Stray around during frigid weather
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| Wed, 01-19-2005 - 10:58am |
Hi,
I posted here before regarding my feeding stray cats that hang around my house. Anyhow, the temperature has been in the single digits to below zero at night for several days. There is one cat that spends the night under my car and in the morning sits on my porch. It breaks my heart that he doesn't have a home. I am unable to 'adopt' him because pets are not allowed in my house...owner said 'no way'. It was suggested to me here before that I try to contact our local animal shelter. Well, I did. The police officer told me that they didn't have any facilities to take the stray to and unless he was damaging property (of course he isn't, he's just cold and hungry) that there was nothing they could or would do about it. I purchased a covered crate and added some blankets so at least he can be under some shelter but he not only won't go in, a skunk is the one that was occupying it so I had to remove it because I was afraid the skunk would get scared by a cat and spray and the odor would somehow come inside my house. Anyhow, the officer told me to just stop feeding the cat and it will go away. I can't do that, his cries wanting to be fed break my heart. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Bless your heart for taking care of the stray cat.
Hi Lucygirl,
Thanks for taking such good care of this kitty...he obviously has come to think of your place as home!
Try calling around to the local vets to see if they have any clients who would be willing to take a barn cat, providing you live close to barns!