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angieh
16-06-2010, 08:13 PM
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This is the cat that I've posted about. We call him "Squiffy" because of his ears. Today he seems better, his coat actually has a bit of a shine. He is friendly and talkative but we can't let him in the house, although he keeps trying to get in, because he has sprayed on two occasions and he is entire. I am still feeding him, but honestly think either he has found a new home or other people are also feeding him. He is thin, but not painfully so. He is bright. He let me pick him up this evening.
calismum
16-06-2010, 08:16 PM
He is gorgeous - look at that look 'please just love me!'
Are you going to try a message collar?
angieh
16-06-2010, 08:21 PM
One of my neighbours came around a couple of weeks ago asking if he'd been in our garden. She says that he is terrorising her two cats - she was on the warpath to try and find out who owned him! I think I'll ask her first if she found out anything. I won't let on that I'm feeding him or that he seems to get on fairly well with Kizzy - she hisses and he backs off or is indeed friendly with Pip - nose to nose today.
calismum
16-06-2010, 08:25 PM
His story is so similar to my Sid. Once I decided I was going to look after him and got him to vets for 'snip' etc he was a big sop. Even managed to co exist with my Misty who was a right wee horror.
Bless him, what a gorgeous boy.....someone must know him..
dandysmom
16-06-2010, 09:35 PM
What a sweet face he has ,,, and those poor ears ... he's been in the wars! I hope you can find his owner. Are your neighbors cats whole; he doesn't sound like a bully tom the way he's reacting to your two.
angieh
16-06-2010, 09:42 PM
No - neighbours cats, brother and sister have both been done and are 13/14 years or so. Smoky Joe is the cat who bullies Kizzy. He started hanging out with the big farm cat, Skittles and changed from being a laid back cat to being the henchman bully-boy. Neighbour says that he's not the sharpest tool in the box! We don't see his sister in our garden much.
His story is so similar to my Sid. Once I decided I was going to look after him and got him to vets for 'snip' etc he was a big sop. Even managed to co exist with my Misty who was a right wee horror.
And my Ferdy too! From big spraying bruiser to bed-sleeping lap cat within 2 weeks. I think Squiffy's found you for a reason Angie. Just whisk him off to the vets for that all-important op (and blood test), and he'll be a new cat (and nobody will be any the wiser) ;)
random
16-06-2010, 10:14 PM
Awwwww, gowaaaan Angie, chop his plums off (well, not you personally!) you'd be doing him and the cat population a favour anyhow, *hides* . . .
He is goooorgeous, what a face!
dandysmom
16-06-2010, 10:57 PM
I agree with Yola and Random! He'll be a happier and healthier cat! And maybe allowed indoors ....??? :mrgreen: (possibly a big brother for Pip?)
PoshPuss
17-06-2010, 12:08 PM
Angie, I bet you can't resist him and are just dying to make him one of your family esp. as he gets on with Pip and Kizzy can hold her own. A message collar perhaps then a formal hunt around to find owner, vets etc, well you know;) then, as the girls have said get him all done and dopted! :D
pookyandjo
17-06-2010, 12:44 PM
i have to agree with everyone else here Angie... (dont you just love it how we have decided for you??:) )
he IS gorgeous... and he WOULD benefit from having is bits snipped...
he looks pretty young in the face despite his war wounds... ... ohhh if only he could talk!!
LOL i'm chiming in too just to say there is just something soooo charming about him and I'll be excited to hear more about him :wink:
angieh
17-06-2010, 03:25 PM
Thanks everyone - I'll let you know how the saga continues! I have to agree with Jo as I too think the Squiffy is a young chap, not a lot older than Pip probably.
Phoenix
17-06-2010, 04:01 PM
He's gorgeous, good luck with finding his owners or adopting him if his owners can't be found :D
angieh
21-06-2010, 01:38 PM
I spoke with my next door neighbour yesterday - the one who was on the warpath about Squiffy earlier. She has good reason to be upset though. Her cat Joe seems to have given up. He is 16, not 12 or 13 as I thought. She came round to borrow my cat carrier to take him to the vet this morning as he is not eating nor drinking. She thinks it might be stress caused by being bullied by Squiffy.
