Kerry, I agree with Gloria - would be surprised if the cat was chipped, at least by the half-adopters.
Can you lure the cat away from the building and out of site of the cameras (for instance - KFC thigh meat, esp warmed so the smell carries might make her walk right into a carrier set behind your car)
Janine
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Hey Kerry-
Chances are the kitty has *not* been microchipped by an owner who won't
even let her inside when needed - and even if so I doubt if the vet would
check it unless you asked him/her to. And if you take her to your vet as
your cat, well...
I also doubt if talking to the owner again would be useful - might even be
counter productive.
Sure she can help this kitty -
Good luck -
Gloria
At 12:37 PM 12/20/2005, you wrote:
>Hi guys
>The same good friend who told me about the kitty with litterbox problems
>that was under threat of pts (apparently happily resolved, for now at any
>rate) updated me on another situation.
>Background:
>Misha is a stray that was sort of taken in by the people who work in a
>studio at the same business complex where my friend works. I say sort of
>because although two of the workers took her to the vet after she was
>badly attacked, and although they feed her, they don't take her home at
>the weekend: ie no one is actually making Misha their responsibility. In
>the summer and fall Misha would be found outside after they had all locked
>up and gone home for the weekend. When my friend, distressed by Misha's
>situation, offered to try to find Misha a home, the studio owner (who my
>friend says seems to be a reasonable, decent guy) rejected the proposal,
>saying that they had "adopted" her. Recently -- and it is really cold
>now--- my friend found Misha miaowing in vain at the studio door to be let
>in. My friend knocked on the door, and one of the other workers (not the
>owner) opened it. When she explained the cat needed to come in, the
>response to her was "Haven't you got anything better to do?"
>Q--where do we go from here?
>If my friend just takes Misha, there's a chance a surveillance camera will
>record the action as it's a business location. Also, even if she did that,
>when she takes her to the vet, what happens if she's been microchipped by
>those people? Is the vet legally/ethically prevented from removing the
>chip and replacing it? Obligated to contact the people? My friend would
>not be keeping Misha as she's allergic to cats; she'd want my help in
>placing her in the shelter where I have a good contact. Not ideal but she
>would at least be cared for there. However, I'd need to know how to
>resolve the chip situation first.....
>My friend's proposal was to talk to the owner again and try to make him
>understand that someone needs to take proper responsibility for the cat.
>My feeling was that if she fails, then she will be the first person he
>suspects if and when she kidnaps Misha. And the scene could turn ugly.
>Even if I were to find and "rescue" the cat when I "happen to be passing
>by" at the weekend the microchip Q still arises. (We don't know if she's
>microchipped -- is there a way for a layperson to scan her without vet
>involvement?)
>All input/info welcome on how Misha gets the care she deserves---I've no
>experience in this field---yet. But I know some of you heroes do.
>Kerry
