I Found a Cat!

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Hey OcUKers,

For over a year now, there has been a cat floating around my neighborhood. It doesn't have a collar but looks reasonably well looked after. Nobody seems to know if it belongs to anybody but previously multiple households have chucked it some food + water every now and again.

Recently a lot of the original tenants have moved out from my area (houses bought out to be turned in to fancy apartments) and the cat has seemed to be wandering around looking sad and hungry.

I've just come in from Uni and it was lying down on my front door step so I let it in. I would quite like to give it some food + nourishment before it goes on its way.

So what do I feed it? I heard a crazy story that cats don't like milk.

It's taking a nap on my sofa at the moment. I'll upload a pic in a mo.

PS: I've named it Collin. I don't know if it's a he/she/heshe but Collin really is a great name.

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It's now given your sofa lice!

Food wise, fish. Tuna etc.

Haha, I do love a good scratch

dude...he cats have wotsits...thats how you tell...

I don't think we're bonded enough for me to pick him up and take a gander just yet.

 

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Won't it attach itself to you now?

I don't think you're supposed to feed and water a cat in your house, let it sleep in your house etc, if you have no intention of keeping it.

Collin's taking a quick power nap now - I'll see if he's hungry when he wakes up.

 

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Cheers for the advice guys. I'll cook him something up when I get back from the shops.

Any fav. brands of cat munchies?

 

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Give it Whiskas cat milk, they can drink that and its good for them.

Unless you're planning to keep it, you might wanna put a photo ad on the Nation Missing Pets Register [URL="http://www.nationalpetregister.org/"]http://www.nationalpetregister.org/[/URL]

Ah good idea. How shall I get him to pose?

 

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are you keeping the cat ?

I'll give him the choice he can stick around if he likes or he can take the scenic route in life.

 

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If he will let you pick him up try and get one of his face, it might also be worth a trip to the vets to see if he is chipped

Chipped? I don't think he plays games, let alone pirate ones :/

 

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Good man. But as I say try the register too, if you do wanna keep him around, get him a litter tray and see if he will use it, and start letting him out again after a few weeks.

I'm browsing round the MPR now - there's a lot of lost moggies so I'm sure he's probably on there somewhere.

He seems nice and peaceful - looks in pretty good condition - and he hasn't scratched himself at all so someone must have looked after him at one point.

 

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Update time. I went to the local store and grabbed a few different tins of Whiskers 'supermeat' (I said no to the rabbit option) and added a bit of water the mix.

After a few nervous glances he got right in there and is munching away.

 

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I think he's a bit camera shy, I pulled out my phone and he climbed up me and is now sleeping somewhere between my lap and my armpit. He's demolished a fair bit of the Whiskers though.

 

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The extra L is for love

 

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As you've fed it, it will probably hang around your house now. Are you willing to keep him?

I'm confident I could give him a good home if it comes to that

 

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I'd get that cat washed by a groomer or by yourself and get a once over as if it is bringing in lice and disease you don't want to suffer any as humans can't be cured by animal diseases.

For food test that Whiskers and see how it responds.

Pick it up and check its parts, then you'll know if its a geezer or not ^^ and it is nice of you to take it in you just made a furry loyal friend!!!

IMO that is a male cat from the looks.

Cheers for that. People actually groom cats for a living?