I saw a tick on Squiffy yesterday too and confirmed with neighbour that he does not belong to the farm nor the stables. It could be that he is a genuine stray. I am going to see if I can get some Stronghold on him next time he comes calling. I did my two yesterday, they were overdue for treatment but the sight of that tick spurred me into action.
dandysmom
21-06-2010, 04:08 PM
Sorry to hear old Joe isn't doing well, hope the vet can get him better. Good luck with the Stronghold.
angieh
21-06-2010, 04:31 PM
My neighbour has just been round bringing back the cat carrier. It wasn't used as Joe passed away in the night, comfy in the dog basket in the kitchen. He has been buried at the bottom of the field where he loved to rabbit and has had a tree planted over his grave.
RIP Joe - go and play with Merlin and Smudge.
dandysmom
21-06-2010, 04:59 PM
How sad, but a good way to go ... home in his own bed. RIP, Joe.
What a shame about Joe.
Good idea about the stronghold there Angie. I would give the CP a ring tell them you have a stray entire Tom and could they get him neutured for you?
I think he is a stayer.
PoshPuss
21-06-2010, 06:26 PM
RIP dear old Joe :( but seems that Squiffy has got his paws under the table at yours ;)
calismum
21-06-2010, 07:02 PM
Sorry to hear about Joe.
When I had the three cats setting up home in our coal shed I contacted CP to tell them I had an entire male and two entire females. Said I was willing to feed, look after and vet care them for their lives. They gave me neutering vouchers for all three which was great of them.
Good luck with the stronghold.
angieh
21-06-2010, 09:09 PM
Just to update - Stronghold administered this evening with very little problem. Squiffy was so hungry that he concentrated on his food and I just applied it to the back of his neck.
He has little lumps all over the place, so may have a flea or other allergy I suspect.
dandysmom
21-06-2010, 09:46 PM
Poor guy. Glad you got the Stronghold on him. If he has an owner, he's received very poor care, obviously. I do hope you'll be able to adopt him!
Well hopefully the strong hold should work well and you should as he is now receiving regular food....;) get condition back. The good thing is its summer and by the time the winter comes he will have a good enough body condition to survive and he could well be in front of your fire too Angie by the sounds of it.
Give the CP a ring I am sure they will have him neutured for you which will help everything he won't be tempted to roam and will not get into fights which in themselves increase the risk to infection to him.
angieh
23-06-2010, 08:37 PM
I mentioned Squiffy to the vet when I went in this afternoon with Kizzy.
They have put his details on their Found site and I have emailed them his photo.
The vet advised that if possible I should try and get him to them so they can scan for a possible chip and see how his general health is. They said they keep strays for a week - but did not say what happened after that.
PoshPuss
24-06-2010, 06:55 AM
I found that the MyMoggy website was excellent for listing lost & founds Angie. Just in case Squiffy has an owner somewhere you could list him as found. I'm sure the vet will not charge you for a chip scan & will give you extra peace of mind as I think you and Squiffy are falling in love :D
angieh
24-06-2010, 03:15 PM
PP - thanks for that. I'll look at their website.
As to falling in love - he certainly is an endearing character. I would not even think about keeping him if he did not already seem to get on with my two or if he weren't neutered. But I'd be happy if I can go ahead and get him "seen to" to become responsible for him even if he still wants a nomadic lifestyle. He'd always have somewhere to come for food and warmth when the weather turns.
Edited to say: I have put his details on MyMoggy. It's a way out of their usual area though. Shame it's not more widely used.
angieh
24-06-2010, 08:57 PM
I have also sent details to our local Cats Protection branch. It will be interesting to see if I get any response at all. When I was looking for a Kompanion for Kizzy, they did not reply at all. I'll give it until Monday, and then phone up. Trouble is, there is a number for the general public and then you seem to need to know the name of the person you want to talk to. Duh ................... mmmmmmmmmmm! That's enough to put folk off phoning then.
How sad about Joe, good age though and a nice way to go.....
Squiffy looks very endearing. I agree about arranging to have his bits removed - be doing everyone a favour. Good luck with him, seems he has rather attached himself to you. x
Kobster
25-06-2010, 10:11 AM
He's adorable! I imagine having him fixed will make him more popular with the neighbors as well. He's lucky to have found you!
farthing
25-06-2010, 03:20 PM
I wonder if you could find a stall at a 'function' for the CP, and get talking- that's what happened with Mr Tomsk and he is booked in on Monday for his bits to be removed. As I got talking to the ladies at the stall, it turned out one was a co-ordinator, and offered straight away to help.:D
I have tried to find his owner but no luck, and to be honest if he has any they don't deserve him, he's entire, covered in ticks and was out in all weather over the winter.
