to feed or not to feed visiting cat

hee hee hee!

PawsForThought wrote:

From: "Karen M."


wrote:


I wouldn't respect the owner's wishes if
the cat is clearly skinny/underfed and is
also allowed to roam freely.


I totally agree. The cat is clearly not receiving proper care. If I were
in this situation I think I would make the cat effectively "disappear"
if you know what I mean... ;-)

Megan! I hope you don't mean "disappear" in a mafia sort of way.. -
nudge nudge wink wink...


I think she's thinking more like a witness protection program

Lauren
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Lydia"
writes

my friend is being visited
by a cat who she said looked skinny

The cat said your friend looked skinny? C'mon now.

All of a sudden the cat showed up with a collar on and a note attached to
the collar saying this cat doesn't belong to you so stop feeding it.

Any jerk who allows their cat to roam outside and provides no ID protection for
the cat doesn't deserve the cat. The only exception for this is if the cat is
an indoor only cat and accidently got out. For someone to put a collar on the
cat for the sheer purpose of pinning a note demanding that the good neighbor
STOP feeding the cat is unacceptable. This is reinforced even more because the
cat did not appear to be well fed in the first place.

the cat is visiting regularly and deploying her best feed me
tactics which can be so hard to ignore coming from such a cute face. What
should my friend do?

If you can determine who owns the cat, then you can ask them if they put the
note on the collar because of a special needs diet. The response they give will
tell you how they feel about their pet...whether or not they are caring people
or arseholes.

I guess if the cat can hunt as she's showed, then she can also
feed herself and maybe the owners wishes should be respected.

Cats who live as domestic pets should NOT be running around the heavily
populated area hunting for their own food. The medical/nutritional needs and
safe environment are the preference...the "owners" wishes are secondary.

Lydia"
writes

my friend is being visited
by a cat who she said looked skinny

The cat said your friend looked skinny? C'mon now.

All of a sudden the cat showed up with a collar on and a note attached to
the collar saying this cat doesn't belong to you so stop feeding it.

Any jerk who allows their cat to roam outside and provides no ID protection for
the cat doesn't deserve the cat. The only exception for this is if the cat is
an indoor only cat and accidently got out. For someone to put a collar on the
cat for the sheer purpose of pinning a note demanding that the good neighbor
STOP feeding the cat is unacceptable. This is reinforced even more because the
cat did not appear to be well fed in the first place.

the cat is visiting regularly and deploying her best feed me
tactics which can be so hard to ignore coming from such a cute face. What
should my friend do?

If you can determine who owns the cat, then you can ask them if they put the
note on the collar because of a special needs diet. The response they give will
tell you how they feel about their pet...whether or not they are caring people
or arseholes.

I guess if the cat can hunt as she's showed, then she can also
feed herself and maybe the owners wishes should be respected.

Cats who live as domestic pets should NOT be running around the heavily
populated area hunting for their own food. The medical/nutritional needs and
safe environment are the preference...the "owners" wishes are secondary.

Lydia"
writes

my friend is being visited
by a cat who she said looked skinny

The cat said your friend looked skinny? C'mon now.

All of a sudden the cat showed up with a collar on and a note attached to
the collar saying this cat doesn't belong to you so stop feeding it.

Any jerk who allows their cat to roam outside and provides no ID protection for
the cat doesn't deserve the cat. The only exception for this is if the cat is
an indoor only cat and accidently got out. For someone to put a collar on the
cat for the sheer purpose of pinning a note demanding that the good neighbor
STOP feeding the cat is unacceptable. This is reinforced even more because the
cat did not appear to be well fed in the first place.

the cat is visiting regularly and deploying her best feed me
tactics which can be so hard to ignore coming from such a cute face. What
should my friend do?

If you can determine who owns the cat, then you can ask them if they put the
note on the collar because of a special needs diet. The response they give will
tell you how they feel about their pet...whether or not they are caring people
or arseholes.

I guess if the cat can hunt as she's showed, then she can also
feed herself and maybe the owners wishes should be respected.

Cats who live as domestic pets should NOT be running around the heavily
populated area hunting for their own food. The medical/nutritional needs and
safe environment are the preference...the "owners" wishes are secondary.

Karen wrote:
Megan! I hope you don't mean
"disappear" in a mafia sort of way.. -
nudge nudge wink wink...

LOL! No, I mean more in an FBI/witness relocation sort of way. :-)

Megan



"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing."

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providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision,
raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and
material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his
way."

- W.H. Murray

Karen wrote:
Megan! I hope you don't mean
"disappear" in a mafia sort of way.. -
nudge nudge wink wink...

LOL! No, I mean more in an FBI/witness relocation sort of way. :-)

Megan



"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing."

-Edmund Burke

Learn The TRUTH About Declawing
http://www.stopdeclaw.com

Zuzu's Cats Photo Album:
http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22

"Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one
elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and
splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then
providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision,
raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and
material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his
way."

- W.H. Murray

Karen wrote:
Megan! I hope you don't mean
"disappear" in a mafia sort of way.. -
nudge nudge wink wink...

LOL! No, I mean more in an FBI/witness relocation sort of way. :-)

Megan



"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing."

-Edmund Burke

Learn The TRUTH About Declawing
http://www.stopdeclaw.com

Zuzu's Cats Photo Album:
http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22

"Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one
elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and
splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then
providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision,
raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and
material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his
way."

- W.H. Murray

But then, I guess if the cat can hunt as she's showed, then she can also
feed herself and maybe the owners wishes should be respected and she should
be left to be on her own.

In your opinions, how should I advise my friend?

Thanks,
Lydia

I'd feed the poor little thing, too. I don't think a cat should have to be
hungry. I would be tempted to find out who the owners are, if I were her, to
see how well they are taking care of her (not very, I guess). I wonder how
they even know she's eating elsewhere if she's still skinny. And why do they
want her to be skinny? It's just mean. Your friend has every right to leave
cat food out on her own property. For all they know, it's food for her own
cats.

Candace
(take the litter out before replying by e-mail)

See my cats:
http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace

But then, I guess if the cat can hunt as she's showed, then she can also
feed herself and maybe the owners wishes should be respected and she should
be left to be on her own.

In your opinions, how should I advise my friend?

Thanks,
Lydia

I'd feed the poor little thing, too. I don't think a cat should have to be
hungry. I would be tempted to find out who the owners are, if I were her, to
see how well they are taking care of her (not very, I guess). I wonder how
they even know she's eating elsewhere if she's still skinny. And why do they
want her to be skinny? It's just mean. Your friend has every right to leave
cat food out on her own property. For all they know, it's food for her own
cats.

Candace
(take the litter out before replying by e-mail)

See my cats:
http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace

But then, I guess if the cat can hunt as she's showed, then she can also
feed herself and maybe the owners wishes should be respected and she should
be left to be on her own.

In your opinions, how should I advise my friend?

Thanks,
Lydia

I'd feed the poor little thing, too. I don't think a cat should have to be
hungry. I would be tempted to find out who the owners are, if I were her, to
see how well they are taking care of her (not very, I guess). I wonder how
they even know she's eating elsewhere if she's still skinny. And why do they
want her to be skinny? It's just mean. Your friend has every right to leave
cat food out on her own property. For all they know, it's food for her own
cats.

Candace
(take the litter out before replying by e-mail)

See my cats:
http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace