Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
This cat has a home - please don't feed him
There is someone local (we are on Sydney Road) who is feeding our cat and keeping him in overnight. He now comes home sporadically, looking healthy, well fed, smelling of aftershave. If you know who this is, can you please ask them to not do this as I have 2 distraught children at home, waiting for their pet to come home.
Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by ElleCarumba on
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You could consider putting a collar on him (a paper one if preferred) with a note to the feeder written on it.
RSPCA has a template here for a paper collar (this is for someone trying to find the owner so you'll need to change the wording slightly but you get the idea)
http://www.rspca.org.uk/servlet/BlobServer?blobtable=RSPCABlob&...
Or you could get him a normal collar and get a metal tag on it with "Don;t feed me" on it.
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Permalink Reply by Shula Levy on
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I tried that - he came back the next day without a collar...clearly someone has take a liking to him...
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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In these straitened times, I'd be very happy if a kind neighbour would take in my strays and give them a good feed - never mind the whiska aftershave. No, I don't have a cat, but these distraught kids would eat a fellow out of house and home.
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Permalink Reply by Colinloves on
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If a cat is staying elsewhere overnight, then its normally down to the cat, not another human.
Remember, you aint the owner. To the cat, you are the pet.
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Permalink Reply by Anette on
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You can get collars with "do not feed me" written around it too. Hopefully that will tell the idiot person who's feeding your cat that he already has a home.
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Permalink Reply by Sharon on
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It's not unusual for cats to cheat on ones 'owners' is it? It's a cat thing.
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Thank you Anette - I wish who ever feels the need for a cat would go to the RSPCA and adopt an unwanted cat...
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Permalink Reply by Melvyn on
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you need to keep the cat in for a few days until it has readopted your house. This does work.
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This happened with our cat several years ago when I lived in a different area. He was getting dangerously overweight and coming home with a revoltingly upset stomach. He already had a collar so I had a tag etched that said "do not feed me, it makes me ill". In addition, I made flyers with a picture of him and a very polite and upbeat explanation that he had a home and was just greedy and that as he was on special food for a medical condition, feeding him was actually doing him harm. I put them through all the letter boxes in our street and the surrounding two. It worked. Stopped getting fatter and smelling of perfume, and no more stomach problems. I also put my first name and mobile number on, saying if he was continuing to be a nuisance please call me and I would come and collect him.
If the flyer explained how upset your children are and how they miss him, it might work?
Good luck :)
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Permalink Reply by Ruben on
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Or maybe easier, don't let the cat out? At least for a few days/weeks.
I find it surprising that you are blaming other people for your letting the cat out. For all you know, the cat could be hunting.
In addition, you may be right and there may be someone very happy to see your cat. But have you considered that other neighbours may not bee too excited about your cat wandering in their gardens?
I for one have a cat, but don't particularly like getting up in the morning to the flowerbeds being dug, flowers destroyed and droppings around. I mistakenly blamed foxes until I saw it was a neighbour's cat, collar and all. The reason for my not taking action against it is, it's an animal and not at fault. Unlike its owner.
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