The CP lady did say a lot get dumped at the agricultural mart just behind us and then spread.:(
angieh
25-06-2010, 03:24 PM
It's making that first contact that seems almost impossible with our branch!
I have done a little flyer this afternoon and am going to stick it up and post it in various places around the village which is not a large area and see if anyone puts their hands up and owns him. OH seems kinda smitten with him too which is lucky but we are trying not to get too attached just in case his real owner turns up.
dandysmom
25-06-2010, 04:05 PM
Not much of an "owner" IMO! I hope no one comes forward and you can have him fixed and he can join the family.
angieh
26-06-2010, 12:53 PM
He ate his breakfast in the kitchen this morning!
random
26-06-2010, 02:47 PM
He ate his breakfast in the kitchen this morning!
OOOoooooOOOOooooo :-D:-D
He ate his breakfast in the kitchen this morning!
Oh really??? ;) Maybe the posters shouldn't go up . . . not until he's been snipped anyway. Would the owner really notice though - even if they did claim him? Cats neutered in later life retain the 'furry fruit' look; it's just 'empty'!!!
dandysmom
26-06-2010, 04:05 PM
Breakfast in the kitchen woo hoo! :D How did Pip and Kizzy react?
angieh
26-06-2010, 08:05 PM
OOOoooooOOOOooooo :-D:-D
yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy..............es!
Oh really??? ;) Maybe the posters shouldn't go up . . . not until he's been snipped anyway. Would the owner really notice though - even if they did claim him? Cats neutered in later life retain the 'furry fruit' look; it's just 'empty'!!!
Really? Now that's a thought!
Breakfast in the kitchen woo hoo! :D How did Pip and Kizzy react?
They weren't there!
I called on the people that were the only question mark on my neighbour's list today. They have two fairly ferocious looking smallish dogs and do not own any cats! Chap seemed OK and I believed him!
Got OH to put 1 poster up on the bridlepath sign (probably illegal) - will try the pub and the farm shop tomorrow and see if they'll put a poster up.
Squiffy has had his supper in the kitchen this evening too!
calismum
26-06-2010, 09:01 PM
Wo hoo - really pleased he seems to be trusting you fully. Owner not worth pursuing IMO.
dandysmom
26-06-2010, 09:29 PM
Dinner too! He knows a nice home and family when he sees one! You're much more ethical about finding an owner than I was... three days after Misty was with me I went around and took down the posters; she was my girl!
angieh
26-06-2010, 09:47 PM
I know that an "owner" may not deserve to have a nice cat, but the fact is, he IS a nice cat. He and Pip have been eating from the same bowl, he does not bite nor scratch and has obviously been well socialised - therefore he has had a caring owner at some time in his life. He also seems quite at ease with Kizzy and Pip, with a house and people. My worry is that someone, somewhere is missing him and is worried about whether he is still alive or has had a horrid accident. That is how I would feel if he had been mine.
dandysmom
26-06-2010, 09:51 PM
Unless he hopped in a van and is miles and miles from home or was dumped, it seems that someone in the area would recognize him; also, there aren't any Lost Cat Posters up or notices at the vet.....
It's a difficult shout Angie . . . if you look at the reverse scenario you have Nette/Posh . . . so yes, there is often a desperate owner somewhere who probably loves their cat despite not having it neutered.
However, as with my Ferdy there could be the option of an elderly owner who has simply died. I'm certain Ferdy lived in the flat behind us; above the Bridge club. Infact, I'll put money on him sitting on the window sill in the early days we were here.
I know the old chap that lived there passed away . . . Ferdy (before he became Ferdy and was simply blackcat), was never far from that house. I did the thing with the collar and message but never got any response.
I do actually think you are doing the right thing in trying to trace a potential owner.
I think with cats the break through was the microchip...a Godsend I think but other than that a cat could have travelled less than 1/4 mile and you will never know where they came from I mean look at Posh.....but for the son?
You never know I would get him .....checked for microchip and if nothing get him snipped. If he stays he stays if he goes he goes...........but I think he will be a stayer. The way you write about Squiffy reminds me of the cat from the book "STRAY!" by A.N. Wilson, Pufftail.
Oh and my Oz wandered far and wide and I swear he had a few people who looked out for him but as he was so independant not a chance of him moving in with someone else.
