A lady phoned me today. A cat strayed into them during the recent severe weather, thin, young and so starved it was eating the birdseed to survive. They have been feeding it but for some reason which I wasn't told, they decided today it had to go.....today. Her husband wants it gone.
I explained I am over run with cats and can't take it today or this week, but may be able to take it next week, in the meantime I will put an ad on MWR tomorrow in the hope someone will offer it a home. She informed me that wasn't going to work! Well, it may not, but we won't know til we try.
I suggested she contact other rescues to see if they could take it. No, she wants me to take it....today.
Once again I explained I couldn't take it today. I simply had nowhere to put it. But I would try to find it a home, I would in fact put the cat top of the list, despite my having several cats here waiting for homes for months. Or I would take it in the next week or two depending on how the homing goes in the meantime. She wasn't a happy camper as I said goodbye.
I really wish I could take this cat as I am now worried that something might happen to it like it's left to starve in the hope it will wander off somewhere else or it'll be dumped elsewhere. It sounds like it could do with some tender loving care. Imagine eating bird feed to survive, heartbreaking.
So if anyone can foster or give a home to this thin grey cat who needs some TLC, let me know. S/he will be spayed/neutered, microchipped, dewormed and deflead before going anywhere.
UPDATE: The lady who phoned about this cat phoned me back a few days later to say they were keeping the cat. Another rescue took it but after the cat left, the couple had a change of heart and went back to collect the cat. So whatever crisis happened on Sunday has passed and all is well. They brought the cat to their vet and it's a female and already spayed. I like happy endings!
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