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cracklover
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My wife and I adopted a cat from the local shelter a few years ago. I'm mildly allergic, but between keeping the house clean, and keeping the cat out of the bedroom, one cat in the house is fine. Well around a year ago, a feral cat started hanging out around our house. He was sleeping under our back porch for a while, then by the exhaust from the furnace, and most recently under the front porch. The problem is that our cat is totally freaked out by him. She started having a lot of behavioral problems when this other cat showed up. Puking up her food. Marking the walls. It got pretty bad at times. Getting cat pee out of the carpet = not so easy. Anyway, so we decided to trap the local cat and bring him to the same shelter where we got ours. Yesterday the trap got him, and I dropped him off at the shelter. But now, I have to admit, I wonder if I could've I'd explored more options. If they can't find an owner for him, it's curtains for the cat. He seemed strong and healthy. Did I just give him a death sentence? What do you think? GO
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macherry
Dec 19, 2012, 7:27 PM
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hmm. hopefully it will be adopted. was he neutered, if not, you're stopping the cat population from going overboard.
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dr_feelgood
Dec 19, 2012, 7:38 PM
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cracklover wrote: My wife and I adopted a cat from the local shelter a few years ago. I'm mildly allergic, but between keeping the house clean, and keeping the cat out of the bedroom, one cat in the house is fine. Well around a year ago, a feral cat started hanging out around our house. He was sleeping under our back porch for a while, then by the exhaust from the furnace, and most recently under the front porch. The problem is that our cat is totally freaked out by him. She started having a lot of behavioral problems when this other cat showed up. Puking up her food. Marking the walls. It got pretty bad at times. Getting cat pee out of the carpet = not so easy. Anyway, so we decided to trap the local cat and bring him to the same shelter where we got ours. Yesterday the trap got him, and I dropped him off at the shelter. But now, I have to admit, I wonder if I could've I'd explored more options. If they can't find an owner for him, it's curtains for the cat. He seemed strong and healthy. Did I just give him a death sentence? What do you think? GO The blood of that poor animal is on your hands. Murderer.
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cracklover
Dec 19, 2012, 7:40 PM
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According to the folks at the shelter, he was neutered, and about two years old. Makes me wonder if he was abandoned. Seems odd that a truly feral cat would be neutered, but I guess someone *could* have brought him in to get neutered and then re-released him. GO
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cracklover
Dec 19, 2012, 7:42 PM
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dr_feelgood wrote: cracklover wrote: My wife and I adopted a cat from the local shelter a few years ago. I'm mildly allergic, but between keeping the house clean, and keeping the cat out of the bedroom, one cat in the house is fine. Well around a year ago, a feral cat started hanging out around our house. He was sleeping under our back porch for a while, then by the exhaust from the furnace, and most recently under the front porch. The problem is that our cat is totally freaked out by him. She started having a lot of behavioral problems when this other cat showed up. Puking up her food. Marking the walls. It got pretty bad at times. Getting cat pee out of the carpet = not so easy. Anyway, so we decided to trap the local cat and bring him to the same shelter where we got ours. Yesterday the trap got him, and I dropped him off at the shelter. But now, I have to admit, I wonder if I could've I'd explored more options. If they can't find an owner for him, it's curtains for the cat. He seemed strong and healthy. Did I just give him a death sentence? What do you think? GO The blood of that poor animal is on your hands. Murderer. Well, we'll see. Some of it already is, actually. Poor guy scraped himself bloody trying to get out of the trap before I got to him. GO
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notapplicable
Dec 20, 2012, 1:21 AM
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Should have just shot him yourself. Would have saved him the months of confinement before his inevitable execution.
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cracklover
Dec 20, 2012, 4:39 AM
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So no other suggestions, just want to pull my chain? OK. GO
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I trapped a cat, paid for his neutering and found him a home by posting up pics and asking someone to adopt him on FB. It worked! His name is Shockley and he went from this: to this: Honestly, I would have let him live outside or found a shelter that is committed to no-kill. Since he is fixed, he is not going to increase the population. He could have been previously trapped by a spay / neuter / release program. It's not too late to look up no-kill shelters or find an organization that might be able to help you relocate him to an existing feral cat colony. Like I said, since he is fixed, he won't be knocking any other kitties up. Set him free.
