Slightly O/T stray cat
02-03-2007, 06:35 AM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: MA
Posts: 1,653
RE: Slightly O/T stray cat
Here in the burbs I could never really be sure the cat was feral. I do know that if someone iced my kids cat it may start a range war. You folks in the boonies don't have that problem as they are probably all cats set free by loving owners to return them to the wild. Or is that just Dumping? >>>>Whack/Meow
02-03-2007, 07:23 AM
#24
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Canning, Ontario. Canada
Posts: 974
RE: Slightly O/T stray cat
I suspect that cat I caught was dumped in the country, or at the least offspring of a dumped cat.. Here it is against the law to let your cat roam free, most pay no attention to that in the city, until the cat starts using their flower garden as a litter box, or having males spray the front door continuously.
In the business I am in I get a lot of calls about the spraying of homes, which by the way is probably one of the most disgusting smells you will encounter, or older women who spend there days on their knees tending to their garden only to find an abundance of cat crap..
I don't accept these kinds of jobs, but I always give the same advice, live trap the cat, do your best to locate the owner and let them know what you are experiencing and see if it stops.. It often does. If not, the animal is a nuisance animal, and you can do with it as you choose.
As an example, I had a cat coming into my garage and getting into the garbage, as well as tearing holes in my dogs food bag.. I knew the owner and addressed him about what his cat was doing, he smirked and said "that's what cats do" then commented on how fast the cat was and how hard it would be to stop him... I went to the back of the truck got his caged cat out and let it go in his driveway.. The smirk went away, and I have not seen the cat since. If it was a kids cat I would be more lenient.
In the business I am in I get a lot of calls about the spraying of homes, which by the way is probably one of the most disgusting smells you will encounter, or older women who spend there days on their knees tending to their garden only to find an abundance of cat crap..
I don't accept these kinds of jobs, but I always give the same advice, live trap the cat, do your best to locate the owner and let them know what you are experiencing and see if it stops.. It often does. If not, the animal is a nuisance animal, and you can do with it as you choose.
As an example, I had a cat coming into my garage and getting into the garbage, as well as tearing holes in my dogs food bag.. I knew the owner and addressed him about what his cat was doing, he smirked and said "that's what cats do" then commented on how fast the cat was and how hard it would be to stop him... I went to the back of the truck got his caged cat out and let it go in his driveway.. The smirk went away, and I have not seen the cat since. If it was a kids cat I would be more lenient.