But I think trying to find the owner is the right thing. But the number of cats that change homes of their own free will it appears is greater than we imagine I think.
angieh
26-06-2010, 10:43 PM
It's actually proving an interesting experience on it's own merit - I chatted to a chap I'd not met before this afternoon and this evening I have sent an email to the owner of a website for the local "big" village, that we are a hamlet of. Didn't know it existed before!
Of course, the prospect of an owner who has died is a possibility, but I always would associate that more strongly in the case of an older animal - like the one my friend in Southsea has taken in. In that case, the cat was microchipped and the vet did all possible to make contact but with no response.
Squiffy has a home somewhere - a cat doesn't get to be that well mannered without having had a good upbringing!
He could be passing through and with regard to an owner for all we know he was a kitten dumped taken in by a person loved cared for and some reason the cat is now homeless/out an about any of the following could have occured...divorce/death/injury/eviction/prison/care home..............the list is endless and as Squiffy ain't talking its a guessing game.................or simply the owner moved house and Squify decided he would too.
PoshPuss
27-06-2010, 07:43 AM
Angie, you're doing all you can but there comes a time when you are morally Sqiffy's 'owner' and it seems that he has adopted you ! :D Sure you'll think as I did, what if thers's a distraught owner but hey I think, if the owner was concerned there'd be flyers around the place, the local vets would have been notified just as I did when we lost Posh. Don't beat yourself up, I think you have done all you can. He's "yours" now :)
Told you he'd get his feet under your table, so glad Pip and Kizzy have taken to him also, :-D
angieh
27-06-2010, 09:56 AM
Can't believe the speed of the response from the owner of this website. I contacted him last evening and Squiffy is here is on the front page! (http://www.westbournevillage.org/)
PoshPuss
27-06-2010, 11:05 AM
Well, thats a good way to get his face known:) but I'm hoping that he's not claimed coz he's become quite a Catsey cat now :? but if he is reunited I'm sure you'd want to have a word with the owner about his 'fruitfulness' eh ;)
angieh
27-06-2010, 01:03 PM
Absolutely, PP! I got a bit worried last evening, reading Yola's post about males being done later in life and retaining their "furry bits" but with nothing indoors! I had a second thought and wondered if I would be a complete fool and find that he'd already been done. Checked this morning - no - he is definitely potentially "fruitful"!!!
If someone comes forward to claim him ask to see a photo of him....just a thought.
dandysmom
27-06-2010, 03:52 PM
Amazingly quick response from that site. If that doesn't bring a response looks as if he'll join the family. :D
angieh
27-06-2010, 09:32 PM
Squiffy has been around a lot today. He is helping out by eating the cat food that my two refuse - all good stuff too! I felt really mean shutting him outside tonight. He's been nose to nose with Kizzy today without any hissing on her part.
We had a wee hiccup this morning, he was rolling around in the hallway and I was stroking him, all fine then he started doing the same just by the back door and I was again stroking him and he clawed my arm and bit my other arm, neither badly and hardly broke this skin - he ran off immediately. Had I got too close? Does he still have reservations about how close to let himself get to us, not quite trusting ............ ?
He's been back for his supper though!
EmmaG
27-06-2010, 10:15 PM
Do you think he just got a bit excited Angie?? Arthur will claw/bite Martin but only when he gets really excited (and he is the softest cat I have ever known!!)
farthing
27-06-2010, 10:20 PM
It sounds like he was just being excited. I know how you feel about shutting him out, its the same with Mr Tomsk.
dandysmom
27-06-2010, 10:41 PM
Angie, I think whole toms sometimes do that when they get overstimulated. Happened to me once when ptting a lovely old tom years ago.
angieh
27-06-2010, 10:47 PM
He's such a softie and wants to be indoors it seems. I did feel sad shutting the door on him tonight - he'd come back in through the kitchen window! We have a microchip flap now and of course only Kizzy and Pip have the key to the door.
angieh
28-06-2010, 11:38 AM
Have I encouraged a cuckoo into the house? Squiffy has attacked Pip twice this morning - fur flying around, nothing more serious but I am inclined to think it wasn't just playful behaviour and was totally unprovoked both times. I'm not having that.
PoshPuss
28-06-2010, 11:55 AM
Oh dear, our Pip's a lover not a fighter :( seems Squiff's a bully and the neighbours were right about terrorism of their two boys. Sorry Angie, gotta take care of your babies first.
