Why do I blub so easily? Im too soft (cat related)

Ah ?

if you're a cat softy how about me? a bloke called the other day as he said a cat had been run over. which is a non reportable accident and nothing to do with the police

but as i usually prefer cats to people i googled for a vet for him. while on a 999 line ?

Aww Kev....... youre a softie too. Id have been crying my eyes out.

I'd be exactly the same, and being a soft-touch is how we ended up re-homing our cat at 15 because nobody wanted her ?

You can't change the way you are, just embrace being mad-cat-woman?

ya soft bugger

I know, I know! I am going to be Mad Cat Woman when Im old (Ive started now so watch out!) Is it bad of me to hope that our neighbours dont take him so we can have him?

Mr WT just phoned to say he is buying an extra litter tray just in case we have to take him in. I think secretly he wants him to stay with us too.

Mad cat lady indeed. Sounds like Mr Mad Cat Man wants a new lodger too.

I reckon Mr Mad Cat Man wants male company as at the moment its me and the two girlies, he feels outnumbered and hen pecked!

Anyway Im sure I will do an update on this story once there are more developments (and much more blubbing on my part no doubt)

Has the new cat got a name?

I vote for Vodka or Brandy.

Awww, i'd have to rehome him myself. I couldn't bare to be parted from him. Yes, i am a softy cat person!

Are we allowed to see a pic of him? (the cat that is...)

Before you become too attached, I would make some serious attempts to track down an existing owner. I semi-adopted a ginger and white skinny little kitten/cat a few years ago who would hang around my back door. He had a limp and looked in desperate need of a good meal, which he duly got. He was quite skittish and nervous so I made up a box with an old pillow in it and for a few weeks he'd sleep on the patio in it. I assumed he was a stray or had been dumped. Turns out he had a perfectly happy home a few streets away but just liked exploring and chancing his arm (leg? paw?) around the neighbourhood, looking for extra meals (I think he probably had worms which would explain why he was so thin). Part of me wishes I had taken him in as, unlike his ignorant owners, I would have had him spayed and he wouldn't now be wandering around with attitude, sporting a humungous set of cojones and spraying everywhere. ?

If it turns out your new friend is indeed homeless, I hope you get to keep him. I'm sure your existing cats would come around to the idea ... eventually. ?

Aww, I'd be exactly the same.

If you can afford to, you've got to keep him.

My first cat was abandoned when her owners moved house and she was pregnant too. We took her in and called her Eric as we didn't know her name. Sadly she was killed by a car a few years later.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/21976935@N03/2527688210/ This is the only pic I have of him, curled up on Mr WTs lap.

Im going to put a little poster in our window and a card in the PO to see if anyone a little further afield is missing a cat before we decide on anything. If no one owns up then I think a trip to the vets to get him checked over is in order.

He looks like a Jake, but if we kept him (and not my neighbour) then I did think of calling him Whiskey to go with the alcohol theme of the girls names Pinot and Pernod.

Well, if he's going to be Irish (Whiskey as opposed to Whisky), then why not Poitín / Potcheen to stick with the Ps? ? Podge for short. I like the irony, given that he's a skinny little thing.

Oooooh interesting idea!! will keep that in mind if we end up keeping him. ironic...yes! lol

Oh gawd the husband and I are both utter softies for furballs. I'd keep him myself. Tell the neighbour that it wouldn't be right to take him away from the area in case he decides to go home.

(obviously that is if he has been abandoned...I'd second the suggestions re: checking for microchip etc).

Might be worth taking it to your local vet to check for a microchip before you make any decisions

I agree with hazel. I would keep him too though and I totally understand why he makes you cry.

I think they hypnotise you with their purrs! All of my cats adopted me which is how i ended up with 5 for a few years.

I'm still sitting with 4 now and i totally adore every one of them

This is how we ended up with Tinker. We had her scanned when she turned up and decided we were only going to keep her for a week or so until we felt she was strong enough to rehome.

Mr B actually found her a new home but I turned into a weeping mess when we talked about her going so she stayed! He now tells her on an almost daily basis that he's so sorry he ever thought about giving her away as she is so beautiful!

This is her when we found her (or she found us)

and this is her now

I (fourth? fifth?) the suggestion about checking for Microchips/putting ads up etc. We've been on both ends of this.

Rufus found us and after checking with vets/RSPCA/putting ads up we couldn't find his owner so kept him and he's the most gorgeous boy. (Although Mr Beast stood on his head accidentally last night, and whilst he was ok/not in pain/eating etcI haven't seen him since I got back from work - come home Ruf-de-doof!)

Rigsby on the other hand wandered off and we've no idea where he went. I'd hate to think someone just adopted him without scanning for his microchip (although obviously I'd rather believe he's happy somewhere than dead?).

Edited to add that I'm really loving pictures in posts!

Awwwwwwww he looks a sweetie ?

So far I think my neighbour is looking to keep him, Ive told them he needs a trip to the vets (which I would have done if we were thinking of keeping him) to check him out and see if he is chipped. Theres a note in my window and at the Post office asking if anyone has lost him.