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Lost & Found Cats => Found Cat/s => Topic started by: Shirley on April 27, 2010, 21:24:40 PM
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I found him today, in the road as a car had stopped for him to cross, but he wouldn't move! I took him to my vets (he's not chipped!) but he needs lots of tests to find out what's wrong with him. I think he may be deaf. The vet couldn't do the tests cos vet needed a log number from RSPCA but they said they don't give them out!!! He is currently in my spare room (Chuch isn't happy!) awaiting collection by the RSPCA in the morning. Hopefully they will do the necessary tests................
Took this pic earlier-he's so weak and sad, hope someone recognises him!
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Poor fella, maybe he's got lost if deaf, best of luck for him xx
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Thanks Jane, i've just been in to him and he was standing in the corner, facing the corner! He then started walking round and round the room and just carried on walking as i stroked him! He is very unsteady on his legs. I've left him for the night now, poor, poor, baby :(
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Poor , poor boy , maybe he had been hit by a car and was still in the road in shock !?
Do you trust the RSPCA not to just put him to sleep though ?
I wouldn''t entrust any animal to them any more .
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Not sure, Bunglycat. He was originally found a few days ago by someone and taken to a lady in my street who's got 5 cats, so assumed she'd know what to do. She knew he needed the vets but couldn't afford it, so hoped with some TLC, he'd recover. (She's glad i came along!)
This morning, i went into his room and he's hardly touched his food, had a tiny wee in the litter tray and scraped the litter about a foot away from it, awww! He walked into the hallway, then the kitchen (glad my 2 weren't in!) and he's so strange. He's totally focused on moving forwards-like a robot, i described him on CC and that's just how he is. He never lifts his head for fuss and just stands there with his head down.
I AM worried about the RSPCA, so much so i had a chat with Heather last night. Having said that, a couple of years ago i was trying to trap a cat with his scalp missing!! (Awful sight) The Inspector said it was probably an untreated abcess. The same day, another little tabby had appeared-the Inspector put him in a carrier without it even struggling. He said 'you realise this will be pts don't you?' " Two weeks later, he came back for the trap (never caught the cat but he appeared the next day with a tiny wound!) He said 'btw, we treated that cat and it's been put up for rehoming' so i haven't given up yet. Having said that, this poor boy is just 'not right'-he's so thin, there's nothing to him when you pick him up. I'll make sure i know where he's being taken and get an update!
He'll be in local paper tonight and i've advertised him on missing pet register. Might knock some doors today.
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Best of luck Shirley, keep us updated :hug:
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He's just been picked up! The Inspector was a lovely (young!) lady and obviously commented on how thin he was, but also how he just stares into space. She will now take him to Barnes Hill hospital, Birmingham where he'll be routinely blood tested for HIV etc and, if those come back ok, they'll carry on treating him. She'll get his ref. no. and let me know sometime today, so i can ring as often as i want to! Hopefully it's nothing too serious for the little old man..........
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That's good to hear, hoping all goes really well for him, he so deserves it xx
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He does, Jane!
Sarah (the Inspector) has just phoned with his ref. no. Has got him settled in a pen and carried him there rather than in the cage so she could have a cuddle-awww! She said his skin is fine, hasn't got fleas, his fur is good-just the obvious weight loss and the no response. One of the animal nurses said 'he looks out of it' I can ring about 3pm to see if they've discovered anything.
Knocked a few doors (it's not a very big street) and no joy.................
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He does sound disoriented - for whatever reason, bless him, wonder if he's got into a vehicle and got lost if no-one knows of him?
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There's all sorts of things that could have happened, isn't there? Abandoned, locked in a shed, elderly owner passed away-my brain is swimming with all the possibilities! :hug:
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Is it possible some scumbag could have given him drugs?
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Now THAT's something i hadn't thought of!!!, tho you don't really hear about drugtaking around this area, but that's not to say it doesn't go on!
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As he has a "number" now .....Can he be got out of there as I don't stand his chances much
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Why Michelle? I've been guaranteed that if he hasn't got anything 'nasty' he will be treated and rehomed. Get him out and put him where? At least he's having a vet look at him now.
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As he has a "number" now .....Can he be got out of there as I don't stand his chances much
Michelle this is what I thought - poor lad xx
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He's an old man who's literally covered my bedroom from one side to the other with litter-that's not normal, is it? I'll ask the question again-get him out and put him where??? I'm out of work, can barely look after myself and my two, so there's no way i can have him. Should i have just left him in the street? Everyone knows the rescues are full.