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cracklover
Dec 20, 2012, 3:48 PM
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Might do. In the meantime, anyone in the Denver area want a cat? He seems a very mellow fellow. Even on the ride to the shelter, he was quite calm, only mewing a few times. Not a terribly flattering picture - as I recall he's kind of a handsome tortoiseshell, with white legs and a cool mottled body of grey brown and white. http://www.petharbor.com/...p?uaid=DDFL.A0635968 He needs a good home! GO
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wonderwoman
Dec 20, 2012, 4:16 PM
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Also, here is where you can find out about returning it to a feral colony: http://www.rmaca.org/
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Dec 20, 2012, 10:19 PM
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cracklover wrote: Might do. In the meantime, anyone in the Denver area want a cat? He seems a very mellow fellow. Even on the ride to the shelter, he was quite calm, only mewing a few times. Not a terribly flattering picture - as I recall he's kind of a handsome tortoiseshell, with white legs and a cool mottled body of grey brown and white. http://www.petharbor.com/...p?uaid=DDFL.A0635968 He needs a good home! GO What a cutie, I'd take him but my current cat would kill me in my sleep. A few weeks ago the Denver Post ran an article on the feral car colonies in the city, and how people hate then and live them all at once.
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Dec 20, 2012, 10:55 PM
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carabiner96 wrote: cracklover wrote: Might do. In the meantime, anyone in the Denver area want a cat? He seems a very mellow fellow. Even on the ride to the shelter, he was quite calm, only mewing a few times. Not a terribly flattering picture - as I recall he's kind of a handsome tortoiseshell, with white legs and a cool mottled body of grey brown and white. http://www.petharbor.com/...p?uaid=DDFL.A0635968 He needs a good home! GO What a cutie, I'd take him but my current cat would kill me in my sleep. A few weeks ago the Denver Post ran an article on the feral car colonies in the city, and how people hate then and live them all at once. cell phone ^^
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carabiner96
Dec 20, 2012, 11:02 PM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: carabiner96 wrote: cracklover wrote: Might do. In the meantime, anyone in the Denver area want a cat? He seems a very mellow fellow. Even on the ride to the shelter, he was quite calm, only mewing a few times. Not a terribly flattering picture - as I recall he's kind of a handsome tortoiseshell, with white legs and a cool mottled body of grey brown and white. http://www.petharbor.com/...p?uaid=DDFL.A0635968 He needs a good home! GO What a cutie, I'd take him but my current cat would kill me in my sleep. A few weeks ago the Denver Post ran an article on the feral car colonies in the city, and how people hate then and live them all at once. cell phone ^^ Dumb phone, more like.
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cracklover
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carabiner96 wrote: cracklover wrote: Might do. In the meantime, anyone in the Denver area want a cat? He seems a very mellow fellow. Even on the ride to the shelter, he was quite calm, only mewing a few times. Not a terribly flattering picture - as I recall he's kind of a handsome tortoiseshell, with white legs and a cool mottled body of grey brown and white. http://www.petharbor.com/...p?uaid=DDFL.A0635968 He needs a good home! GO What a cutie, I'd take him but my current cat would kill me in my sleep. A few weeks ago the Denver Post ran an article on the feral car colonies in the city, and how people hate then and live them all at once. Yeah, he is a cutie! We'd take him too, if Rumney (our cat) wouldn't commit harikari (she does everything melodramatically) in response. Yeah, I read that article in the Post. Ours is not really a "band of feral cats" kind of neighborhood here in suburban Aurora, though, which is more what the article seemed to be addressing. GO
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Jan 7, 2013, 3:38 AM
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cracklover wrote: carabiner96 wrote: cracklover wrote: Might do. In the meantime, anyone in the Denver area want a cat? He seems a very mellow fellow. Even on the ride to the shelter, he was quite calm, only mewing a few times. Not a terribly flattering picture - as I recall he's kind of a handsome tortoiseshell, with white legs and a cool mottled body of grey brown and white. http://www.petharbor.com/...p?uaid=DDFL.A0635968 He needs a good home! GO What a cutie, I'd take him but my current cat would kill me in my sleep. A few weeks ago the Denver Post ran an article on the feral car colonies in the city, and how people hate then and live them all at once. Yeah, he is a cutie! We'd take him too, if Rumney (our cat) wouldn't commit harikari (she does everything melodramatically) in response. Yeah, I read that article in the Post. Ours is not really a "band of feral cats" kind of neighborhood here in suburban Aurora, though, which is more what the article seemed to be addressing. GO I'd consider it, but I'm more than mildly allergic to cats. I had a scare over Christmas that I might be allergic to dogs too (I love dogs, and my mom has a gorgeous golden retriever with lots of hairs) but I think it was just multiple colds and allergies to things in the air in San Antonio. Oh, and when I clicked the link, it said the animal was no longer available--I hope it got adopted!
