Surprise in the Garage

I found a black cat sitting under the truck just as pretty as you
please. It ran out under the door because Frank started growling
through the screen like a maniac. (He is such a little scrapper). So I
put some Fancy Feast under the truck, left the door cracked. The food
was gone this morning.

We get cats dumped out all the time, but this one is different. It just
looks like "someone's cat." It's well fed, has a nice coat. Just does
not look like the ones we've gotten before.

That weird because our closest neighbor is over a mile away. Well, I
guess if you went "as the crow flies" it would be more like a 1/2 mile.
I wonder if a cat would wander that far away from home. I would really
like to think it belongs to someone so I don't worry about it being out
in the cold :-(

I guess I should go just knock on their door and ask. But what do you
all think? Do you think a cat would stray up to a mile away? The
hunting is very good here, because I feed cottontails and the back yard
is full of them at night. I thought maybe that's why it was hanging
around.

Sherry

It could be someones cat or it could be a fresh dump job or drop off.
Hopefully if it stays and you can not find an owner you could rehome
it.

Prayers and purrs.


I found a black cat sitting under the truck just as pretty as you
please. It ran out under the door because Frank started growling
through the screen like a maniac. (He is such a little scrapper). So I
put some Fancy Feast under the truck, left the door cracked. The food
was gone this morning.

We get cats dumped out all the time, but this one is different. It just
looks like "someone's cat." It's well fed, has a nice coat. Just does
not look like the ones we've gotten before.

That weird because our closest neighbor is over a mile away. Well, I
guess if you went "as the crow flies" it would be more like a 1/2 mile.
I wonder if a cat would wander that far away from home. I would really
like to think it belongs to someone so I don't worry about it being out
in the cold :-(

I guess I should go just knock on their door and ask. But what do you
all think? Do you think a cat would stray up to a mile away? The
hunting is very good here, because I feed cottontails and the back yard
is full of them at night. I thought maybe that's why it was hanging
around.

Sherry

I read somewhere they have a five mile range from home base. Don't remember
where I read that. Lee
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I found a black cat sitting under the truck just as pretty as you
please. It ran out under the door because Frank started growling
through the screen like a maniac. (He is such a little scrapper). So I
put some Fancy Feast under the truck, left the door cracked. The food
was gone this morning.

We get cats dumped out all the time, but this one is different. It just
looks like "someone's cat." It's well fed, has a nice coat. Just does
not look like the ones we've gotten before.

That weird because our closest neighbor is over a mile away. Well, I
guess if you went "as the crow flies" it would be more like a 1/2 mile.
I wonder if a cat would wander that far away from home. I would really
like to think it belongs to someone so I don't worry about it being out
in the cold :-(

I guess I should go just knock on their door and ask. But what do you
all think? Do you think a cat would stray up to a mile away? The
hunting is very good here, because I feed cottontails and the back yard
is full of them at night. I thought maybe that's why it was hanging
around.

Sherry

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:29:02 -0800, sriddles wrote:

I found a black cat sitting under the truck just as pretty as you
please. It ran out under the door because Frank started growling
through the screen like a maniac. (He is such a little scrapper). So I
put some Fancy Feast under the truck, left the door cracked. The food
was gone this morning.

We get cats dumped out all the time, but this one is different. It just
looks like "someone's cat." It's well fed, has a nice coat. Just does
not look like the ones we've gotten before.

That weird because our closest neighbor is over a mile away. Well, I
guess if you went "as the crow flies" it would be more like a 1/2 mile.
I wonder if a cat would wander that far away from home. I would really
like to think it belongs to someone so I don't worry about it being out
in the cold :-(

I guess I should go just knock on their door and ask. But what do you
all think? Do you think a cat would stray up to a mile away? The
hunting is very good here, because I feed cottontails and the back yard
is full of them at night. I thought maybe that's why it was hanging
around.