Maybe the nut job will calm that side down ?
angieh
28-06-2010, 11:59 AM
Absolutely - you are right about Pip, he's no fighter and the look of bewilderment on his face was so telling. I've just had to vacuum up the bits of white fur in the hallway - poor little Pip and it's all mummy and daddy's fault.
I am quite glad that he's shown his true colours now and not waited until we'd "adopted" him. I shall still feed him, but outside only. Really need to find his owner now.
dandysmom
28-06-2010, 04:11 PM
Oh dear! Well, better to have found out sooner than later. :(
Poor Pip . . . poor Squiffy to :( So does that mean you're not going to give him a try? I mean neuter him and see if his temperament improves.
Even if you do thus much (on the basis that his owners don't claim him), then he will stand a much greater chance of finding a new home - even if it turns out not to be yours.
dandysmom
28-06-2010, 08:17 PM
Good advice from Yola.......
angieh
28-06-2010, 09:06 PM
Kazz has kindly contacted CP for me and they will be sending me a form. If I can, I will go ahead and get him done at the very least. He is quite welcome to come and eat here, but as the winter comes he will need a home and IF he continues to bully Pip, I cannot in all conscience offer him a long term home.
His photo is now on the local website and also on MyMoggy.com, there is a poster up at the bottom of the bridleway opposite the pub and I could contact our local magazine and put up some further posters in our local farm shop and Tesco's too. I've not given up on finding his owners.
dandysmom
28-06-2010, 09:40 PM
You're certainly giving it the old school try, Angie; hopefully an owner will appear; and if not at least he'll have the op, which should improve his disposition greatly. Leia sends commiserations to her cousin Pip, and said she would sort Squiffy out for him if she were there.
cats' staff
28-06-2010, 10:24 PM
You mab find the op renders him such a softie that you feel he could join the family but obviously young Pip and Kizzie come first and you are really going the extra mile for Squiffy.
I moved into a house with my cats some years ago and 'inherited' an intact Tom I nicknamed 'Manky' (he was!).
He was a real problem and often picked on Herod but I got him to the vet with the help of CP and he was de-flead, de-ticked and de-furry plumed. He turned, within a week, into the biggest softy you could imagine and lived alongside the others happily for years. I'm not saying this will happen with Squiffy but I think there is a strong chance that once his hormones have calmed down so will he.
dandysmom
28-06-2010, 11:47 PM
Reminds me of Yola's Ferdy. It may, just may, help ......
Reminds me of Yola's Ferdy. It may, just may, help ......
Absolutely. I hope this is also the case with Squiffy too - neutering changed old Ferdy completely; no spraying, no aggression, no wandering.
angieh
29-06-2010, 10:53 AM
I do hope that neutering will be the answer for Squiffy. He seems to be a cat of two parts - quite a Jekyll and Hyde. He bit me again last night, not badly, seems to be struggling in himself and I guess that's all down to hormones. Poor boy - I still hope he can be "sorted" and become a happier cat.
random
29-06-2010, 01:47 PM
Remember though Angie, he may well have been a loner for quite some time now, it's only to be expected that he wouldn't just fall right into a family from what he's used to. He will have his guard up as he's perhaps not been accustomed to all this 'home life' for a while, I do hope the neutering helps settle him. He sounds a lovely cat 'deep down'.
angieh
29-06-2010, 02:06 PM
He attacked Kizzy this morning by the back door - this time OH saw him do it.
pookyandjo
29-06-2010, 02:38 PM
sounds like hormones... he still has his bits so he's attempting to coup so he can be the alpha cat...even if you dont keep him Angie he will probably be a lot nicer to all concerned in the neighbourhood once his bits are lopped off..
angieh
29-06-2010, 03:33 PM
That's how I read it Jo - but he's not being very clever about it, so maybe it's a clear call for help.
My Tommy was the lean mean fighting machine around here before he moved in with me and and had his bits sorted..now even the 18 month old kitten from next door will come into the house and attack Tommy. ...play fighting.. and Tommy lets him..he has turned into a big softy
dandysmom
29-06-2010, 11:54 PM
Apparently the op can work miracles sometimes; hope it will do so for Squiffy as he does sound like a basically nice cat.
angieh
30-06-2010, 12:20 PM
***STOP PRESS***
Squiffy's owner has been found! She comes from the Big Village a couple of miles away. Her friend saw my poster opposite the pub yesterday and the owner phoned this morning whilst I was asleep. OH spoke to her. Squiffy is 3 years old and she saw him being born.
Just got to arrange keeping him here and phoning her to come and get him and talking to her about getting him neutered. He has been missing for about a month.
