Cat needs a home - desperate

[moustachebandit]

Back in early July a cat just turned up at our back door and hasn't left since.

We have called cat shelters, the RSPCA and all the Vets in the area to see if he was listed as missing by his owner. We have had him scanned and he doesn't have a chip and after all this time its quite clear his previous owners aren't interested in finding him.

We have canvassed the local areas, neighbors and even tried to find him a loving home - but he is still here - living in our hedge, scrapped car and garage roof!

Despite being a sweet cat we cant keep him as the other half is allergic and we have a puppy arriving very shortly.

RSPCA are fking useless - talking months before they could even consider possibly picking him up. Local cat shelters are swamped so they cant take him.

So last ditch attempt - is there anyone in the PH massive that want to adopt a cat? He is a sweet thing, very vocal, likes human company, chin scratches and belly rubs (and despite being a hobo is in very good condition - according to the Vet!)

I am in North Somerset so if anyone wants to give the lad a home please, please let me know ... desperate and out of options!

[moustachebandit]

Thanks for the responses!

Tried the CPL but they are full, also tried Holly Hedge and they cant take him either. Almost found him shelter with a dogs home in Bristol (which also accept cats) until they decided I was "out of range?!?!" and then said no. Going to call back with a put on voice and give a false address!

Giving the cat a home here just isn't an option - its clear he wants to be indoors. Any time an outside door opens he makes a dash for the house, he has already come crashing through the kitchen window and a bathroom window. I have tried to make a den for him in the green house and shed and he isn't interested in using it.

Him living outdoors isn't too bad at the moment as its been really mild but when the weather gets wet or the temp drops I would feel really bad for him being stuck outside.

I feel annoyed for the little guy that some scum bag owner has just dumped him - we are also the only house on the road that doesn't have a dog (yet) or a cat which is why he probably felt like he could move in.

New POD said:

Is your other half only allergic to hobo cats, but not cute little puppies. I just see irony.

The other half grew up with dogs - Labradors to be specific and never suffered any allergies (we are getting a lab). When we visit my parents she has to take antihistamines as my parents cats set her off. Whilst the cat is a hobo, he looks like any other well groomed DSH cat - and very likable!

[moustachebandit]

bexVN said:

Try Bristol and Wales cat rescue, lovely group but very busy, they have a website.

Thanks for that - left them a message - hopefully they have some space for him!

blindswelledrat said:

Strikes me that your average person would far rather adopt from the cats protection league than help you out with what we don't really perceive as an issue

Sorry you lost me – whats the non issue?

[moustachebandit]

blindswelledrat said:

That you are looking after the cat as we speak but would rather have a puppy.
That's how you come across I'm afraid.

Sorry I cant really tell if your being serious, retarded or just trolling?

If you haven't read anything of the past posts - Quick summary is ... its not our cat, its a stray and we dont want to keep it? So unless you have aspergers - your view of "how we come across" is dumb.

[moustachebandit]

blindswelledrat said:

Yet Im not the first one who has implied it on this thread so we must all be retarded (are you an American child?), dumb (are you saying that we are mute, or are you an American child?) or we have aspergers.
Alternatively, you come across as though you cant really be bothered with the cat and want others to be bothered with it to save you the hassle.

No, no I am pretty sure its only you who is retarded.

Seriously what the fk are you reading – no one else has implied anything like what you have suggested or come to the same random moronic conclusions as you have. If you honestly think they have then you clearly have a few issues.

As for not being bothered with the cat – if you were able to sensibly process what you were reading you would know I have been very bothered with the cat and have been trying to find it a new home.

I could save my self the hassle very easily and simply ignore its welfare, spray it with the hose, get the farmer next door to shoot it (and he has offered!) or just do what its original owners did an dump it across town and leave it to someone else – yet I am trying to find it shelter.

Its not my cat and we dont want a cat - its fairly simple.

You don't half talk bks.

Troll.

[moustachebandit]

blindswelledrat said:

Angry aren't you?
Can you actually string a sentence together without spitting out insults?
Fact is, if you had said from the outset that you have no interest and don't want it instead of making half-baked excuses about getting a puppy then I wouldn't have mentioned it.
Never mind though. Good luck with your cat

No I am not angry – you are just very irritating and talk complete drivel. That’s probably not the first time someone has told you that - is it?

What part of me trying to find a new home for a stray cat implied that I was interested in keeping it? I think that was a fairly obvious conclusion for most NORMAL people.

The only thing that’s half baked is you – lay off the drugs! Bandwidth thief.



Thanks to everyone else for taking the time to put forward useful suggestions!

[moustachebandit]

So what with me being the cold hearted bd I am; After a lot of searching I finally found the stray cat a new home. He has gone to a nice family in the next town over. I dropped him off last night and he took to his new owners very quickly and them promptly made himself comfortable for the night - I suspect he will be spoilt rotten !

My conscience is now clean!