Help please - cat found in Tadmarton, nr Banbury

[fluffybunny]

Thank you for your help everyone - having followed your advice, my friends have now found a rescue who fortunately has a few cats being rehomed this week and they have been able to take this cat in.  I think I'm as relieved as they are, I was half considering driving up there this weekend and bringing it here 

So now this cat has a place in rescue, if anyone knows of someone who has lost a cat fitting this description, please bear this in mind!

Thank you all!

[Littlebobo]

Can they take the pud in ..is there anyone here who can help he is gorgeous !!

[ccmacey]

You could ask around the local farms, maybe he's just wandered too far from home?

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Looks like Misa little bro, and so handsome 

[fluffybunny]

Thank you - I've emailed Sue at mymoggy, I'm not sure how many of the others I'll get a chance to do this weekend, so if anyone else has a moment to cross-link to anywhere, please do!  This is such a lovely friendly cat, I felt really sad for it all last night     They live on quite a busy main road so I'm also concerned for its safety, it also makes me wonder if it has hitched a lift on a farm vehicle or something, there is lots of countryside round here - it's not a feral cat though! 

I also took this photo on my phone last night.

[Sam (Fussy_Furball)]

1.   Put up posters in the local area.

2.   Contact vets and rescues in your local area.   A list of local rescues can be found on http://www.catchat.org/adoption/index.html (click on the map of the UK to find your area)

3.   Put a found notice on the following sites:   

www.mymoggy.com - contact Sue ASAP
 
http://thehovel.com/bb/index.php?f=28&ppage=20&sort=lastpost&order=DESC

http://www.soyouhavelostyourcat.co.uk/#1

http://www.petsearchuk.org.uk/

http://www.nationalpetregister.org

http://www.amissingpet.co.uk/

http://www.lostmycat.co.uk

http://www.animalsearchuk.com/

http://pet-rescue.org.uk/forums/index.php?showforum=308



4.   Please DO NOT hand this kitty over to the RSPCA as they do NOT have a no kill policy and if their local shelter is full there is a strong chance that the cat will be put to sleep.

I’d just like to add thank you for helping this Kitty and please try to provide him with somewhere dry and out of the wind (preferably indoors) at night a shed or garage or even a plastic bin laid on it’s side supported with a couple of bricks and a good thick layer of hay or straw are good.  Also food and water and a litter tray if he is allowed inside.

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

please do not use RSPCA as it is likely to be PTS.

Notify Sue at my Moggie, see links and then look on CC site for rescues in the area. What area is it in?

[fluffybunny]

Hi all, I have gone to visit some friends near Banbury for the weekend, and have turned up to discover that they have been adopted by an absolutely gorgeous white and black cat.  It is quite a large cat and is extremely friendly, but it appears to be a stray or have been abandoned.  They live in a tiny village where the neighbours know virtually everyone, and no-one knows who the cat belongs to.  It seems to have adopted my friends, who for various reasons are unable to encourage or adopt it, and are desperate to find it somewhere to stay, particularly as the weather is due to turn very wintery next week.  I arrived this afternoon and it has literally sat outside the back door and not moved since.   

I have taken a few photos on my phone which I will try and upload next week, but this is a tiny village so it is likely that the cat has either been deliberately dumped or has hitched a ride on some kind of vehicle and has ended up here, it seems to be living in an old outhouse of a nearby farm but has only appeared over the last couple of weeks.  It seems to have quite a scabby head so may have fleas, but other than that, seems to be in pretty good health.

It is a large white and black cat without collar, (haven't been able to get near it enough to sex it or get any more details), extremely friendly and affectionate, and seems to have been a domesticated cat as it has been scrabbling at their catflap (from the previous owners) so seems to know its purpose. 

My friends have rung the local RSPCA and rescue centres but they are all full - can anyone help by putting this on other lost/found registers (I am at their house for the weekend so unable to help further at the moment) or is anyone able to take it in?  I am really worrried for this cat especially as it appears to be homeless and it is due to snow next week.

Sorry for the rather sudden and random post - but if anyone can suggest anything/help/know anyone who may have lost such a cat, please either reply (won't be able to read replies until Sunday eve) or text/phone me on...

Thanks, Alison