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don't worry shirley you did the right thing - if he does have something seriously wrong its better he is with a vet
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Thank you Dawn! x
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You've done great shirl :hug: any news yet?
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Thanks Jane. I rang about an hour ago and he hadn't yet been seen by a vet, will now be after 4pm. He said there were a few notes on the system about him and he went to look at him while i held on. He's had a small amount of finely chopped food cos of his teeth (!) and also a wee which smelt a bit odd and can be a sign of kidney problems.............................but, he also said, some of these old cats can get disorientated if they don't drink for 2/3 days in the warm weather, so hoping it's something as simple as that! He said to ring after 6pm but it's then the emergency line and i don't want to block an urgent call, so i might wait till the morning.... but then might not!
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Good to hear he's had a bite to eat, sounds like his teeth could be bad then? that won't help his eating and general health. He's in the best place and they can help him feel comfortable until they get any results. Keeping fingers crossed for him xx
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Could you ring just before 6? So you're not clogging up the emergency line but also don't have to wait until tomorrow to find out how he is?
You may have already done this, but I've had a look through missing cats in the West Midlands area on the national pet register website - no photos with any of these and some are from 2008, but you never know. Having seen him you may be able to tell better if any of the descriptions fit. Also, his bad teeth may lead the vet to think he's older than he really is (my cat Bazza was aged at somewhere between 3 (based on how he behaved) and 8 (based on his teeth) when we first got him - he'd been living rough then spent 2 months in a rescue with nobody noticing his rotten teeth >:( so by the time we got him he ended up needing to have all except his canines removed).
http://www.nationalpetregister.org/mpi.php?pet=17045
http://www.nationalpetregister.org/mpi.php?pet=16594
http://www.nationalpetregister.org/mpi.php?pet=15555
http://www.nationalpetregister.org/mpi.php?pet=11832
http://www.nationalpetregister.org/mpi.php?pet=10803
http://www.nationalpetregister.org/mpi.php?pet=6628
Fingers crossed all goes well with the vet
Gem.
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Hi sorry was at work ....
To answer your question
I wasn't having ago at you Shirely......Sadly the RSPCA dont and wont spend money on animals, especially if they are old and have medical problems.
You did the right thing, anything is better than him being out on the street in that condition.
Have you put some posters up and contacted all local vets ?
Even though he is in a bad state he could still be someone cats (my friend had this happen with her 18yr old thyroid cat)
Wonder if any CP rescues could take him from RSPCA ?
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Jane, when my vet had scruffed him and he growled, i could see one brown fang! I'd wondered if he needed a dental and that was what was stopping him eating.
BazandGem, i had looked through, but only back as far as the beginning of March this year-there's SO many missing cats, so sad. I've contacted all those on the links you've sent me, but i do wonder if they would still look on the register after all this time (the really old ones). Thanks for that anyway. I rang the hospital at 6.50pm, hung on for 15 mins to be told it's now a call centre number and would get someone to ring me with an update, so i doubt anyone will tonight. I'm at the docs at 9am so i'll try before i go or when i get back.
Michelle, I don't agree. I've been told by 2 people now involved with my stray that he will be treated if he's not too bad and they know he's old. I don't know how it works between CP and the RSPCA but i know people who volunteer for both, so will ask them. When i mentioned at my vets re keeping a record of found cats, they said they have more success and response from the local lost and found column, which he's in tonight! I'll contact some more tomorrow. Regarding posters, i can't do them cos i haven't got a printer. When i was looking for Charlie, someone at my old work did them for me.
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Jane, when my vet had scruffed him and he growled, i could see one brown fang! I'd wondered if he needed a dental and that was what was stopping him eating.
It could be Shirley and tooth infection can also upset their insides, if one brown fang was seen he could have more, hopefully you'll get to know a bit more tomorrow morning :hug:
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I thought maybe the older lost cats' owners might not look at found cats any more, if they are even still lost - worth a shot anyway :) I only managed up to about page 6, it's so sad seeing all the cats that are missing and that was just in one small area of the country. My own cat's been missing 6 weeks now and another poster has just been put up for one that's disappeared since Sunday - think I will have to go and have a look around tonight in spite of not being able to call out for either of them (laryngitis :tired:) - maybe they're hanging out together! I just hope there's someone around here who cares as much as you do to have taken a stray cat in and tried to find his owner, if he has one, as well as making sure he's got a warm bed, food and a vet to check him over.