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pinktricam
Jan 28, 2013, 2:22 PM
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SylviaSmile wrote: cracklover wrote: carabiner96 wrote: cracklover wrote: Might do. In the meantime, anyone in the Denver area want a cat? He seems a very mellow fellow. Even on the ride to the shelter, he was quite calm, only mewing a few times. Not a terribly flattering picture - as I recall he's kind of a handsome tortoiseshell, with white legs and a cool mottled body of grey brown and white. http://www.petharbor.com/...p?uaid=DDFL.A0635968 He needs a good home! GO What a cutie, I'd take him but my current cat would kill me in my sleep. A few weeks ago the Denver Post ran an article on the feral car colonies in the city, and how people hate then and live them all at once. Yeah, he is a cutie! We'd take him too, if Rumney (our cat) wouldn't commit harikari (she does everything melodramatically) in response. Yeah, I read that article in the Post. Ours is not really a "band of feral cats" kind of neighborhood here in suburban Aurora, though, which is more what the article seemed to be addressing. GO I'd consider it, but I'm more than mildly allergic to cats. I had a scare over Christmas that I might be allergic to dogs too (I love dogs, and my mom has a gorgeous golden retriever with lots of hairs) but I think it was just multiple colds and allergies to things in the air in San Antonio. Oh, and when I clicked the link, it said the animal was no longer available--I hope it got adopted! Sounds like you should adopt a respiratory therapist. Oh, I can also dance.
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notapplicable
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pinktricam wrote: SylviaSmile wrote: cracklover wrote: carabiner96 wrote: cracklover wrote: Might do. In the meantime, anyone in the Denver area want a cat? He seems a very mellow fellow. Even on the ride to the shelter, he was quite calm, only mewing a few times. Not a terribly flattering picture - as I recall he's kind of a handsome tortoiseshell, with white legs and a cool mottled body of grey brown and white. http://www.petharbor.com/...p?uaid=DDFL.A0635968 He needs a good home! GO What a cutie, I'd take him but my current cat would kill me in my sleep. A few weeks ago the Denver Post ran an article on the feral car colonies in the city, and how people hate then and live them all at once. Yeah, he is a cutie! We'd take him too, if Rumney (our cat) wouldn't commit harikari (she does everything melodramatically) in response. Yeah, I read that article in the Post. Ours is not really a "band of feral cats" kind of neighborhood here in suburban Aurora, though, which is more what the article seemed to be addressing. GO I'd consider it, but I'm more than mildly allergic to cats. I had a scare over Christmas that I might be allergic to dogs too (I love dogs, and my mom has a gorgeous golden retriever with lots of hairs) but I think it was just multiple colds and allergies to things in the air in San Antonio. Oh, and when I clicked the link, it said the animal was no longer available--I hope it got adopted! Sounds like you should adopt a respiratory therapist. Oh, I can also dance. Don't mind me, just preserving the creepiness for all to see...
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notapplicable wrote: pinktricam wrote: SylviaSmile wrote: cracklover wrote: carabiner96 wrote: cracklover wrote: Might do. In the meantime, anyone in the Denver area want a cat? He seems a very mellow fellow. Even on the ride to the shelter, he was quite calm, only mewing a few times. Not a terribly flattering picture - as I recall he's kind of a handsome tortoiseshell, with white legs and a cool mottled body of grey brown and white. http://www.petharbor.com/...p?uaid=DDFL.A0635968 He needs a good home! GO What a cutie, I'd take him but my current cat would kill me in my sleep. A few weeks ago the Denver Post ran an article on the feral car colonies in the city, and how people hate then and live them all at once. Yeah, he is a cutie! We'd take him too, if Rumney (our cat) wouldn't commit harikari (she does everything melodramatically) in response. Yeah, I read that article in the Post. Ours is not really a "band of feral cats" kind of neighborhood here in suburban Aurora, though, which is more what the article seemed to be addressing. GO I'd consider it, but I'm more than mildly allergic to cats. I had a scare over Christmas that I might be allergic to dogs too (I love dogs, and my mom has a gorgeous golden retriever with lots of hairs) but I think it was just multiple colds and allergies to things in the air in San Antonio. Oh, and when I clicked the link, it said the animal was no longer available--I hope it got adopted! Sounds like you should adopt a respiratory therapist. Oh, I can also dance. Don't mind me, just preserving the creepiness for all to see... It's like when someone likes or commoents on a face space pic from years ago. Sounds like someone has a crush....
