Kitten - Free to good home

[Beemer]

I'm rapt to hear the kitten wasn't abandoned, just lost. See, Trade Me does have its uses! I don't blame you for being in two minds about handing her back, she looks really sweet.

I just had a look at the lost and found section and was amazed at how many lovely animals are currently missing. Here's hoping they all have a happy outcome like Mimi.

[crack]

[QUOTE=placidfemme;980368]Yeah that does work... put butter on her paws and lock her in a toilet/bathroom for about an hour. The cat then licks all the butter off its paws and therefor also licks off any scents left on the feet... makes it not wonder as much...


Shit I should have done that to the Ex Wife, to stop her from Wandering.

Bloody Nympho.

[placidfemme]

Well still havn't heard from the owners... so little mimi is home alone today terrorising the fish no doubt...

[crashe]

Well still havn't heard from the owners... so little mimi is home alone today terrorising the fish no doubt...

Helping you out... started a thread over in the TM pets section... hopefully that way the owner will spot the thread.. and then go and check her emails....

[placidfemme]

Helping you out... started a thread over in the TM pets section... hopefully that way the owner will spot the thread.. and then go and check her emails....

Thanks Crashe...

[placidfemme]

Grrrr still havn't heard from the stupid owners

Lil puss has succeded in knocking over all my model bikes, breaking 2 of them... and waking us up at 5am every morning since we found her...

She's still cute as a button though... hard to stay angry with it...

[crashe]

Grrrr still havn't heard from the stupid owners

I have just sent the owner a email...... telling her to get her 'a into g' and to contact you.

[placidfemme]

This is starting to fuck me off... still havn't heard from the stupid owners... even sent them another email yesterday explaining that the cat will be taken to SPCA on Friday and possibly put down (don't worry its not true... we'd keep it rather than putting it down or taking it to the SPCA.... but scare tactics might work)

Anyway... Kitten is really starting to annoy me... I'm a dog person at heart and its really Sam thats loving the damn thing...

*the things we put up with for love*

*dunno how I'll handle kids LOL*

[Beemer]

That's really bad, there have been heaps of people contacting the owner through her lost ad (me included) and she has apparently been online during this time, so I wonder what the problem is? I don't like to be uncharitable but maybe she dumped the kitten and posted the missing notice, thinking no one will ever find it? Hope that's not true, wish I could help, but if you get stuck, post in that thread on the message board again and I am sure one of the rescue helpers will step in if necessary.

But, a dog person? How could you say that!

[crashe]

Placidfemme - re the drinking problem, check the other thread out....


I sure hope the owner checks her emails out soon.
But there will be someone on that section who will take the cat and look after it til the owner comes along.


I too have had dogs over the years as well as putty tats.
Once this putty tat passes away... there will be no more in this house.

[placidfemme]

But, a dog person? How could you say that!

lol my sister is the only cat lover in my family... We always had dogs back home. They're just way more fun than cats... you can love a cat when "it" wants to be loved, otherwise just shut up and feed it and it's happy lol

I don't mind cats, but if I had to choose I'd deffinatley get a dog... but Sam and I can't afford to have two dogs and we both want different dogs... lol so no puppies for us...

[placidfemme]

Well another day passes with no contact from the owner. By the looks of the TradeMe thread about 5+ people have emailed the owner on my behalf (as well as my 3-4 emails I've sent them) and they still havn't responded at all.

Sam really wants to keep the kitten but I don't to be honest... I just think its too cruel keeping it locked inside, its been out in the wild (lol) for over a month and is used to being outdoors... I'm sure by the amount of meowing going on it misses the outdoors a lot...

[Beemer]

That's really sad - I'll send you a PM with the email address of a woman who may be able to help - she has contacts with a lot of the animal rescue shelters in Auckland.

Poor Mimi. I still wonder if her owner is with Xtra as I am still waiting on the delivery address of another TM member I sold something to last week.

I've just posted a thread on Happy Endings (a site for rescue shelter supporters) so hopefully someone can take Mimi and look after her until the owner is finally tracked down.

Just a thought - have you tried asking the SPCA if this woman has contacted them about her missing cat? What about the vets in the area it was originally from? It's likely it may have been vaccinated or even desexed so the local vet may know how to contact the owner.

[placidfemme]

YAY Kitten has gone home

The owner finally contacted me on Saturday Afternoon. She came and picked the kitten up on Saturday night... "mimi" ran away from her and had to be caught and handed to her... which was pretty sad... took the owner a few minutes to catch on that it was her cat and then she got all excited and was hugging mimi and jumping around our lounge...

The only thing that worried me was that she said "wow she is fatter now" and both Sam and I thought that the kitten was VERY underweight as you could feel all the bones in her back, shoulders (whatever) and hips when you stroked her... so thats a worry, but its out of our hands now and we gave her about 2 weeks worth of food, so at least she'll be well fed until then...

Thanks again to Beemer and Crashe for your help

[Beemer]

Fingers crossed she will be fine, you've done all you can and Mimi was probably sorry to say goodbye as she had been spoilt rotten all week! I wouldn't worry too much about her size - we have two kittens from the same litter but the male is almost double the size of the female, despite the fact she seems to eat more than him! And with being inside and not running around outside, maybe she just put on a bit more condition. Hopefully Mimi will be fine and will settle down again with her owner - but I wouldn't be all that surprised if she turns up on your doorstep again!