Sherry


Quite a few years ago, I rescued "Oliver" a huge white male cat. He had
been hanging around the complex in the dead of winter for several days. A
neighbor had called and asked if it were my cat. I put out food and a
covered box and it did come again. I called several rescue groups. One
called back and sure enough the owner was looking for him. He had come
over a mile away and crossed a couple of major streets. It was a happy
reunion. The woman told me that Oliver had a pin in his hip from being
hit by a car. She still let him out "because he like to visit neighbors."
Best wishes. MLB

mlbriggs wrote:
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:29:02 -0800, sriddles wrote:

I found a black cat sitting under the truck just as pretty as you
please. It ran out under the door because Frank started growling
through the screen like a maniac. (He is such a little scrapper). So I
put some Fancy Feast under the truck, left the door cracked. The food
was gone this morning.

We get cats dumped out all the time, but this one is different. It just
looks like "someone's cat." It's well fed, has a nice coat. Just does
not look like the ones we've gotten before.

That weird because our closest neighbor is over a mile away. Well, I
guess if you went "as the crow flies" it would be more like a 1/2 mile.
I wonder if a cat would wander that far away from home. I would really
like to think it belongs to someone so I don't worry about it being out
in the cold :-(

I guess I should go just knock on their door and ask. But what do you
all think? Do you think a cat would stray up to a mile away? The
hunting is very good here, because I feed cottontails and the back yard
is full of them at night. I thought maybe that's why it was hanging
around.

Sherry


Quite a few years ago, I rescued "Oliver" a huge white male cat. He had
been hanging around the complex in the dead of winter for several days. A
neighbor had called and asked if it were my cat. I put out food and a
covered box and it did come again. I called several rescue groups. One
called back and sure enough the owner was looking for him. He had come
over a mile away and crossed a couple of major streets. It was a happy
reunion. The woman told me that Oliver had a pin in his hip from being
hit by a car. She still let him out "because he like to visit neighbors."
Best wishes. MLB

Well, then it is certainly possible this cat crossed prairie land
that far to come here. I still think it's somebody's cat. Just gut
instinct. I've handled so many cats I've kind of been able to develop
an eye for cat that no one is taking care of. But I could be wrong.
Like Kraut said, maybe it's a fresh-dumped cat.

Sherry

I'd just ask them. Cats can certainly stray quite a ways. Hmmm. You didn't
take your sign down, did you.


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I found a black cat sitting under the truck just as pretty as you
please. It ran out under the door because Frank started growling
through the screen like a maniac. (He is such a little scrapper). So I
put some Fancy Feast under the truck, left the door cracked. The food
was gone this morning.

We get cats dumped out all the time, but this one is different. It just
looks like "someone's cat." It's well fed, has a nice coat. Just does
not look like the ones we've gotten before.

That weird because our closest neighbor is over a mile away. Well, I
guess if you went "as the crow flies" it would be more like a 1/2 mile.
I wonder if a cat would wander that far away from home. I would really
like to think it belongs to someone so I don't worry about it being out
in the cold :-(

I guess I should go just knock on their door and ask. But what do you
all think? Do you think a cat would stray up to a mile away? The
hunting is very good here, because I feed cottontails and the back yard
is full of them at night. I thought maybe that's why it was hanging
around.

Sherry

mlbriggs wrote:

Quite a few years ago, I rescued "Oliver" a huge white male cat. He had
been hanging around the complex in the dead of winter for several days. A
neighbor had called and asked if it were my cat. I put out food and a
covered box and it did come again. I called several rescue groups. One
called back and sure enough the owner was looking for him. He had come
over a mile away and crossed a couple of major streets. It was a happy
reunion. The woman told me that Oliver had a pin in his hip from being
hit by a car. She still let him out "because he like to visit neighbors."
Best wishes. MLB

I'm not going to open the "indoor/outdoor" controversy
again, but some cats, once accustomed to going out, are
almost impossible to keep IN! Despite five years in an
apartment where if she did get out, she found herself in a
hallway with no open exit, Melisande STILL tries. Since my
doors now opens directly to the outside (not even a screen
door), I have to practically WEAR a squirt-bottle of water!
(And shut them in the bathroom when I do laundry, since
the washer and dryer are in a closet off of the patio and
the patio walls aren't nearly high enough to deter a cat!)

