Admit it, some cat in the neighborhood has let out the secret that the best
home in the area is yours.
Hope you find his slaves, or better still, keep him. His yours. What's one
more?
Jazz & his mama

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"Magic Mood Jeep©" wrote in message
news:f2Xgd.279021$wV.95905@attbi_s54...
DH & I did some major grocery (and other supply) shopping this morning. As
soon as we got all perishables put away in the fridge/freezer, we heard
this terrible cat yeowling. Looked for our Seven - Only one missing was
Weeble - he was in the closet, and wanted out. All kitties accounted for.
More yeowling. We think MamaKat! Is she hurt, in a fight....? We exit
the house, and part, each going a different way, in order to circle the
house quicker. Nothing - not even a wascally wabbit or screwy skwerl.
Check the road near the house for an injured critter - nada. Go back
inside and get ready to do the tile on the enclosed back porch (it did
have this gawd-awful 60's psychedelic green floral disgustingly cheap
carpet down, that I've hated since we moved in 10 years ago - we finally
pulled it up last weekend to find that A} the padding had disintegrated
into a fine Martian powder and B} there was equally disgusting green &
white LINOLEUM tile underneath that! We removed that too, got down to the
bare cement).

More yeowling followed. We think: Basement???? Something came in through
the d*ggie-door!!! Grab a broom & a flashlight (torch for you over to the
east of the pond) and go down to the dimly lit basement. Yeowl....
yeowl.... yeowl... DH heads for the farthest away from the stairs, but my
ears have already tuned in & I head to the left. From behind the furnace
comes a Siamese kitty - tan with very dark brown (almost black) ears, feet
& tail. Wearing a collar - a chintzy flea collar (and not the breakaway
kind) - that's too tight. Not very old (about a year), and kinda thin.
DH doesn't want me to carry it (actually an intact him), but I have a hold
of it, I take flashlight with one hand, and he reaches for cat, I then
take the broom & he scoops up kitty. He's skittish, but not fighting us
either. I lead DH up the stairs, sweeping dog away from him & kitty, then
sweeping seven cats away, to the enclosed front porch. I go get a dish of
food (the cheap stuff we feed the strays) and a dish of water. There's
still an old litterbox up front (was Weeble & FF's first *real*
litterbox), so I go put some in it and bring it back. By this time, DH
has cut the too-tight collar off the kitty, and has started calling him
"Ping" - not sure if that's his name, but he seems to respond to it. Of
course, he's Siamese, so he responds to ANY vocalization he thinks is made
to him with more of his yeowling. We have a spare dose of Frontline Plus,
so he gets that on him - takes it without any struggle. By this time I'm
able to take a breath and watch him for a minute - he's chowing down on
the food (dry with a couple pouches of moist on top) and yeowling at the
same time... it's a funny sound, like he's drowning.

So, I have posted on the local Humane Society's website about him (we took
a few quick pics), and have made up a flier to post around nearby & also
at the Humane Society and probably at a couple of vet's offices nearby.

Purrs please that we find his slaves... but I'm sorta hoping we don't, for
if they let him loose with a too-tight collar, or just let him go long
enough for the collar to get that tight, maybe it's best that he stays
here? That would make our count an even eight. How long does one wait for
his slaves to claim??? He needs to be vetted, and since he's not
neutered.... do we have him neutered anyway??? What if the 'owners' try
to sue because we had him neutered - do they have any claim???? Any info
on this would be greatly helpful.

BTW - piccies posted on alt.binaries.pictures.animals.



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