Cap'n Jack Update
May. 17th, 2004 09:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
in_the_blueSo, the vet's office called to tell me that they thought they'd tracked Cap'n Jack back to his owners, who appear to be a children's therapy center here in my same town. They were having problems getting in touch with the people who run the place. I wonder if it's the stable down the street; they have riding-lessons-as-therapy for kids.
On the one hand I don't want to deprive them of a wonderful cat.
On the other hand, he's been at our house for a week and a half and no one's looking for him, and no one put up signs that he was missing, and no one took care of him. He had an absolutely horrendous case of fleas (tore out half his tail fur), which I treated him for, and worms (which I also treated him for). Mitch and I are both disinclined to make a real effort to send him back without promises from the owners to take better care of him. And prove to us he's not being treated like a barn cat, which really means 'okay, kitty, fend for yourself.'
If it is the place down the street, he's going to be right back here faster than you can say 'boo.'
If it's somewhere else... how did he get all the way out here in the middle of nowhere? So, I'm kind of hoping - and I know it sounds really selfish - that they aren't interested in reclaiming him.
There are coyotes here. They love catching cats and tearing them to shreds.
See, I'm already attached. Grumble. I did feral cat rescue and training here for so many years, it's hard for me not to feel this fierce about cats and their owners. Take care of the little four-footed ones! They're only on loan to us. We're responsible for them.
On the one hand I don't want to deprive them of a wonderful cat.
On the other hand, he's been at our house for a week and a half and no one's looking for him, and no one put up signs that he was missing, and no one took care of him. He had an absolutely horrendous case of fleas (tore out half his tail fur), which I treated him for, and worms (which I also treated him for). Mitch and I are both disinclined to make a real effort to send him back without promises from the owners to take better care of him. And prove to us he's not being treated like a barn cat, which really means 'okay, kitty, fend for yourself.'
If it is the place down the street, he's going to be right back here faster than you can say 'boo.'
If it's somewhere else... how did he get all the way out here in the middle of nowhere? So, I'm kind of hoping - and I know it sounds really selfish - that they aren't interested in reclaiming him.
There are coyotes here. They love catching cats and tearing them to shreds.
See, I'm already attached. Grumble. I did feral cat rescue and training here for so many years, it's hard for me not to feel this fierce about cats and their owners. Take care of the little four-footed ones! They're only on loan to us. We're responsible for them.
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Date: 2004-05-18 05:10 am (UTC)Plus you guys have taken really good care of him and he seems happy at your house.
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Date: 2004-05-18 06:17 am (UTC)I adopted Aleister, the Big Fat Stripy Mama's Boy, from ex-roommates who got a kitten but didn't want the responsibility once the "cute" factor wore off (typical). They let me have him, then made noises about reclaiming him, and I refused. They didn't have Aleister chipped, so they really didn't have any legal recourse. Muah ha ha. I pulled a Slytherin.
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Date: 2004-05-18 06:40 am (UTC)*hugs you and Cap'n Jack*
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Date: 2004-05-18 07:27 am (UTC)