Found cat apparently living in garage. What do?

[SlickSnake]

The humane thing to do would be to leave some anti-freeze in a cat dish in the garage for it. It will keep it from freezing should it get stuck outside in the winter.

How about you drink it first and get back to us, if you can, on how well it worked, ummkay?

 

[Eli]

Thanks for the lulz guys.

We do have mice in the garage, so that may be why he was hanging out in there, other than it's probably a little warmer than outside and it's been very cold here lately. He probably does need a de-worming if he's been eating mice.

Yes, I did think about the possibility of diseases and such. We put him in the basement, so he's not met the other cats yet, nor eaten out of their dishes or used their litterbox. They know something is awry though.

We're going to take him to the vet tomorrow to get him checked out, vaccinations, etc. It seems he's officially adopted us. He's lost all of his skittishness and seems to crave attention, a very sweet cat.

I don't think he's ever been in a house before as he has no concept of shelves, windows, etc. That may be a bit of a challenge. And he better not spray anything, or I'll have to rethink this whole endeavor. Both of our other cats are female.

Our house is too small for two cats really, let alone three.. but we'll be moving in less than 6 months, so I think we can make accommodations until then.

 

[lxskllr]

Merry Christmas!

 

[JulesMaximus]

He looks pretty happy, Jules! Solid grey cats have a really good temperament in my experience. Time to cuddle up with him!

Now he's sleeping in the in-box on my wife's desk.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Good for you, Eli!

Way too many people dump and abandon pets lately, especially cats.

I could fill up a book with cat tales that would make even a cold hearted dog lover cry and pine for a cat.

I recently bought a tax sale property dirt cheap that the owner was still squatting in with at least 5 indoor cats. I assumed she took them all with her when she left. Then 2 days after I moved in, there was a large white with a few orange spots long hair Maine my excellent compatriot type of cat dead in my driveway killed by dogs from across the street because the old fart refuses to shut his gate. About a week later another dead cat was found in my front yard mauled by dogs which looked just like the other dead cat.

Another cat who looked just like the other cats was mostly hanging around the fenced back yard and I was feeding it, but it was holding his front paw up like it was hurt from a dog attack. So after the 2 deaths I reluctantly took him in.

Shortly after that, I noticed another large mostly reddish orange long hair my excellent compatriot living under my front stairs who acted too terrified to come out. I was able to coax it out over a week or so with food, and finally took this cat in, too. This obviously older cat had somehow been abused by the previous owner, and will go from purring to attack cat with only a growl for warning. Over the past few months, he seems to have calmed down a bit, but when the growling starts I back off and stop petting him.

Once I brought him in, I decided it was best to put out cat food in the fenced back yard rather than the front yard, since a few other cats were also hanging around that might have been hers that she dumped, too. Unfortunately, what I didn't know, was still another large Maine my excellent compatriot female was also living under my stairs and was too terrified to come out after seeing the dogs kill the other cats, who were obviously her grown offspring or siblings.

I thought I kept hearing a faint meowing at times outside, but it stopped when I opened the door and I never saw a cat. So about 3 weeks later when I heard it again and investigated, there she was cowering under a chair, emaciated and obviously starving to death, since I had moved the food to the back yard. It was then easy to coax her into the house once I offered her food again. It was unbelievable how skinny she was for such a large cat, and I honestly don't know how she survived. It was lucky for her we had a lot of rain or she might not have. I have never heard a cat purr so loud in my life!

I read that Maine coons are some of the friendliest cats, and Queeny and Fuzzbuster certainly are! But Fuzzbuster seems to be a little on the stupid side and has a huge head. BigRed seems to be fixed but I'm not so sure about the other 2. And I don't know if a vet can easily tell, either.

I guess the point of this is cats seem to own you or the house or property more than you own the cats, which is kind of cool. And if you find that cats generally don't like you, maybe it's time to reevaluate your personality, or lack of it.

Our neighbor across the street has been feeding gray kitty so I went over and had a talk with her last night. I basically told her that she didn't need to worry about or feed him because he's been staying with us almost 100% of the time for the past few weeks.

She was relieved because she has a male cat who doesn't like this one so she hasn't let him in her house but she is as taken with him as we are. I'm glad to take in such a fine animal. He really is a beautiful and sweet cat.

Glad to hear you were able to save some of the cats that heartless woman left behind. :thumbsup:

 

[IronWing]

Our neighbor across the street has been feeding gray kitty so I went over and had a talk with her last night. I basically told her that she didn't need to worry about or feed him because he's been staying with us almost 100% of the time for the past few weeks.

She was relieved because she has a male cat who doesn't like this one so she hasn't let him in her house but she is as taken with him as we are. I'm glad to take in such a fine animal. He really is a beautiful and sweet cat.

Glad to hear you were able to save some of the cats that heartless woman left behind. :thumbsup:

:biggrin: This one was triple timing when we took him in. We and two neighbors had been feeding him. We caught on when he puked on our doorstep and the food he puked up wasn't what we had been feeding him. We've had him for 14 years now.

 

[JulesMaximus]

:biggrin: This one was triple timing when we took him in. We and two neighbors had been feeding him. We caught on when he puked on our doorstep and the food he puked up wasn't what we had been feeding him. We've had him for 14 years now.

LOL! Yeah, I think I'm going to have to talk to a couple other neighbors and let them know that he has laid claim to us and we are providing for him. I don't want him to get fat!

 

[evident]

i love cats and am not ashamed to say so

 

[Eli]

I figured this thread deserved a pictarz.

 

[Howard]

Nice pussy

 

[Macamus Prime]

This is the cat's way of saying; "You suck at hunting, look what I can do that you can't,.."

Also to the OP; the cat is now yours. Get it fixed, checked up on and enjoy your new pet!!