Lost grey/white Cat in Queanbeyan

Read the post Jim – I had already told them that it had been to my place and the dog would kill it. They didn’t particularly care (obviously).

I would expect them to do the same if my dog was continually visiting their place. Which it doesn’t because I am a responsible pet owner.

I don’t expect animals to know when they’re trespassing, but I expect the owners to know and to act accordingly. It’s like having a child – if a 5 year old breaks into someone’s house, are you the sort of person who doesn’t think the parents are partially responsible? Didn’t think so…

@Poptop – I completely understand and sympathise with the barking issue. If I was ever faced with that predicament, I would get bark busters in and do everything in my power to ensure the animal didn’t disrupt people’s normal enjoyment of their own property. Failing that, I would remove the animal (Jim, don’t assume I ‘refuse to get along with others’). And yes, animal control is an issue I pursue regularly through formal avenues.

Please don’t drag out the ‘dogs are dangerous’ argument – it is pointless and insulting to those that look after their animals. If you really want to argue about safety aspects, have you seen what happens when a cat scratch gets infected? Or someone with severe allergies encounters a cat? Just saying…

Jim, my name is Mdme – as in female 🙂

At least cats can’t spend their lives barking and barking and BARKING and I accept that not all dogs do it either. I can’t recall a single instance where a cat has had to be put down after mauling someone.

At the moment, dogs are required by law to be registered, desexed, restrained in cars, leashed in all but specified areas, etc, etc; cats aren’t.

If that worries you, take it up with your local MLAs.

In my little cul de sac, the neighbours chooks get out with some regularity and do a fair job of demolishing my newer plantings. It had never entered my head to do other than shoo them away.

edit: “whose” property it is

(I feel so ashamed)

You caught your neighbours cat and took it to the RSPCA?

Wow. They must just think you’re a really nice, friendly, community-minded kinda guy.

The cat was ‘trespassing’ on your property? You do realise it is a cat, right? The cat couldn’t give a sh1t about who’s property it is … I don’t think cats are required to study property law.

C’mon man, how about being a reasonable, friendly human being instead of one of those cranks that refuses to get along with everyone else?

Fence is not dodgy HC – it is a 7 foot high wire fence (because I don’t want the dog to jump over it and get hit by a car). The dog never reacts to anything outside the fence, but if a cat (or rabbit for that matter) goes through the fence what do you expect the dog to do?

Good point though – I’ll just put colourbond up and let the dog rip the cat to bits when it can’t get out quick enough. Perfect solution…

Who owned the dodgy fence that was ultimately responsible for your dog’s injuries? Maybe the RSPCA should be taking a closer look at the yard you’re keeping your dog in? :p

@CWH – congrats on taking steps to minimise your cat’s impact on the environment, but I have to agree with the essence of what bigfeet is saying. It is uneccesary and irresponsible for your cat to be outside unsupervised.

And with regard your comment about ‘feel free to hose the cat if you don’t want him in your yard’ – why should it be MY responsibility to discipline your cat? The cat is trespassing onto my property when it should be under your control.

I had a cat next door for a little while that kept coming into my yard, where the cat-hating dog is. After the dog managed to entangle herself in the fence trying to kill the cat one day I realised what was happening and told the neighbours. They said ‘oh, just chase it away. It’ll be fine.’

After the dog cut herself up quite badly trying to chase the cat out of the yard, I trapped the cat and took it to the RSPCA. Neighbours were quite upset, but I had given them a warning…

Point is, I am being responsible and controlling my pets and maintaining my environment the way I like it. I should NOT be responsible for ensuring your pets do not encroach on my environment and endanger my family (because that’s what my dog is).

FWIW, I could have quite easily sued the neighbours for the damage done to my dog and I would have won(and would have if the total came to more than $1000)

my cats, as i have mentioned have a cat run. they spend most of the day asleep in the sun. or the laundry, or, when particularly lazy, halfway in / out the cat door.

I don’t want the wildlife killed by the cats. but that isn’t the reason for the run. I don’t want to pay horrendous bills for the vet after they get in a fight, hit by a car or eat something that they shouldn’t.

