We have another pregnant Visitor

On 23 May, 18:41, sheelagh wrote:
On 23 May, 17:13, Lis wrote:





On May 23, 10:21 am, sheelagh wrote:

It looks like the season has begun in earnest. this is a little (BIG)
Girl who turns up for every all of her meals. I found her in the shed
this morning, fast asleep & nesting there too. I have taken food out
there to her, because I don't think she belongs to anyone around here.
I have tried shooing her way, & also looking where she goes when she
has finished eating too( Our Shed!!)....

We have placed an ad in most of the shop windows & displayed this
photo in most public places around here, but no one has responded so
far. She seems very friendly, & she isn't underweight, & she seems
very well groomed, ( mind you, she seems to take care of that
herself!!). I am fairly certain that she is looking for somewhere safe
to have her kittens, but I am worride that someone out there must be
really worried about her out there- I know that I would be if she
belonged to me...
Any advice any one?

S;o)

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I will only say, post pictures and contact shelters and vets further
afield than you think is reasonable. A friend's cat got out and went
missing for over a month, before a woman who lived on the other side
of a major highway that wasn't all that close to begin with, happened
to come in to the store on the near side of the highway that they'd
put one of their posters in--and called them to say, I think I've been
feeding your cat.

No one could figure out how Angus had gotten that far without getting
killed.

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I have a similar worry in this case. Our village is a small one, but
it is just 2 minutes away from one of the biggest motorways in the
country; The A1M(highway?)..

She looks like she has belonged to someone. Once you have taken a few
queens on with thier kittens, you get to know who the abandoned ones
are, & who the lost ones are, through sight & feeling. I just had
another thought too. I called the council, who take care of dead
animals( ie: found on the side of the A1M, because it does happen
occasionally if they stray too far;o(, & I have also called the cat
protection league, the nearest shelter as well as the RSPCA. I can't
think what else to do. I have got to the stage where there are hardly
any rooms left in this stable, & I have taken on so many cats
recently, that it would be difficult to offer another one a full time
home. If no one comes for her until the kittens are ready to home, I
will have to try and home her as well...Still that is looking long
term, I should have a bit more faith in people...

( unfortunately, I don't have any faith in humans since doing the
rescue bit... humans can be calculatingly cruel @ times) Horrid to the
point of unfit to on cats too!!. I have done everything that I can do.
I have to be honest, the kids were not that impressed when I handed
them a 100 leaflets each to push through people's front door's, but
they knew better than to moan, Lol ;o) However, they have done it..I
only had to remind them of how they would feel if something happened
to one of our cats. It was enough to get them off thier bum's and to
get them out with the leaflets after school today.

I really do hope that we find her real slave's in the not too distant
future. I know that if she were my cat, I would be having kittens
right now if she had disappeared just before kittening. It's not
having her that worries me, it is more their slaves that I am worride
about, because I am certain that she has some, somewhere....
Let you know if someone turns up....
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A rather large WHOOPS,
It didn't indicate that the post was registering, Lol..
So sorry folks!

on Wed, 23 May 2007 17:45:40 GMT, sheelagh
wrote:

A rather large WHOOPS,
It didn't indicate that the post was registering, Lol..
So sorry folks!

Hehe.

As to the pregnant girl, I hope you hear from her humans soon. She's
gorgeous! If you don't find them, I think she will be safest with you for
a little while. If you can bear it, let her make her nest and feed her
while you continue too look for her family. Maybe the joy of kittens will
help ease some of the recent heartbreak you have had? Once they are well
established with their nursing and have gained some ounces, perhaps you can
find a foster home for the lot of them if you still don't find her family.
Or will the cat protection league help you foot the bill to foster her
yourself?

She must have excellent radar to know where to come in order to be safe and
well cared for. Or perhaps the cats have a good gossip chain going?

--
Lynne

On 27 May, 01:36, Lynne wrote:
on Wed, 23 May 2007 17:45:40 GMT, sheelagh
wrote:

A rather large WHOOPS,
It didn't indicate that the post was registering, Lol..
So sorry folks!

Hehe.

As to the pregnant girl, I hope you hear from her humans soon. She's
gorgeous! If you don't find them, I think she will be safest with you for
a little while. If you can bear it, let her make her nest and feed her
while you continue too look for her family. Maybe the joy of kittens will
help ease some of the recent heartbreak you have had? Once they are well
established with their nursing and have gained some ounces, perhaps you can
find a foster home for the lot of them if you still don't find her family.
Or will the cat protection league help you foot the bill to foster her
yourself?

She must have excellent radar to know where to come in order to be safe and
well cared for. Or perhaps the cats have a good gossip chain going?

--
Lynne


She must have excellent radar to know where to come in order to be safe and
well cared for. Or perhaps the cats have a good gossip chain going?

It is either that, or..I have MUG written all over my forehead??!!!
I'm always a sure bet when it comes to poor pussy cats, lol.....

We have decide to keep her @ least until her kittens are ready to go
to new homes. We are so full @ the moment that we only have stable
room @ this inn!! She has decided that she is happy with the shed, so
I am going to let her have them there. I feel a little guilty about
it, but that is the best I can do for her right now & it is a darned
sight better than chucking her out in the hope that someone else
might, or might not have her;o(

I am really surprised that no one has come forward yet, to say that
they own her to be honest. She is not feral because she is ever so
placid, friendly & quite well built too.( taking being pregnant into
consideration, she is well fed, clean & very approachable)

I am ever so shocked that no one has claimed her yet. We went one step
further this week & advertised her in a paper called the Free Ad's.
You advertise for free, but the buyer pays for the paper....No luck
yet though....

If no one claims her by the time she is spayed, then we will arrange a
private adoption for her with a slightly more reliable slave..(sorry,
but I feel a little pessimistic about it all right now..she doesn't
deserve this really..)

I have already spoken to the Cat Protection League, & they have agreed
to pay for her to be spayed as soon as her kittens are homed, but I
will have to fund her inoculations. I can cope with that, & I am
grateful to them for the help they are providing the help they are
giving. I very much hope that her real slave's do come forward, but
the more time that elapses, the less hopeful I feel about it all. It
just seems so sad that someone could not be missing her if you
understand what I mean?

As we don't have a real name for her, I have given her a nick name for
the meantime so that we know which cat we are referring to when we
talk about her. It is Dot. not very exciting, but quite appropriate
when you look @ her.

More news when the kittens arrive. We expect them any moment,
literally...
S;o)

on Sun, 27 May 2007 18:26:44 GMT, sheelagh
wrote:

More news when the kittens arrive. We expect them any moment,
literally...

Of course you realize we must have pictures!

--
Lynne