Think someone may have my cat

FutileBreadMachine · 10 Mar 2011 at 15:59

What can you actually do if your cat prefers to stay with someone else? If you ask them not to feed it, what is stopping them? Just proves that point that you don't actually own a cat, you just provide it with a convenient source of food. Cats aren't pack animals, so they don't care about their owners.

Cosimo · 10 Mar 2011 at 15:59

"andy" said:
my cat has been missing on and off for 3 months. someone in the next street has obviously stolen him. comes back fat . looks at his bowl in disgust then disappears for a few weeks . wish i knew who it was so i could ask them WTF they are doing

Giving him a much better home.

Just have his suitcase packed next time he comes home.

Knubje · 10 Mar 2011 at 16:01

GJ02 said:
our old cat sammy went missing for 1 month every year

That is an awesome story, and so true of the predatorial instinct of a cat.

How did you end up finding out that is what he was doing?

CHokKA · 10 Mar 2011 at 16:02

RationalGaze said:
What can you actually do if your cat prefers to stay with someone else? If you ask them not to feed it, what is stopping them? Just proves that point that you don't actually own a cat, you just provide it with a convenient source of food. Cats aren't pack animals, so they don't care about their owners.

If your cat is receiving regular attention from you, there is absolutely no reason why it would prefer to be somewhere else. If a cat doesn't feel like it is being cared for, it will probably go and find somewhere else to live. Cats might not be pack animals, but they enjoy attention and if you regularly provide that, they'll be happy

fullmetaltony · 10 Mar 2011 at 16:08

RationalGaze said:
Just proves that point that you don't actually own a cat, you just provide it with a convenient source of food. Cats aren't pack animals, so they don't care about their owners.

I know this to be true but I like to convince myself otherwise

I constantly convince myself otherwise but it's just because I feed her the most/sit still and provide a warm rest lap the most that she gives me the most attention. You could probably apply that parody to humans though

stoofa · 10 Mar 2011 at 16:09

CHokKA said:
If your cat is receiving regular attention from you, there is absolutely no reason why it would prefer to be somewhere else. If a cat doesn't feel like it is being cared for, it will probably go and find somewhere else to live. Cats might not be pack animals, but they enjoy attention and if you regularly provide that, they'll be happy

That is not strictly true.
If you think that if you feed, house and give attention to a cat it will not look elsewhere you're very mistaken.
Cats are extremely fickle creatures - they use you as a source of food and warmth, they certainly aren't there for your benefit.
If a cat is offered food and/or warmth it will nearly always accept it.

A cat finding a second home is certainly no way indicative of you not giving the cat enough attention.
Rather the simple fact that a cat will happily accept the things it finds important (usually food & shelter) fro anybody.

steve-h · 10 Mar 2011 at 16:11

Don't worry, if she's trapped in an old person's home because they've died it will just eat their corpse.

GJ02 · 10 Mar 2011 at 16:42

Knubje said:
That is an awesome story, and so true of the predatorial instinct of a cat.

How did you end up finding out that is what he was doing?

my bedroom looked out on the fields and i think the 3rd year he went missiing i was sat on the roof of the extension ( outside my window )having a chong and i saw him under a hedge, in the ready to attack position ( bum in the air, front end right down )
it was dad that told us what he ws doing, was obvious really looking back, loads of baby rabbits in the fields and dead on the country lane.
was an amazing cat was sam, i also remember him being hounded by 5 magpies in the garden one summer, all dive bombing him and sqwarking like mad, was sammy bothered ? was he hell, true fighter

Stretch · 10 Mar 2011 at 16:46

a1ex2001 said:
Prepare yourself for the worst, she may well have been killed and the fact she is chipped doesn't mean you would have been called. Most road kill is just shovelled quietly into a hole and if a cat is injured it will crawl off somewhere quiet and hidden to die. The fact she goes missing for days and doesn't come back hungry does not mean someone else is feeding her, cats are capable of feeding themselves!

Lol, have you thought about working for the Samaritans?

I'm sure the cat will turn up. When it does put a new collar on it with a note attached asking not to feed it because it's allergic to lot's of food and it's become ill and you had to take it to the vets.

leaskovski · 10 Mar 2011 at 16:48

This is the problem with cats. You pay for them, feed them, want love from them (not that sort of love), but they don’t care, and naff off to the neighbours and whore themselves off like prostitutes.

Stretch · 10 Mar 2011 at 16:57

leaskovski said:
This is the problem with cats. You pay for them, feed them, want love from them (not that sort of love), but they don’t care, and naff off to the neighbours and whore themselves off like prostitutes.

That's what's so great about them. When you get love you know it's not just because they want some food.

Nivforever · 10 Mar 2011 at 22:09

Great news guys

She came back earlier this evening

Once again she wasn't hungry at all, god knows where shes been

cheers

LOAM · 10 Mar 2011 at 22:19

Keep her in for a bit tbh.

Stringy · 10 Mar 2011 at 22:24

Stretch said:
That's what's so great about them. When you get love you know it's not just because they want some food.

Nope, it's because they fancy some attention not because they care about the owner. The second they get bored they'll naff off and do their own thing

Souness · 10 Mar 2011 at 23:29

My cat went missing for a night. Turned out the batty old neighbour had found him in her garden shed late at night, and instead of letting him out decided to lock him in overnight. He is the friendliest cat you'll ever meet so idk what she was thinking. Anyway we went looking for the cat the following night and found him by hearing his meows from the shed. He was in a right state so we rushed him to the vets. Apparently he had ingested something poisonous in the shed and was instantly put on a drip. He came very close to dying thanks to the negligence of this damn woman!

Nivforever · 25 Mar 2011 at 13:07

Its happened again, she has been gone for almost a full week now, no sign of her

this is really strange

Pate · 25 Mar 2011 at 13:13

Souness said:
My cat went missing for a night. Turned out the batty old neighbour had found him in her garden shed late at night, and instead of letting him out decided to lock him in overnight. He is the friendliest cat you'll ever meet so idk what she was thinking. Anyway we went looking for the cat the following night and found him by hearing his meows from the shed. He was in a right state so we rushed him to the vets. Apparently he had ingested something poisonous in the shed and was instantly put on a drip. He came very close to dying thanks to the negligence of this damn woman!

Good lord.

You put a cat on a drip?

PMSL.

Marshstyles · 25 Mar 2011 at 13:32

Ive never really liked cats, mainly cause they **** in my garden!

Also as said they dont care...

Delboy · 25 Mar 2011 at 13:37

Cat cam?