Pfft, so much angst, can’t be good for your liver…

Off topic – I was curious why you used the damage to the liver rather than heart etc? Random comment I know, but I am interested.

Because cats are better than dogs. :p

If I allowed my dogs to roam around I would be prosecuted. And rightly so.

If my neighbour allowed his ducks to wander all over the suburb people would complain. And so they should.

If the farmer out near Gungahlin allowed his cattle just to roam free on the streets he would probably be fined. Sounds fair to me.

Why do cat owners think that they can let their animals roam at will?

Irresponsible?? He is desexed; wears a collar with ID and bells; has blunted claws. In my eyes, he is just another representative of life, adding interest to the view.

Certainly – again from my personal observation – he is welcomed by a majority of my neighbours; the old age pensioners up the road brighten right up when he visits them. He gives them something to talk about with passers-by, which is a positive in this day and age. They pet him and talk to him, and find pleasure in his company, and since they cannot have their own cat, I am pleased that they can have contact with my cat.

During the day, he sometimes sits out the front, greeting those passers-by who are willing to chat; some of the smaller children in the neighbourhood delight in stopping for a pat. As mentioned, there is one young man who he spends a fair bit of time visiting; I am pretty sure that is positive, also.

Those who do not like him, discourage him. They are a minority. Their loss: how charmless life must be for them that such an opportunity – to make the aquaintance of a personable animal – is scorned.

Pfft, so much angst, can’t be good for your liver…

CHW said :

So; bigfeet, go on being a cranky and fundamentalist ninny, unwilling to allow others to responsibly own a pet. It’s not a good look, but I am sure it suits you fine.

The key word there is “responsibly”. And if you are allowing your pet, no matter what type of animal it is, to roam the neighbourhood you are not a responsible pet owner.

I’ve got nothing against cats, or any pet. I have owned a cat previously, but for the last 10 years I have had my two dogs.

I wonder why you think it is acceptable that your pet wanders all over the neighbourhood?

For the record… my cat was an inside moggy. He liked the pampered lifestyle and had no intention of braving the world outside. I was happy that he wasn’t snacking on the local fauna or getting involved in fights with other animals or vehicles.

*sigh*

Indoctrinated. Definitely.

I like having the birds/lizards around my house. I plan for them to be around my house – and my neighbour’s houses – by having a home made Hell Bell, that no cat is able to silence. This is because twenty years ago when I, as a young adult, got a cat I was concerned enough to want to ‘prey proof’ the cat.Took me about five years of various designs, but I now have a couple of designs of varying degrees of severity. I did have one cat that really challenged my ingenuity; I ended up making him a harness with bells sewn to it, which worked great.

How do I know this? Because I take the time to observe my animals, notice their preferred lurking spots, evaluate their behaviours, assess the threat to the wildlife. Then I can feel somewhat happier that they can be outside, but not be a risk to my little friends with scales and/or feathers.

So; bigfeet, go on being a cranky and fundamentalist ninny, unwilling to allow others to responsibly own a pet. It’s not a good look, but I am sure it suits you fine.

sorry , but that is Cr*p. Someone has indoctrinated you badly.

There was a cat doco where students tagged cats, and tracked their movements for a week.

The fluffy persian cat only left its property once to go to next door’s front yard. This was on day 1 of the experiment, and they guessed it was scared of the camera crew.

Many cats are killers, but not all of them are.

Wrong.

If left to roam they will kill things.

Dozy persian cats do not kill birds and are in fact frightened of them, and too clumsy to leave the yard.

Cute too!

Like I said bubzie, people can ignore that fact that their cat is killing wildlife, or they can do something about it.

You have chosen to do something, by limiting your cats outside access, and by supervising it when it is outside.

Well done and I commend you for that. You are obviously a responsible pet owner.

Anyone who allows their cat to roam freely has no concern for the best interests of the cat, or the best interest of the environment.

All cats, if left to roam will kill things. Free roaming cats also have shorter life spans becuase they are more likely to be killed by dogs, cars, poisonous substances or other cats.

I let my cat outside for about 10 or so minutes a day, and do a funny thing called WATCHING HIM.

and the only wildlife he’s killed is ..an ant. He’s came this close to being next to a bird, and did nothing. So, not all outdoor cats are killing wildlife..

