ON my way home .....

[forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa)]

i saw another cat on my way to b&q this afternoon
this time i avoided eye contact and walked on 

i hate seeing cats on the street near the roads 

if it was one of mine id be hysterical with fear n worry 

[JackSpratt]

I generally approach the cat (if it's friendly) give it a quick fuss and then say "bye, have a good day!" to it. Gets me some odd looks, but hey!

[Ela]

has anyone else been in a simular situation ?

When I   was very young I always used to take cats home and say mum Ive found this. However since I have been older when I see a cat outside I never even make eye contact as I am frightened it will follow me.

[ccmacey]

I always try to ignore a cat, look but dont touch, I wouldnt want it following me then getting lost.

Driving to a friends I saw something dead on the road, I didnt know what it was so went back round to do well I dont know it was obviously dead.  I pulled over beside it and moved it from the road, I knew it was dead but couldnt bear the thought of it getting run over any more. Went past the next day and someone had moved it. It was a seagull.

[Hippykitty]

If I see a cat while I'm walking along a road, I try to ignore it. You can't really tell with cats whether they belong to someone and I don't want to encourage it to stray from home. I do wish owners would try to prevent their cats from going onto the street, though I realise this isn't always possible.

[forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa)]

on my way home from my mums last night i saw a beautiful white n tabby cat sitting at the side of the road ,i called him over and he was so friendly ,he couldnt stop purring

anyway after about 15mins of stroking 

oh was getting very inpatient and said " u have 7 cats of ya own to stroke can we go now or what " 

as i walked away the cat kept following me , i didnt know what to do as i was near a main road so i knew i couldnt continue walking as i didnt want him to go any where near the main road

anyway it took about half an hour of me thinking what i could do to distract him so i could get away

so in the end the only thing i could think of was to call my mum (as the cat was on the end of her road )
and she put out a handful of dry food on the pavement to distract the cat away from me and the road ,

he wasnt lost or anything and obviously he was being well looked after as he was nice and clean with shiny coat he had a collar on etc ,

has anyone else been in a simular situation ?

next time i see a cat im not going to call it or stroke it as theres no way i could live with myself if a cat followed me and went near a main road .