RothyCat
July 26th, 2005, 08:36 AM
One of my cats has been missing since October 2002 and every once in awhile, someone will have a 'found' cat who matches his description and I still check the Ottawa Humane Society and local shelters & rescue organizations when there's a cat that matches his description. I just never want to completely give up hope in finding him. He was my baby (favorite cat if I had to pick one) and I miss him more than anything.
I recently put a post on here because of a cat hanging around my parents place....they have a 'found' cat and had put a found ad in the newspaper (he's going to the Queensway-West Animal Hospital in Kanata today to live there as their 'clinic cat')...anyway, I saw another found ad in the newspaper matching my lost cat's description.
A woman in Kanata has been feeding this cat....it comes by her place every night between 9-11pm.....it seems to have an eye infection.....
My question is this....If we were to trap this cat in Kanata and he turns out to not be my missing cat, what should I do with him? I would feel guilty just letting him go in the condition that he's in (eye infection, possible other health problems)....I could pay to have him neutered, but that gets expensive if I did that with every cat that was found, and I can't adopt him because I live in a small apartment with 2 cats already and my parents own and look after 15 cats already (responsibly, these cats are altered and go to the vet when necessary).....will a rescue organization take him? Is that the responsible thing to do?
Thanks!!!
Maggie Barron, Ottawa, ON, CANADA
maggie.barron@elections.ca
I recently put a post on here because of a cat hanging around my parents place....they have a 'found' cat and had put a found ad in the newspaper (he's going to the Queensway-West Animal Hospital in Kanata today to live there as their 'clinic cat')...anyway, I saw another found ad in the newspaper matching my lost cat's description.
A woman in Kanata has been feeding this cat....it comes by her place every night between 9-11pm.....it seems to have an eye infection.....
My question is this....If we were to trap this cat in Kanata and he turns out to not be my missing cat, what should I do with him? I would feel guilty just letting him go in the condition that he's in (eye infection, possible other health problems)....I could pay to have him neutered, but that gets expensive if I did that with every cat that was found, and I can't adopt him because I live in a small apartment with 2 cats already and my parents own and look after 15 cats already (responsibly, these cats are altered and go to the vet when necessary).....will a rescue organization take him? Is that the responsible thing to do?
Thanks!!!
Maggie Barron, Ottawa, ON, CANADA
maggie.barron@elections.ca