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Please help! Michigan cat lovers, got a warm barn and a big heart? A heated garage, maybe?ed. (LONG)
This is an active thread in h+b, can anyone help this old boy?
"kraut" wrote in message ... This is a little on long side but want to give a little background. There is a neighbor that has several cats that roam the neighborhood of which one of them is (He says) about 11 years old and this is the one I am asking about. Earlier this summer they started hanging around because I was feeding strays (Which I found homes for all or took to shelters). Thing is this old guy had fleas so bad that when I combed him I could go no more then 1/2 an inch with out hitting a flea/tick bump. Over the summer I got him cleared up plus treated his over issues. When it started getting cold I got the owner to take him indoors because he started getting colds and acted like he was getting aches and pains from the cold and I felt sorry for him laying out in the yard 24/7 even though I got him a dog house to use. I even got the owner a couple cases of canned food that I had been feeding them because he just fed him dry and I did not want him to go cold turkey of the canned. I also got on his case about the cats condition and he said he is moving in spring and wanted to get rid of some of cats (which I am working on) but did not want to let the old guy go. That was about a month ago. Thing is the old guy got out and came down again and he is now covered in fleas/ticks worse then before. I am thinking about taking him to county shelter which is not non kill. The only other shelter only takes younger animals that they can easily find homes for. I can not take him because I already have 4 and with Michigan winter coming it is too cold for him and if he goes back home I am afraid he will suffer and slowly die from the fleas/ticks. These people can not afford these cats. They are on food stamps and WIC coupons (I seen them in the grocery store). They took the aluminum siding off their house to sell and are over $300 in arrears on their water bill (Found on city web site) which give you a little info on them. The only choices I can take is to send the old guy back to his LEGAL owner to probably die a slow death :-( or let him spend the winter in the cold or take to shelter (I tryed to find home for him but could not). The way I see it is the only humane thing for THIS cat is to take him to the shelter and hope for the best. Opinions?? |
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