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Ask your local animal shelter how long their hold time is. Typically,
that's the time period that anyone has to claim a stray anywhere. Usually it's 5 days, some places less, some more. Put Found posters up *without* identifying that he is a siamese. Just the sex, intact, basic color (tan and brown legs says siamese to anyone who is looking) and where he was found. A purebred can draw the nutsos. Keep checking back with animal control or other agencies that accept in strays. Go ahead and make the vet appointment for the end of the 5 days and keep it. If any owners appear post hold period time, and have a good story to tell as to why he was outside in the condition he was in, then they can pay you for the needed vet services and claim him. A valuable show cat wouldn't be out wandering around anyway, and you'd probably keep a potential BYB from adding more by neutering him. If any show up post claim period that you wouldn't be comfortable letting him go back to, then you have a legal foundation for keeping him, and it'd be up to them to sue you to get him back. Most folks that would let a cat get in that condition aren't really attached enough to the cat to want to pay the vet bills, much less sue you to get him back. My old woman cat is sitting in the computer chair and grouchily and vocally refuses to give me but the very edge of it, but she sends her Mrrrwows to your new rescue. She once lived in a hardware store in the lumber department and has never looked back once she came home. Ping won't either. But, you still have one to go to equal my nine psycho kitty rejects from polite society. g |
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I have made some fliers up, with a pic, I am NOT deleting the part about him
being at least part Siamese, but I did leave out the "intact" and "flea collar" bits, just that he had no tags. I am posting the general area where we live, our phone # and my email address. Our vet does not have microchip scanner, so I will probably ask if they can scan for that at the local humane society. I will aslo post a flier there about him, and at our vets, local grocery stores & canvas nearby neighborhoods. One thing that crossed my mind: a couple of months ago our next door neighbor passed away, and we found out he had a cat. I never saw the cat, & don't know how long he'd had it, but his brother, when he came over to thank us for card/flowers sent to the funeral home (and to ask if some workers could get in our yard to cut down a dead tree that was just on their side of the property line), told us that just *three days* before he died, our neighbor mad arrangements for someone to care for the cat if something happened to him. Our neighbor was only in his 50's and had heart problems. Maybe this was his cat???. Also, he is getting friendlier by the minute and wants in. Has taken to laying just outside our front door, on the cold hard front porch floor, so I put a small (and mostly unused) cat-bed there, and last I looked, he was snuggled up in it. He seems to be snorting a bit when he breathes, so he may have a cold. I will call our vet tomorrow to have him checked out (FIV & FeLV), so we can see if he can be integrated with ours. If in a couple of weeks no calls or emails result he will get snipped and I guess we keep him. Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: 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. --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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I have made some fliers up, with a pic, I am NOT deleting the part about him
being at least part Siamese, but I did leave out the "intact" and "flea collar" bits, just that he had no tags. I am posting the general area where we live, our phone # and my email address. Our vet does not have microchip scanner, so I will probably ask if they can scan for that at the local humane society. I will aslo post a flier there about him, and at our vets, local grocery stores & canvas nearby neighborhoods. One thing that crossed my mind: a couple of months ago our next door neighbor passed away, and we found out he had a cat. I never saw the cat, & don't know how long he'd had it, but his brother, when he came over to thank us for card/flowers sent to the funeral home (and to ask if some workers could get in our yard to cut down a dead tree that was just on their side of the property line), told us that just *three days* before he died, our neighbor mad arrangements for someone to care for the cat if something happened to him. Our neighbor was only in his 50's and had heart problems. Maybe this was his cat???. Also, he is getting friendlier by the minute and wants in. Has taken to laying just outside our front door, on the cold hard front porch floor, so I put a small (and mostly unused) cat-bed there, and last I looked, he was snuggled up in it. He seems to be snorting a bit when he breathes, so he may have a cold. I will call our vet tomorrow to have him checked out (FIV & FeLV), so we can see if he can be integrated with ours. If in a couple of weeks no calls or emails result he will get snipped and I guess we keep him. Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: 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. --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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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 -- Irulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time "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. --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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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 -- Irulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time "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. --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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Congrats on the new kitty. Must be that secret sign again :-)
Yowie "Magic Mood Jeep©" wrote in message news:f2Xgd.279021$wV.95905@attbi_s54... snip From behind the furnace comes a Siamese kitty - tan with very dark brown (almost black) ears, feet & tail. Wearing a collar - a chintzy flea collar (and not the breakaway kind) - that's too tight. Not very old (about a year), and kinda thin. DH doesn't want me to carry it (actually an intact him), but I have a hold of it, I take flashlight with one hand, and he reaches for cat, I then take the broom & he scoops up kitty. He's skittish, but not fighting us either. snip --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.782 / Virus Database: 528 - Release Date: 24/10/04 |
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Congrats on the new kitty. Must be that secret sign again :-)
Yowie "Magic Mood Jeep©" wrote in message news:f2Xgd.279021$wV.95905@attbi_s54... snip 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. snip --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.782 / Virus Database: 528 - Release Date: 24/10/04 |
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Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: 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. I'm no attorney, but I imagine it would depend upon whether or not he's a thoroughbred (with papers) and the owners could claim they had planned to breed him. (Although I can't imagine anyone being that careless with a potentially valuable - in a monetary sense - "possession".) |
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Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: 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. I'm no attorney, but I imagine it would depend upon whether or not he's a thoroughbred (with papers) and the owners could claim they had planned to breed him. (Although I can't imagine anyone being that careless with a potentially valuable - in a monetary sense - "possession".) |
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Magic Mood Jeep© wrote:
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. I saw Ping's picture on ABPA and fell in lurve. He's gorgeous, and has a lot of catitude. Purrs and best outcome wishes for you all. Pam, Rob, and the Fayetteville Seven + Smokey, or whatever his name is, and Eshiky the d-thing |
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