Apart from the neutering bit (I will PM you Kazz) I am overjoyed. This is the best news for Squiffy and will put my mind at rest and not disturb my two lovely happy cats.
dandysmom
30-06-2010, 04:09 PM
Sounds like win-win all around! Squiffy will be reunited with his owner and hopefully you can convince her to have his bits removed! Pip and Kizzy won't be endangered when e gets aggressive. And you can congratulate yourself for your efforts, you went the extra mile for him!!
Tell her about Catsey; would be nice to keep up with him!
Well done, you!
PoshPuss
30-06-2010, 06:42 PM
Fab news Angie , :D so glad he's being returned to his own home and I know you'll impress on them the reasons for neutering. Hope the owner can join Catsey, will be great to be kept up to date. ;)
angieh
30-06-2010, 07:33 PM
I could swear lots of naughty words, but all I can say is there's many a slip twixt cup and lip. The owner gave OH the wrong phone number, so it doesn't look as if he will be going home very soon unless she realises and phones me again. Why do things have to get so complicated?
dandysmom
30-06-2010, 07:43 PM
Oh honestly! That's not to be believed; what bad luck! Surely she'll call again,,,,???
Shelley123
30-06-2010, 09:39 PM
The owner will ring again if they are genuine angie
I could swear lots of naughty words, but all I can say is there's many a slip twixt cup and lip. The owner gave OH the wrong phone number, so it doesn't look as if he will be going home very soon unless she realises and phones me again. Why do things have to get so complicated?
Has anyone phoned you since then if not press 1471.......OR if the big village is near enough put a poster up there and or add a poster to the one where her friends saw it saying "ring again":roll: unless she really intentionaly gave out the wrong number :?
PoshPuss
01-07-2010, 09:00 AM
Seems there's a jinx around young Squiff :shock: if it was a mobile number they are very easy to get wrong. If she is from that village maybe asking at the post office may get results, or local community centre. Hopefully a name will come forward and you can direct your search.
angieh
03-07-2010, 12:54 PM
Squiffy was back for his breakfast this morning and was a hungry boy. I am going to put a "Please phone back" strip on the poster that got the original phone call.
Unfortunately we'd had a wrong number call afterwards Kazz, we did think of 1471.
dandysmom
03-07-2010, 04:13 PM
If hat had been my missing cat I'd have been on your doorstep ASAP!
Seems strange that they have not phoned back I would get him done Angie.
random
03-07-2010, 07:29 PM
If hat had been my missing cat I'd have been on your doorstep ASAP!
Exactly! Something does sound rather fishy to me :?
angieh
03-07-2010, 08:27 PM
OH didn't give our address, just the village.
dandysmom
03-07-2010, 08:30 PM
That partially explains it, but why in the world when you didn't call back did she not contact you again? I'd be frantic by now ......
angieh
03-07-2010, 08:32 PM
It's the second time he's gone AWOL, according to what OH tells me she told him. She did say her kids were missing him though .............
Maybe the cat is simply that the cat and not a high priority...........hopefully she will call back.
angieh
07-07-2010, 04:13 PM
I spoke to my vet's surgery this afternoon. They will not neuter Squiffy without the owner's consent. They suggest I get our local rescue or PDSA involved.
He is still visiting us once or twice daily. I put up a strip on the poster asking the owner to phone again.
Poor cat. He's not in danger of starving (I bought some more cat food for him with my grocery order today) and he is not suffering from the weather, but that is bound to change sooner or later. So no immediate danger, but I can see no clear way forward.
Is there a school/shop/chippie a general meeting place in the large village where this person lives where you can post a poster.....complete with picture ;) as the lady said her children were missing him I thought they would see it and nudge her to ring again.
dandysmom
08-07-2010, 02:22 AM
Good point from Kazz! You can't take him in whole to upset yours with aggressiveness, and can't get him fixed to eliminate that without the owner's permission .. and owner no responding .... Catch 22. Poor Squiffy; he'd be a lovely cat I'm sure once those hormones stop raging. :(
random
08-07-2010, 09:47 PM
Poor Squiffster
angieh
08-07-2010, 09:52 PM
I'm going to act on your advice - taking a poster into the Co-op in the Big Village - it's the only shop. Hope they will let me display it. The community centre is being rebuilt and the primary school will soon be closing for the summer hols, so guess that's the best bet.
Squiffs SO wants a loving home.
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