and if you get bad vibes or don't want to give the cat back you can always say
'it got away'.
I know it's bad to lie, but I've done it before. And someone on this list
got into a serious situation after rescuing a pathetic dog and then the jerk
owner wanting the dog back and insisting she turn it back over.
tonya
"Rosenfeldt, Diane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Caroline, others on this list are much better qualified than I to tell
you how to get this baby healthy again, but one thing that is drummed into us
over on the Feral Cats yahoogroup is, ALWAYS LIST AS FOUND. The absence of
posters or free ads doesn't necessarily mean careless owners, there are any
number of scenarios in which a cat could end up on the street with a
heartbroken mommy or daddy not knowing what to do. And, even if your mom
thinks the vet in question wasn't good, even a conscientious cat parent can
make a mistake in their choice of vet, so she shouldn't hold that against the
kitty's owner in and of itself. It would be the ethical thing to do to call
whatever passes for a humane society (unless they require that you surrender
the cat in order for them to list it -- NEVER do that) and all the local vet
offices as well -- anyplace where someone might call to see if a cat has been
brought in. Of course, you should always withhold one identifying
characteristic to ask anyone who calls. You or your mom can screen any calls
and if you get bad vibes, at that point you can make the decision whether to
turn the little girl over or keep her. Of course the chances ARE slim that an
owner will turn up, but if someone does and obviously cares about the kitty,
they should also be willing to reimburse you at least partly for the cost of
the food and vet.
Just my 2 cents.
Diane R.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Caroline
Kaufmann
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 10:09 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: OT: Advice for Malnourished, Rescued cat
I did a cat rescue on Sat. of a spayed, long-haired female that was
clearly a house-cat that had been hanging out in my mom's neighborhood for
about 3 weeks. My mom had told the neighbor across the street that I had a
foster cat and so he thought I would know what to do once he'd finally
determined the cat did not have a home (you know how it goes!). I took one
look at her and decided we needed to move fast- she'd already been outside too
long. She had a collar on with a rabies tag on it with the vet's number, but
by the time we got her in a carrier and I had the collar off (it had rubbed the
fur off her neck) the vet's was closed. My mom left a message w/ the vet's,
but come Mon. morn., still hadn't heard back. On Mon., she drove past the vet
clinic and it's closed- like out of business!!! We were hoping to match up the
rabies tag number with the owner, however, my mom is really skittish about
actually finding the owner because there's no free newspaper ad
looking for her, there's no signs up in the neighborhood, and she was in SUCH
bad shape when we found her...? Also, my mom says the vet the cat went to to
at least get her rabies shot is "not a good one," so she is reluctant to just
immediately turn this cat over, even if we do find the owners- which at this
point, is not looking promising anyway.
We haven't taken her to a vet yet because we thought we would maybe find the
owners, and now I am trying to work my Shamrock contact to see if I can get her
in with a Shamrock vet who will give us a discounted price. When we found her
she had horrible runny eyes- all down her face. She has fleas (of course). We
are keeping her in a downstairs room of my mom's house in a crate- which we do
let her out of when someone is there because she doesn't do anything- she is SO
good; clearly a housecat who was desperate to get back inside, so she will do
anything right now (I can handle her easily, she doesn't fight, I can treat her
eyes easily, etc. I don't think she even knows how to scratch?!)
Her main problem is she is clearly severely malnourished-- she is skin and
bones literally. She has dander. I think she would have died this week
outside of heat exhaustion, shock, etc., complicated by malnutrition if we
hadn't taken her in. We are feeding her Wellness wet food, which I am adding a
Colostrum and L-Lysine too, as well as Pet Calm. Thank god I remembered that I
had a tube of Nutrical (from Monkee), so I have been mixing that in the wet
food too and she just gobbles it up. We are also feeding her Wellness dry
food, but it took a while for her to eat it because I don't think she knew
"how" to eat dry cat food. My Shamrock contact gave me a tube of Terramycin to
treat her eyes and they are already a lot better. The green discharge has
lessened and the overall watering and sneezing is better. She's had two BM's-
we had to help the first one along with some Laxatone. The first one was
pretty normal, but yesterday's was runny (but that could have been
from the laxatone).
I just wanted to see if anyone else had advice for how we can improve her
nutrition until we can get her into a vet? I've never rescued a cat that was
this malnourished before and my mom is just really worried about that, so I
really just need some advice- even if it's things I can tell my over-worrying
mother to calm her down!
Thanks,
Caroline
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