campin4kids
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I heard a strange noise I could not place. I ran to the diningoom window to look out and see a black cat sitting by the pine tree looking up at me. The screen window was shredded. I think he tried to jump in the window. He either saw one of my cats or heard the parakeets chirping.
Then the next night I saw him sitting at our patio door staring in.
My daughter got a flash light and read a phone number off his collar. I called the number and told the answering machine their cat was at my house. When they called back they said just let him go. They didnt even know where I lived! When I old them, they said they lived in the same neighborhood and he was an outside cat.
This cat has since climbed up my potio screen doors and fequently stares into the door commanding the attention of my cats. I had to take the screen off the door to keep it safe in the garage.Now i can't open my patio door for ventilation.
This cat is getting to be annoying. I sprayed windex out the door at it to discourage its presence. It just goes away for a while and comes back. I don't want my cats going out anymore as I don't know if this cat will be around.
What would you do?
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OkSixpack
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Call the owners one more time, then call animal control. Or trap it yourself, and make sure it gets "fixed" if it's not already, and rename it!
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PapPappy
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I don't know if I'd even bother with the owners, as it seems as if they could care less.
I'd take the collar off, and bring the cat to the Shelter
But.....you don't know where that cat will end up....and if he will be re-homed?
Another option.....have the cat fixed, and keep it yourself
Or, buy a dog!
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campin4kids
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PapPappy wrote:I don't know if I'd even bother with the owners, as it seems as if they could care less.
I'd take the collar off, and bring the cat to the Shelter
But.....you don't know where that cat will end up....and if he will be re-homed?
Another option.....have the cat fixed, and keep it yourself
Or, buy a dog!
Yea, come to think about it, all the wild life is taking over the yard. Ground hogs, squirels, deer and now stay cats, since my pup died last year.
Maybe I'll put a hole in the fence so the neighbor dog can roam around my yard too. Naaaa, don't want his doodoo.
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campin4kids
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It does seem like a nice cat. When I ran out there screaming for it to get off my screen, it jumped down and rubbed my leg. Blasted!
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chrisnpat
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campin4kids wrote:It does seem like a nice cat. When I ran out there screaming for it to get off my screen, it jumped down and rubbed my leg. Blasted!
Funny,,, Not everyone can afford to take in every stray that comes along,
I would just call animal control and let them deal with the poor thing.
Even if it doesn't get adopted its better than just starving to death or getting killed by a bigger animal, especially if it was at one time someones pet.
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campin4kids
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chrisnpat wrote:campin4kids wrote:It does seem like a nice cat. When I ran out there screaming for it to get off my screen, it jumped down and rubbed my leg. Blasted!
Funny,,, Not everyone can afford to take in every stray that comes along,
I would just call animal control and let them deal with the poor thing.
Even if it doesn't get adopted its better than just starving to death or getting killed by a bigger animal, especially if it was at one time someones pet.
The person on the phone said it showed up about a year and ahalf ago. It has a collar on with a tag. Thus the phone number. But why do they even bother if they don't let it in the house. We get a lot of snow around here and I am worried about him being out in the winter. I think they leave the garage door open and he had a very thick coat so many I shouldn't worry but.........He still shows up and I want to put my screen door back on. I don't know if I could take him to the shelter. There are sooooooo many cats there. Although it is a very nice shelter.
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juliev
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Send them a bill for your screen door. Our former neighbors in the city used to let their cat roam and it would climb our screen door and eventually ruined it completely, in spite of repeated calls. They did however, start keeping him inside when I billed them for the door repairs.
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campin4kids
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juliev wrote:Send them a bill for your screen door. Our former neighbors in the city used to let their cat roam and it would climb our screen door and eventually ruined it completely, in spite of repeated calls. They did however, start keeping him inside when I billed them for the door repairs.
Maybe I will.
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cm
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Near Boulder, CO a few weeks ago there were pictures of two cats that were on either side of a patio door. They were nose to nose against the glass.
The one inside was the owner's domestic cat. The one outside was a mountain lion.
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