared on our doorstep about 6 months ago as a kitten, we didn't feed it or anything but every time we opened the door it would run in the house and start desperately trying to eat our cats food, this happened for about 24 hours before it disappeared.
A couple of weeks later my 5 year old's school rang us to ask if we could come and collect our cat as it was tearing it around all the class rooms and my little boy recognized it as the cat that was at our house. They were told it's not our cat but I went and collected it anyway to try and find it's owners.
I managed to find the owners of the cat and they said they were happy for us to keep him as he was a nuisance! We were quite happy with this as he's a lovely cat. I have since spent a bit of money getting him chipped, snipped, flea'd, wormed & insured!
He was kept inside for a month after his op before we let him out. Recently, he has been going missing for days and only showing up briefly looking at our food on offer then wanting to immediately go back outside again... (he gets wet & dry food and usually eats the lot)
I understand he is obviously getting fed elsewhere and he often comes home smelling of old ladies perfume. I bought him a collar with a tag on it that had his name and my mobile number so that wherever he was going they would realize that he has an owner.
Now what has really annoyed me is that today he has come home again after being missing for 2 days and his new collar is missing and somebody has put another collar on him!! what's that all about?
Currently he is asleep next to me on the sofa under house arrest, but i'm after some advice on this situation, is it recoverable? should I let him go and just appreciate the 10 minutes we get with him every few days? should I keep him inside for another few weeks?
What I don't want is to have to accept that he is no longer our cat and then in 12 months time end up with a vet calling saying your daft cat has been ran over, needs some treatment and we have cancelled our insurance policy!
Here's the little beast looking very proud of himself just now, he's called Ginger:
A couple of weeks later my 5 year old's school rang us to ask if we could come and collect our cat as it was tearing it around all the class rooms and my little boy recognized it as the cat that was at our house. They were told it's not our cat but I went and collected it anyway to try and find it's owners.
I managed to find the owners of the cat and they said they were happy for us to keep him as he was a nuisance! We were quite happy with this as he's a lovely cat. I have since spent a bit of money getting him chipped, snipped, flea'd, wormed & insured!
He was kept inside for a month after his op before we let him out. Recently, he has been going missing for days and only showing up briefly looking at our food on offer then wanting to immediately go back outside again... (he gets wet & dry food and usually eats the lot)
I understand he is obviously getting fed elsewhere and he often comes home smelling of old ladies perfume. I bought him a collar with a tag on it that had his name and my mobile number so that wherever he was going they would realize that he has an owner.
Now what has really annoyed me is that today he has come home again after being missing for 2 days and his new collar is missing and somebody has put another collar on him!! what's that all about?
Currently he is asleep next to me on the sofa under house arrest, but i'm after some advice on this situation, is it recoverable? should I let him go and just appreciate the 10 minutes we get with him every few days? should I keep him inside for another few weeks?
What I don't want is to have to accept that he is no longer our cat and then in 12 months time end up with a vet calling saying your daft cat has been ran over, needs some treatment and we have cancelled our insurance policy!
Here's the little beast looking very proud of himself just now, he's called Ginger:
storminnorman said:
any contact details on the fresh collar?
My grandma lived on a terrace in Coventry and was a serial cat enticer. The last one she managed to convert was actually next door's cat and was f
king mental. When they found out I have never seen a greater display of indifference.
Anyway, I do believe you can buy tracking collars if you're the sort to go knocking on doors
I thought about tracking collars but those I have seen are either costly or obvious. More than happy to knock on doors!!My grandma lived on a terrace in Coventry and was a serial cat enticer. The last one she managed to convert was actually next door's cat and was f
king mental. When they found out I have never seen a greater display of indifference. Anyway, I do believe you can buy tracking collars if you're the sort to go knocking on doors
He's definitely tarting himself around a load of peoples houses as every person we know reasonably well in the immediate vicinity says he comes to visit them, thats 4 houses. I'm not too bothered about this as I know they don't feed him, he just goes inside and sleeps on their sofas.
Edit to add: no contact details on the new collar!
stuartmmcfc said:
Would be my suggestion.
The cat may have lost it s original collar, especially if it was one of those that come off if they get caught on something.
It may of come off yes, however, it had been on for a few weeks and it's a bit strange he came home with a new collar straight away!The cat may have lost it s original collar, especially if it was one of those that come off if they get caught on something.
I will probably get a collar that says do not feed - special diet, sounds like a good idea.
I didn't realize the tracking collars were live tracking, thought they had to be plugged in on return to download a gps map. Has anyone used one and can recommend a brand that is quite accurate?
Absolutely fuming!
This saga is still dragging on unfortunately, we only really see the ginger cat once a month or so if that.
Today at the school gates during drop off my partner was confronted by the "new owner" of ginger who was a little apologetic, stating they thought he was a stray and they were worried about him, they started feeding him and then he's never really left. She also hadn't checked to see if he had a chip and she has essentially encouraged him to abandon his owners! My children are also very upset as she spoke to my partner with my children present. My partner was obviously annoyed and informed her about the etiquette of not stealing a neighbours cat etc.
Where do I go from here? I want our cat back but I don't think that will happen and also it might be a bit cruel on Ginger! Where would I stand dropping her an invoice for the past 12 months of insurance, neutering, flea and worming treatments? All of which I have receipts for as we purchased all of this when we first got him, as a rough estimate about £150 in total.
This saga is still dragging on unfortunately, we only really see the ginger cat once a month or so if that.
Today at the school gates during drop off my partner was confronted by the "new owner" of ginger who was a little apologetic, stating they thought he was a stray and they were worried about him, they started feeding him and then he's never really left. She also hadn't checked to see if he had a chip and she has essentially encouraged him to abandon his owners! My children are also very upset as she spoke to my partner with my children present. My partner was obviously annoyed and informed her about the etiquette of not stealing a neighbours cat etc.
Where do I go from here? I want our cat back but I don't think that will happen and also it might be a bit cruel on Ginger! Where would I stand dropping her an invoice for the past 12 months of insurance, neutering, flea and worming treatments? All of which I have receipts for as we purchased all of this when we first got him, as a rough estimate about £150 in total.
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