CHW said :

Oh… so the fact that my garden is full of lizards and all types of birds from teeeny wrens through to hulking cockatoos couldn’t possibly be down to the fact that my cat has his claws clipped blunt, and wears bells that he can’t keep silent??

Just because the RSPCA says something doesn’t make it gospel truth. There are ways of working your pet predator into the environment. Soon as we are allowed to have pet native cats, I’m there first in line.

And if you don’t like my cat in your garden, you have permission to hose him down to teach not to come on your territory.

Exactly what I expected. Most cat owners love to bury their head in the sand – “Oh little old Mr Snuffles would never hurt anything”

Simple fact: If your cat is outside, it is killing native wildlife. There are no if’s or buts about it. It is killing native wildlife.

You can choose to live with that, or do something about it.

By the way, bells don’t work. Most cats figure out in about 5 minutes how to stalk and kill in a manner that neutralises the bell.

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AngryHenry said :

How environmentally responsible of you allowing wild cats to run riot through your neighbourhood.

Yes, you’re quite right. Would you like to come and shoot them for us? Because, as you also noted, they are wild.

Oh… so the fact that my garden is full of lizards and all types of birds from teeeny wrens through to hulking cockatoos couldn’t possibly be down to the fact that my cat has his claws clipped blunt, and wears bells that he can’t keep silent??

Just because the RSPCA says something doesn’t make it gospel truth. There are ways of working your pet predator into the environment. Soon as we are allowed to have pet native cats, I’m there first in line.

And if you don’t like my cat in your garden, you have permission to hose him down to teach not to come on your territory.

I am a little concerned about all the comments from people on here who let their moggies roam the neighbourhood.

I am not a cat hater, but they are predators. No matter how much of a little treasure you think your pet is, if it is out roaming, particularly at night, it is killing native wildlife.

There is no getting around that, no matter what you think, your cat is killing native wildlife.

According to the RSPCA, there is no reason whatsoever for your cat to be outside. Cats quite happily live indoors, with appropriate stimulation and a litter box. In fact, many studies show that cats are actually happier, and live longer if they are kept inside.

Or build one of those cat play areas that they can access.

Like I said, I am not one of those pathological cat haters, but I just like birds, lizards and small marsupials much more than cats.

And I am happy you got your pet back. Now please, please keep him inside. Then you will never have to go through that again.

Yay for Barefoot Blues! I am glad for you that your little buddy came home!

LOL @ tylersmayhem… he turned up on the doorstep one morning, after darting out, previous night,the door held open for him by my youngest (AKA most mischievous) offspring. My next youngest fell upon the cat with glad cries, wrapped his arms around him – then looked at me and said: ‘he smells like dad!’

Awkward moment there, since dad has made himself scarce for the last year…

… So of course I checked; and yes, the cat DID smell of male aftershave, similar to that which my ex used.

End of story: walking around the block one day I looked up from contemplating a particularly attractive garden – straight through a bay window into the eyes of my cat, who was perched on the back of a couch. Inside. In their loungeroom.

Pleased to have finally solved the mystery of where he had been spending his time (the hussy), I knocked on the door – my cat ambled to the door and stood there, regarding me, through their glass front door – and when the somewhat angsty teen male answered, I pointed at his feet, where my cat was stropping himself on the lad’s ankles, and said “That is MY Cat.”

Said lad (who I felt sorry for, must be AWFUL not to have your own cat to cuddle) was terribly flustered (can’t imagine why, I am only the local crazy dog-owning, cat-owning, bonsai hippy) and completely unable to lie: about having had my cat spending quite a lot of time at his house – yes, tylersmahem, in his bed.

Oh, and who knows if my cat had worms – he was due for worming, and whether we need it or not, we all get wormed in spring. Twice.

Maybe THAT is why the ex moved on….

Awesome news Barefoot! I love happy endings.

I wonder if you are the people who were letting him sleep overnight in your bed?