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Gem.
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Sorry to hear you're not well and your own cat is missing-hope you get some news soon. :hug:
I actually rang someone on the register last night. The cat had been missing a while and she'd found it, but not bothered to put on the register that it was found. I suspect a lot are like that. :hug:
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Just switched on my mobile to see a text from someone, sent at 10.40 last night, after seeing my advert in the paper, to say she thinks he may be her cat!!!!!!! She lives in the street where he was originally found (and where i'd been knocking doors!) and that the cat has been very ill. Hope he's been under a vet........... I've sent a txt back but no reply as yet, must be too early! Fingers crossed!
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Ooh, fingers crossed!!
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Thanks Jane! Still no text back...
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Copied from CC post:
Lady has just phoned me-it sounds as tho he's her cat!! He's 14, called Herbie and she hasn't seen him since a week last Saturday. He's been to the vets and has either got liver cancer/ or cirrhosis(sp?)She thought he'd gone off to die somewhere.....Has been looking for him. I've given her the RSPCA ref no, and emailed her his photo. I'm hoping she makes the right decision for him now.........she sounds a nice lady. At least she has closure.
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Poor thing, does sound like it is her cat and hopefully they will be reunited now
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I am having a nightmare week!!!!!!! Just got back from vets-Charlie will be having eye surgery later on.......couple of hundred quid, which i haven't got! Hoping my son will sort it out!
Back to the stray-had an email from the lady and it IS her cat-she's on her way to bring him home..............Don't understand that cos he's clearly suffering.....
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Glad to hear that the cat belongs to her - didn't she tell you anything more?
sorry to hear about Charlie :hug:
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sorry to hear about Charlie - does your vet do payments by installments???
glad the stray had a home
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No Jane, just that she'll let me know what happens. I've just got through to RSPCA and she's taken him. Told them she will take him to her own vets and keep him inside, tho difficult as he's always gone out before he was ill. Thanks about Charlie.......
Dawn, i managed to get hold of my son and he's transferred the money-thank God for internet banking!
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Right, maybe she'll let you know a bit more later. Maybe he's not well but comfortable and at least he's back with owner and where he knows.
Glad your son was able to help :hug:
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oh bless his little heart ....
Glad he is back with his Mummy xx
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It's nice that the owner has found him, but he's definately not comfortable! She's emailed a couple of pics taken since she got back but it looks like a different cat! Taken from above so can't see his face and doesn't look bony! I hope she'll be taking him back to her own vet now.
My Charlie has had to have surgery on his eye this morning!!!!!!!! He's damaged the cornea through fighting the vet thinks, but he doesn't fight, just gets bullied! Just rang to see how he is and he was very lucky-if the claw had gone in a bit further, he would've had to lose his eye!! What a week!!! Stressed isn't the word!!! :'( :'(
Liz, fancy coming down to put eye drops in??? I've got NO chance of doing that!!! :rofl:
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Oh dear, can you not ask for an update how he is after he's seen her vet because you'll be thinking of him :shy: I would. Tbh I would think that the vet would have told her he must get treatment if poorly and hopefully she will take him.
Hope your Charlie is ok, shame he's being bullied, you'll manage with the drops ;) :hug:
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I had a call from the RSPCA inspector earlier-they will be following it up!
I'm going to ask the vet for a long lasting antibiotic and pain killer as suggested on CC-there's no way he would sit still, Jane> As the saying goes 'he's like a cat on hot bricks' :rofl:
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I had a call from the RSPCA inspector earlier-they will be following it up
I'm going to ask the vet for a long lasting antibiotic and pain killer as suggested on CC-there's no way he would sit still, Jane> As the saying goes 'he's like a cat on hot bricks' :rofl:
that's good then :)
aww poor Charlie! :Luv:
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Would love to come visit Shirley but OH is away again on Tuesady Morning!
Poor Turbo was on 3 different lots of drops 3 times a day - I will look out the names of the stuff cause 1 cream had to be changed cause it really hurt him and me! We had other stuff to encourage the pupil to open it was only 1 drop a day so will get the name of that cause OH nearly had heart failure our Turbo has a pupil and eye now instead of a cloudy eye his daddy left us with we now have a very nearly normal looking eye ;D
I used bribery on Turbo he does love his treats and did the eye drops and then treat - no wonder he looked at normal food with disdain on his first day back with the mob! Hw was eating roast beef, as good as it looks kitten foos etc all the things he shouldn't have been = he was also in a confined space the guest bathroom with nowhere to hide! :evillaugh:
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Liz, i've managed to come away without drops! I told vet i'd got no chance of giving them to him and he said what he'd been given today should be enough to last till Tues-would've been Mon had it not been Bank Holiday-grrr! He's been out for an hour tonight-he was hanging onto the beading of the glass in the door!!!! He's just come back in and should settle down for the night now!
