We just came back from Louisville only to discover that a cat was trapped in our garage. We let it out, but it rubbed all over us. We took it up the road a bit and set it down, but it came back and is currently meowing at us, trying to get a glimpse of us. He(or she) has a blind eye.
We think we know who it belongs to, but they’re not home. And what if he(or she) is lost, far from home? He(or she) was in the garage since last night, I think, since we haven’t opened the garage since then. It is probably hungry and thirsty, but if we give it fod, it will never go away, and with our dog, we can’t have a cat in or around the house.
We don’t feel like running him off or something like that; Mom already sprayed him a few times with a spray bottle and we now feel terrible.
He won’t go away. My brother picked him up for a bit to carry him up the street, and it ran back to him, and my brother said he was soft and cuddly.
What can we do?
Contrary to the cartoons, dogs & cats can learn to live together. Thet just need some initial limited supervision, & they can even learn to be friendly towards each other.
Give the little sucker his dinner & drink, & add one to the family! 
Do the right thing, worry about what you’re going to eventually do with the cat later.
For right now, feed the cat. Give it water. It’s thirsty, probably hungry and it’s a helpless animal.
Just my $.02
Now there’s another, yellow-colored one. Both of them are just sitting on the table out there. I have not clue where this new one came from.
Whatever you would wish that someone would do for your dog, should he find himself lost and far from home, you should do for this cat.
Give the beast a bowl of water and something to eat (not milk, it makes 'em sick). If she does belong to the people down the street, they’ll thank you. If not, you can give her away to the humane society or a no-kill shelter.
Mmmmmmmm… fod.
Please give the cat water and food. Check around the neighborhood to see if it is someone’s lost pet.
food about any kind of meat - dog food is good for a while, water.
a couple of skritches behind the ears wouldn’t hurt, either…
feed the poor guy, and give him some water.
then have fun the kitty kitty!
Does your aversion to keeping this cat have anything to do with being named after a Jackal-headed god? Is this a doggy-types sticking together against the felines sort of thing?
I ask merely for information.
Ahem. I seemed to have missed the part where you say these fire breathing cats are 10 feet tall with sabres for teeth. Gee whizz issh jush a wittle putty tat.
But seriously, if your family decides not to keep em, then call your local ASPCA. They will feed, groom, and doctor your demon kitties until someone decides to adopt them. They will even come pick them up.
Let us know what happens.
The cats left for around five hours, then the blind-eye one came back. He doesn’t belong to who we thought he did, and neither did the yellow one.
We left some of that soft dog food(the red and brown and yellow quarter-inch thick, one inch long strands) for the cat, but it must have an owner around here who feeds it because it didn’t eat hardly any of it, though I think it drank the water.
My dog finally saw the cat (he’s getting old and senile, he kept turning his head right before the cat came into view) this morning, and he barked and scratched at the door, which scared the cat away. He went up the hill where a house is, so that might be his home. I dunno. We’re keeping the food/water out for now and will take it in before night falls. (We don’t want any racoons here again.)
Malchats, no I’m not against cats; in fact, I rather like them. There was a little kittenthat my grandmother was taking care of when we were down there last summer, and I was outside with it most of the day, but now he’s disappeared. 
Plus, I have a statue of Bast in my room as well as an Anubis one.
The cats left for around five hours, then the blind-eye one came back. He doesn’t belong to who we thought he did, and neither did the yellow one.
We left some of that soft dog food(the red and brown and yellow quarter-inch thick, one inch long strands) for the cat, but it must have an owner around here who feeds it because it didn’t eat hardly any of it, though I think it drank the water.
My dog finally saw the cat (he’s getting old and senile, he kept turning his head right before the cat came into view) this morning, and he barked and scratched at the door, which scared the cat away. He went up the hill where a house is, so that might be his home. I dunno. We’re keeping the food/water out for now and will take it in before night falls. (We don’t want any racoons here again.)
Malchats, no I’m not against cats; in fact, I rather like them. There was a little kittenthat my grandmother was taking care of when we were down there last summer, and I was outside with it most of the day, but now he’s disappeared.
Plus, I have a statue of Bast in my room as well as an Anubis one.
Your friendly local humane society can take them, hopefully. Be aware, though, that most people looking to adopt cats want cute widdle kitties, not old blind cats; he may be a tough sell at the shelter.
If you go to a limited-access shelter (the kind that doesn’t euthanize, and so they accept only a limited number of animals), check out their facilities before you leave your cat there. Some limited-access shelters are real horrorshows, basically warehouses that store animals in little cages for years at a time. You don’t want to leave an animal there.
If you go to your full-access shelter, you may want to call them first. A blind cat is normally not real adoptable, but some people like taking on challenging animals; they may be able to direct you toward somebody good.
Daniel
Naturally, I was only joking. I’m sure all cats, dogs, jackals, leopards and assorted others are welcome in your home under normal circumstances.
A final thought: if you have any more Egyptian antiquities hanging around the home besides just Bast and Anubis statues, you might want to have that cat handy–remember how useful a cat was for B. Fraser against The Mummy ? Something to think about if the trinkets start coming to life.
We found out who one of the cats belongs to. The yellowy-orange one belongs to a person my father works with and lives in another portion of this subdivision. We think that the blind-eye one belongs to him too, but are not sure. (the yellow-orange one is relatively fat and has a mark on his neck where a collar might have been, but the 1/5 blind cat is skinny {kind of} and has no such mark, but she is really kind as she keeps running up to me and rubbing against me and purring and leaping onto my lap and letting me carry her for a long time without squirming)
The only problem is, the owner is on vacation.
Until he gets back, we’re going to keep some food and water out for them.
In response to DANIELWITHROW, I adopted a one eyed cat several years ago. Some people are suckers for the underdog, or undercat, in this case. When I went to look for my cat, she had the sweetest disposition, a lot like what your one-eryer sounds like. Lap cat. So don’t be too discouraged by the funny face.
Funny how some people can just leave town with there animals rooming the street, huh?
:mad:
I think they hired someone to watch the cats, but they must have gotten out when the cat-sitter came in or something.