Thats a pretty rash accusation to make to anyone. How do you know that your cat had been sleeping over at ANYONE’s house, particularly in their bed? Did your cat come of with bed hair, or still wearing pajamas’s?

ant said :

Cats are weird. We usually have an assortment of wild cats living around the place. The current one gets fed on the roof (he waits up there making noises, but then hisses at you while you’re putting his food on the roof). If they have to go to the vet (if they have holes in them from fighting etc) we have to use a cat trap to get them and it can be trial and error to get the correct cat.

Over the years they’ve had various litters of kittens in the garden, which have become the next generation of wild cats, except for one kitten who decided he’d like to live in the house, entered by the chihuahua’s cat door, and never left. (the dogs were horrified and still are).

How environmentally responsible of you allowing wild cats to run riot through your neighbourhood.

Great news !

Our ‘Sooty’ was 18 years old when he died earlier this year and we still miss him. Hope your “little” bloke has a long and happy one like ours did.

Thanks Holden and Candelabra. Yeah, i call him our little cat, but he’s 7kgs and only a year old. We got told they were good at knowing how much they should eat… “They” were wrong. He doubled in size every 3 months for the last year.

We put him on the science diet light food to try and control his weight. Maybe that’s why he left!

@TheBarefootBlues that’s wonderful! Huzzah!
LOL, enjoy the chinese!

@CWH 1. I’d never let an animal sleep in the same room as me, let alone my bed.
2. I’m allergic to cats.

But he is a lovely cat, I only wish I could give him a pat (although after the worms comment, I’m sorta glad I’m allergic).

@TheBarefootBlues – great news, yay!

@CHW – our ex-stray is a shocker with food as well. From being skin and bones when we first met him he is now on the dangerous side of being a big fat porker. It’s a constant battle trying to keep his weight under control, he has no self-control. Lucky he’s so cute!

sezzle said :

We have a neighbourhood cat that always comes right up around your feet and meows at you. He has a tag on his collar that says “please do not feed me”. LOL. I guess he’s been sneaking in meals and will end up a fat cat one day.

Hmm… I wonder if you are the people who were letting him sleep overnight in your bed? He was coming home the next morning, smelling of a quite nice aftershave…

Actually, he is not a neighbourhood cat. He is MY cat, who is very much loved, but thinks he is either a dog, or maybe the local meeter and greeter.

And yes, he does insist that he is starving to all and sundry – this is not helped by the fact that he is an Oriental, and very long and skinny looking. He is fed a wonderfully balanced diet, because his breeder’s cats’ bloodlines have a high incidence of renal failure; so begging extras off kindly neighbours will not be good for him.

Oh, and thankyou for visiting to let us know he had worms, whoever the good neigbhour is who dropped by that day. We have ALL been wormed – twice – now.

Thank to everyone who offered their support or had a great story to tell. My little mate has arrived back safely and is now currently sitting right next to my keyboard. Very shakin, but not stirred. It’s so great to see so many lovely comments. i am touched.

I am going to celebrate by having dinner down at the Canton Chinese Restaurant in Queanbeyan. Thanks for the tip realityskin.

Happy F&#kin Friday! Love you all.

We used to have a little cat come and visit us years ago. A little tabby teenager, who was hilarious and really nice. Since she had no name tag, and always seemed hungry (and looking back, strangely thin considering), we occasionally give her a feed as we liked her hanging around because we didn’t have a cat, nor could we in our block of flats.

Once day she turned up with something stuck around her collar. Upon closer inspection it was a note written on paper, and stuck on to her collar with a piece of sticky tape. Being nosey, we unstuck the paper, and the note read something like:

“To the owner of this lovely little cat, please put a name tag on her and keep an eye on her whereabouts. She’s been coming around to see us on a daily basis for some weeks now, and always seems keen for food (she particularly like curry our curries). We are not feeding her any more, but she keeps coming around at all hours and not wanting to leave”. Best regards, tenant’s of *******”.

We laughed and laughed that the cheeky little cat had been doing the rounds – and felt also a little “cheated” on. Sadly, not long after that little “Spidey” disappeared and we never saw her again.

We have a neighbourhood cat that always comes right up around your feet and meows at you. He has a tag on his collar that says “please do not feed me”. LOL. I guess he’s been sneaking in meals and will end up a fat cat one day.