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Jan 30, 2013, 1:22 AM
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carabiner96 wrote: notapplicable wrote: pinktricam wrote: SylviaSmile wrote: cracklover wrote: carabiner96 wrote: cracklover wrote: Might do. In the meantime, anyone in the Denver area want a cat? He seems a very mellow fellow. Even on the ride to the shelter, he was quite calm, only mewing a few times. Not a terribly flattering picture - as I recall he's kind of a handsome tortoiseshell, with white legs and a cool mottled body of grey brown and white. http://www.petharbor.com/...p?uaid=DDFL.A0635968 He needs a good home! GO What a cutie, I'd take him but my current cat would kill me in my sleep. A few weeks ago the Denver Post ran an article on the feral car colonies in the city, and how people hate then and live them all at once. Yeah, he is a cutie! We'd take him too, if Rumney (our cat) wouldn't commit harikari (she does everything melodramatically) in response. Yeah, I read that article in the Post. Ours is not really a "band of feral cats" kind of neighborhood here in suburban Aurora, though, which is more what the article seemed to be addressing. GO I'd consider it, but I'm more than mildly allergic to cats. I had a scare over Christmas that I might be allergic to dogs too (I love dogs, and my mom has a gorgeous golden retriever with lots of hairs) but I think it was just multiple colds and allergies to things in the air in San Antonio. Oh, and when I clicked the link, it said the animal was no longer available--I hope it got adopted! Sounds like you should adopt a respiratory therapist. Oh, I can also dance. Don't mind me, just preserving the creepiness for all to see... It's like when someone likes or commoents on a face space pic from years ago. Sounds like someone has a crush.... What are you, like, eleven?
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notapplicable wrote: wonderwoman wrote: Thank you for having this cat neutered. It appears to have thumbs. If that evolution had spread thoughout the gene pool, who knows what might have happened. Potentially inbreeding. I remember the carn cats at my grandparent's farm always had too many toes.
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notapplicable
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granite_grrl wrote: notapplicable wrote: wonderwoman wrote: Thank you for having this cat neutered. It appears to have thumbs. If that evolution had spread thoughout the gene pool, who knows what might have happened. Potentially inbreeding. I remember the carn cats at my grandparent's farm always had too many toes. Most likely but the look in his eyes spells evil intent. I think he would have liked to breed a batch of minions and challenge us for global dominance.
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notapplicable wrote: granite_grrl wrote: notapplicable wrote: wonderwoman wrote: [image]http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/7118_101228383226999_3921474_n.jpg [/image] Thank you for having this cat neutered. It appears to have thumbs. If that evolution had spread thoughout the gene pool, who knows what might have happened. Potentially inbreeding. I remember the carn cats at my grandparent's farm always had too many toes. Most likely but the look in his eyes spells evil intent. I think he would have liked to breed a batch of minions and challenge us for global dominance. I don't know, I kind of think he looks like he's scoping out a boulder problem. Maybe the thumbs could allow him to become the world's first bouldering cat!
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pinktricam
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wonderwoman wrote: I trapped a cat, paid for his neutering and found him a home by posting up pics and asking someone to adopt him on FB. It worked! His name is Shockley and he went from this: to this: Honestly, I would have let him live outside or found a shelter that is committer to no-kill. Since he is fixed, he is not going to increase the population. He could have been previously trapped by a spay / neuter / release program. It's not too late to look up no-kill shelters or find an organization that might be able to help you relocate him to an existing feral cat colony. Like I said, since he is fixed, he won't be knocking any other kitties up. Set him free. That cuddly kitty is deadlier than you think Cats belong indoors.
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