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
mlbriggs wrote:

Quite a few years ago, I rescued "Oliver" a huge white male cat. He had
been hanging around the complex in the dead of winter for several days. A
neighbor had called and asked if it were my cat. I put out food and a
covered box and it did come again. I called several rescue groups. One
called back and sure enough the owner was looking for him. He had come
over a mile away and crossed a couple of major streets. It was a happy
reunion. The woman told me that Oliver had a pin in his hip from being
hit by a car. She still let him out "because he like to visit neighbors."
Best wishes. MLB

I'm not going to open the "indoor/outdoor" controversy
again, but some cats, once accustomed to going out, are
almost impossible to keep IN! Despite five years in an
apartment where if she did get out, she found herself in a
hallway with no open exit, Melisande STILL tries. Since my
doors now opens directly to the outside (not even a screen
door), I have to practically WEAR a squirt-bottle of water!
(And shut them in the bathroom when I do laundry, since
the washer and dryer are in a closet off of the patio and
the patio walls aren't nearly high enough to deter a cat!)

We had one like that. He was an old tom cat stray who wasn't even
neutered until he was probably 10 years old when we got him. Our
neighborhood at the time was fairly quiet although it did have some
traffic. But this poor cat. It honestly turned into a "quality vs.
quantity" of life issue. He yowled at the door 24/7. I could not bear
it anymore. I ended up letting him out then trying desperately to find
him a home as a barn cat.
OTOH, my cats adjusted pretty well to the outdoor ban. They fussed a
little, but they'd forget. After many months of not seeing the skunk
again I do let them out now if they really kick up. So I think it
varies cat-by-cat. I still think if the traffic was as heavy as the
impression I got from the post, me and the cat would have been in a
constant stand-off. I'd be too afraid to let him out.

Sherry

I'm not going to open the "indoor/outdoor" controversy
again, but some cats, once accustomed to going out, are
almost impossible to keep IN!

Our Muriel was the other way round. She spent her first few years
as an indoor cat (in upper-floor city tenement flats) and appeared
to have no purr, as well as being fiercely territorial about her
chosen pieces of furniture. Within a week of moving to this house,
with access to the outside through a catflap, she had learned to
purr and was a lot more relaxed about letting the other cats share
her space, though she didn't go outside for very long or for very
far (mainly to the garden wall so she she could pose for passers-by
to stroke her and tell her how beautiful she was). She's still the
same seven years later; she hardly goes out at all now, but being
able to is what counts.

Her moment of glory as an outdoor cat was when we took her on holiday
to a cottage on Mull, in the western Isles of Scotland. Not only
could she go outside in a wind that nearly lifted her off her feet,
she could have staring matches with sheep. And win.

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wrote:
I found a black cat sitting under the truck just as pretty as you
please. It ran out under the door because Frank started growling
through the screen like a maniac. (He is such a little scrapper). So I
put some Fancy Feast under the truck, left the door cracked. The food
was gone this morning.

We get cats dumped out all the time, but this one is different. It
just looks like "someone's cat." It's well fed, has a nice coat. Just
does not look like the ones we've gotten before.

That weird because our closest neighbor is over a mile away. Well, I
guess if you went "as the crow flies" it would be more like a 1/2
mile. I wonder if a cat would wander that far away from home. I would
really like to think it belongs to someone so I don't worry about it
being out in the cold :-(

I guess I should go just knock on their door and ask. But what do you
all think? Do you think a cat would stray up to a mile away? The
hunting is very good here, because I feed cottontails and the back
yard is full of them at night. I thought maybe that's why it was
hanging around.

I have heard tell that an intact male will go far more than a mile searching
for girls, so it wouldn't hurt to knock on the door and ask if he's theirs.
I hope he is, otherwise he is very lost, or more likely, another one dumped.
I'd be surprised if a cat that was fed and looked after well would travel a
mile to look at the cottontails.
Have you room for another?

Tweed