I sincerely hope you find your cat. I always freak out when mine disappear for more than half a day.

Mrs Venom, who is a vet nurse in the Tuggeranong area has recently taken custody of a cat (not this cat). The found little fella was brought to the surgery after being discovered under the bonnet of a car at the Wanniassa shops. The car in question had been all over town that day so the cat could be from just about antwhere. The cat wasn’t hurt but as you might imaging he was covered in grease and dirt and was terribly frightened. The cat is white with a grey tail and has a grey flash across his face. He is about 1-2 years old, still has his nuts, uses a litter tray and is both adoreable and affectionate. He has been reported but not surrendereed to the exterminators at the RSPCA and a photo is included in the found section of their website. This cat will not be surrendered to the RSPCA but may be available for re-homing in a couple of weeks.

I’m glad people are being mostly kind about your lost cat unlike some of the other posts about lost animals here (the chinese restaurant joke has been done previously and it was mean and lame the first time). Hope you find your kitty.

Hope your cat turns up mate – that’s horrible that you can’t find him. Please let us know if he turns up or not.

I for one usually like taking the piss at someone elses expense, but in this case it’s pretty poor form looking at some of the comments out there. This looks to me like a very genuine, heartfelt appeal.

I have 2 cats, they can sleep in the sun in the cat run, or sleep in their beds through an interconnect to the laundry.

The reason that we installed the cat run was that we don’t want our cats killing local wildlife, nor do we want to find that they have run away. The kids would be devastated.

If i could train either the cats or the kids to kill crows, now that would be ok.

they are companions for all the family, occasionally, they act like kittens again, but this is becoming rarer over the years. I do hope that the OP finds their cat. mine are convinced that they are people, with a hair problem. I don’t know what i would do if they were lost.

Cats are weird. We usually have an assortment of wild cats living around the place. The current one gets fed on the roof (he waits up there making noises, but then hisses at you while you’re putting his food on the roof). If they have to go to the vet (if they have holes in them from fighting etc) we have to use a cat trap to get them and it can be trial and error to get the correct cat.

Over the years they’ve had various litters of kittens in the garden, which have become the next generation of wild cats, except for one kitten who decided he’d like to live in the house, entered by the chihuahua’s cat door, and never left. (the dogs were horrified and still are).

Hope you cat turns up – probably just locked in someone’s garage for a day or so.

I officially have 2 cats, but feed at least 5. The test of whether the cat ‘belongs’ with us is if it is allowed inside.

I now feel like an eccentric cat lady.

One of our moggies was a stray. We used to see him around our place from time to time. However, as our existing cat was a bit apprehensive with other animals, especially cats after a few nasty run-ins at our previous abode, we used to just shoo him away.

One night we got home late and caught the stray in our lights in front of our garage and you could see how manky and distressed he looked. When a fluffy cat looks all skin and bones you know it’s not good. We put some food out for him that night, and, while we didn’t see him, the food was gone next morning. Next few nights we repeated the late night feedings and sometimes you’d hear him, but if we ever tried to approach him he would just run away.

A few days later we were sitting on our deck on a sunny afternoon and he just walked up and sat beside us like he’d been ours forever. That was our first contact with him and he looked horrible. Poor guy! Dunno if he was dumped or just lost, but it was pretty clear he hadn’t been looked after for quite a long time. That was four years ago and he’s the sweetest cat. We always say he won kitty lotto when he adopted us. Best part is the two cats get on fine as well. They did take a while to get used to each other, but they’re no problem.

I hate it when people post things like this on riot-act.

It makes me want to go home from work and make sure that my cat is at home safe =[

good luck finding it, I would be worried sick if my little man didn’t come home one night.

Keep looking, and calling the pound. Our cat went missing for a week once, and came home looking very sorry for itself. It ate and drank heaps, slept for about 24 hours and then was right as rain.

Haha at realityskin.

That said, we have two cats and I’d be pretty sad if we lost either of them. 🙁

Good luck with your search.

🙁 hope you get your cat back. i’m assuming you’ve tried the pound and put up notices in your area?? i would be devo if my cat disappeared 🙁

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