Stray Cats

Re: Stray Cats

Viking Dog1 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:00:30 GMT

Glad we not the only clinic not to take them in. Thanks for your comments. Think its time something was written down about this so we are all doing the same thing at work.

Re: Stray Cats

Kay Eminson — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:29:30 GMT

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we tell people to take to the local rescue, but its only 1min drive from the surgery. if they cant for whatever reason we take it down or its collected

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Ours is down the road too, but they are full and actually aren't taking more in!!

Re: Stray Cats

Cat Woman — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:18:03 GMT

We advise people to contact local rescue places if they bring a healthy "stray" into us. We are a vets & our kennel space is for poorly animals I'm afraid.

Re: Stray Cats

Maisy — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:07:27 GMT

Always makes me wonder why people think leaving food down for a cat will make it leave the house/garden, yet complain when strangely it never does!

Re: Stray Cats

Kim Buckley — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:07:42 GMT

We had someone bring in a "stray" to us. It had been hanging around at this ladys house for 6 months and she had enough of it. Luckily he was chipped and it turns out he lived down the road and had been hanging around the lady's house because she had been feeding it! We called her to let her know and she told us to tell the cats owner to keep their cat inside so it would stop going to her house!! How about you stop feeding it!!

Re: Stray Cats

les punton — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:51:57 GMT

we tell people to take to the local rescue, but its only 1min drive from the surgery. if they cant for whatever reason we take it down or its collected

Re: Stray Cats

Kay Eminson — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:46:32 GMT

We try and encourage people to take them back if they are not ill, something that people get really funny about!! But now days we tend to have them in, if we do not have another stray in, and keep them for a week while advertising on the radio and internet. If nothing in 7 days then we rehome them.

Although a few weeks ago we had a mother and two kittens who were only tiny when they were brought in, AND two other older strays!! Was more like a rehoming centre!

Re: Stray Cats

Vicky RVN — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:39:58 GMT

The strays we've taken in have been lingering around, the last one we had wouldn't leave the persons garden.

Re: Stray Cats

Maisy — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:34:59 GMT

Unhealthy looking strays will be taken in, otherwise do the finders really know the cat is a stray and not just out for a jaunt? If they are healthy otherwise, they are asked to return the cat unless said cat has been darting in and out of traffic on busy roads etc.

Re: Stray Cats

Vicky RVN — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:21:15 GMT

We will take in any stray kitty, will keep hold of it for a week, put an ad in the local paper, then rehome if nobody comes forward.