No more news on Herbie.
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HERBIE IS NOW MISSING AGAIN!!!!!!! His owner came round to tell me he must've got through an open window!!!! Excuse me, if you're trying to keep a very poorly cat inside, you don't leave a window open!!!!! Lets hope he's as lucky this time and someone finds him.............................. Poor, baby! >:(
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Another cat whose owner doesn''t deserve him !
Poor boy, hope someone else finds him and keeps him and looks after him properly !
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I agree!!!! She's seems so half soaked and was grinning all the while she was talking to me-FGS you'd be in bits, wouldn't you???? Problem is, where i live is opposite a fishing pool with lots of bushes to hide and, at the moment, teenage fishermen who get the cans down their necks! I think that's where he was heading when i picked him up on Tuesday! :'(
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Do you know anyone that would take him and lok after him properly if you could find him again.
He needs someone who knows what they are doing and will care for him properly - i bet she never took him to her vet either !
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Oh dear :( that poor old boy
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She hasn't taken him to the vet! I don't know anyone who could look after him-he's so poorly-like a skeleton with skin, almost. He's clearly suffering-maybe he left them cos he didn't want them fussing him cos it's too painful. I still say he should've been pts-he's not going to recover from liver cancer, is he? >:( :censored: woman!
I went round to the house about an hour ago and she was just going back in. She said she'd just had a look around the pool. I decided to have a look myself and looked in a small area. The problem is, the bushes are so dense now, it's difficult to see much and there is a steep slope from the bushes to the pool..................... :scared:
I just hope he shows himself and someone picks him up.......
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I hope whoever finds him will take him to a vet then -he needs to see one asap .
Poor Bungly had liver cancer -from Diagnosis in May -she lived till second week of December when i had to make the decision for her to go to the bridge.
People like this and the ones that had CC make me absloutely furious :censored: :censored: :censored: :censored:
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OH how sad- poor lad - where about was he found - I am not far from barns hill - I will keep my peepers open.
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Awww, sorry about Bungly :(
Gail, he was TAKEN to Barnes Hill from Bradley, Bilston, where i found him, which is quite a few miles away! Someone suggested ringing the hospital in case he gets found and taken there, doubt they'll be open today tho....
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I rang the hospital-a recorded message saying it opens Mon-Fri!!!!! I texted the owner this morning to see if there was any news, but no reply as yet-suppose they could've gone out for the day. The daughter had spoken about doing posters on Sat-haven't seen any yet......... :(
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:( Hope you hear some good news soon x
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Still no reply to my text, Jane.............What gets me is on her original text she said she thought 'he'd gone away to die' so she obviously knows how ill he is, so why didn't she leave him at the RSPCA hospital to be pts?? >:( Now it looks as if he'll have a lonely, painful death.......... :'( :'(
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If that does happen- i would be very inclined to really tell her what i think of her in no uncertain terms -what a :censored: :censored: :censored: :censored:
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I feel exactly the same way, bunglycat!!!! >:( >:( She STILL hasn't replied to my text-think i'll email her and see i get a response from that! :(
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No reply to email either........................................... >:(
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Unbelievable - for once he may have been better off looked after at the place you took him too !
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Finally had a reply to my email yesterday-she's very busy at work and will do some posters when work is less demanding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >:(
I went to search for him in the bushes at the back of her house, but it's impossible to see anything, they are so dense and some of them are stretching about 20' from the fence, with huge nettle patches. I can't see that he's still alive now-it's been 5 days without food and water, unless he's been lucky and been picked up by someone................RSPCA had told me that if an old cat goes without water for a few days, they get very disorientated...............so sad :'(
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What a callous :censored: :censored: :censored: :censored:
I am afraid i would have lost it and told her exactly what sort of person she is and how cruel .
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That's what i feel like doing but, i want to hear if he's been found, so want to keep on side..........! She just acts as if it's a normal, everyday thing to lose your very ill cat and not put yourself out to do anything about it! :( :(