Black and White cat found on Oakfield Road N4

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Permalink Reply by Lindé Davies on July 22, 2015 at 9:05

Permalink Reply by Denise on July 22, 2015 at 9:15

Sadly not our cat....it's good to know there are so many kind people looking out for lost pets & helping to find their owners.Thank You.

Permalink Reply by Lindé Davies on July 22, 2015 at 9:19

Thanks Denise, I hope we find its owner and I hope you find your cat soon too. This is such a lovely little one and quite playful regardless of the injury. x

Permalink Reply by tulips on July 22, 2015 at 9:39

It's good of you to help the cat. Hopefully someone will recognise it on here. I hope it's microchipped.

A private vet will scan for free to see if microchipped. You can also take a stray cat to a private vet like www.villagevet.co.uk and they can carry out any urgent treatment and they can get authorisation for payment from RSPCA.

The only problem with involving the RSPCA is - if the RSPCA scan it and it's not chipped, and yes they take it away, get it treated and get it neutered (if not neutered yet), which is great. However if the RSPCA can't rehome it, many cats are eventually put down by the RSPCA - sadly rescue places are inundated with cats needing homes plus black cats and black and white cats are out of fashion, ridiculous I know, so they are more difficult to rehome. So there are many black cats and black and white cats stuck in rescue places. Other animal rescue charities don't put cats down unless necessary for health reasons.

So if you can, oversee it, or look after the cat in the meantime until owner or home found, or involve another charity, like Cats Protection. Sadly they are all inundated, but if you can foster it in the meantime, great.

Hopefully it's microchipped and/or owner found. This is why it's so important for people to get their pets neutered and microchipped.

Well done for putting the cat's details on Animal Search. What a lovely cat!

Permalink Reply by tulips on July 22, 2015 at 10:30

Hi Linde. I've copied your reply from the chat forum as it's easier for me to reply on your post. "Thanks so much for your reply. Would you recommend not getting the RSPCA involved? Just checking as I obviously want whats best for the cat and would absolutely love to foster it until it can be reunited. I'd love to give it a home...but will need to get it cleared with my landlord first - if it comes to that".

You've done everything right by helping and publicising a found cat. Yes, if it were me, I wouldn't involve the RSPCA. If you know someone with a cat carrier, take it to a private vet and get it scanned for free to see if microchipped. If not chipped, the vet can give it any urgent medical treatment (and get it neutered if not neutered). Now I usually pay for treatment myself, but I believe that a private vet can get funding authorisation from the RSPCA for a stray.

I don't know what the injury is. Things are easier if no injury, as no cost involved, and great if you can look after it, if not chipped, until an owner found or not.

So I don't want to complicate things for you. All I'm saying is, if you do involve the RSPCA, try to oversee it once they've treated it, give them your contact details, keep tabs on the cat and foster the cat and not let it disappear into their system.

Let's hope the cat is chipped - maybe the owner is on holiday and cat got lost in the meantime.

Permalink Reply by Lindé Davies on July 22, 2015 at 10:45

Hi Justine,  Thanks this is most useful.  The RSPCA have just called saying they cannot get someone out to us today, and have asked me to take it to a local vet on their behalf. I'll post an update once I've been. Thanks again for all the useful info - good to know for future as well.