# Well, looks like I'm welcoming a new feline overlord... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 16, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-im-welcoming-a-new-feline-overlord/634868 "2012-09-16T11:28:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-im-welcoming-a-new-feline-overlord/634868/101 "2012-09-30T01:51:35Z")
So sad to hear Sassy didn’t make it, but she was loved and fed and warm in the last days of her life, and that’s so much better than the fate she could have had had you not taken her in. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-im-welcoming-a-new-feline-overlord/634868/102 "2012-09-30T01:55:23Z")
I am so sorry to hear your news! Sending supporting thoughts your way. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-im-welcoming-a-new-feline-overlord/634868/103 "2012-09-30T10:29:42Z")
Thanks I heard from a friend on FB last night that one of her cats had been poisoned, don’t know if it was deliberate or accidental, but it’s not the first of her cats to ‘vanish’. Knowing that Sassy didn’t suffer that sort of a fate has made me feel better about her short life. ---
**Author:** ![Ken001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-im-welcoming-a-new-feline-overlord/634868/104 "2012-09-30T11:04:05Z")
Let me share a nice story just to show we cat lovers are out there. A few days ago I heard a cat inside a hedge. It talked but wouldn’t come out. Later that evening I caught a glimpse and talked to it. A nice long haired marmalade tom who was very timid but keen to be friends. Long story short I spent two evenings enticing this lovely adult cat to trust me and gave him some food. My Siamese was not impressed but decided to sleep rather than make a fuss. In the meantime I went online and contacted a local veterinarian who runs a lost pet service. Sure enough the owners contacted me and after a lot of false starts I captured the cat. When the owners turned up, puss hid under the table and declined to come to them. I knelt down and called him…and he came to me. That was a meaningful and harmonious moment. I’ve always been good with cats and it meant a lot to have that affirmed. Funny thing - after only two days of intermittent contact, I miss him. But glad to return him to his family too. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-im-welcoming-a-new-feline-overlord/634868/105 "2012-09-30T14:26:19Z")
> [@Corcaigh](#): > > Thanks > > I heard from a friend on FB last night that one of her cats had been poisoned, don’t know if it was deliberate or accidental, but it’s not the first of her cats to ‘vanish’. Knowing that Sassy didn’t suffer that sort of a fate has made me feel better about her short life. no idea how common it is, but I know there are things around (antifreeze, for example) that a cat might eat and be accidentally poisoned. ☹ it is a bad way to go. Sassy was lucky to have someone to care for her. and now? _it wouldn’t be heaven if the cats weren’t there_!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-im-welcoming-a-new-feline-overlord/634868/106 "2012-10-01T11:43:54Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > no idea how common it is, but I know there are things around (antifreeze, for example) that a cat might eat and be accidentally poisoned. ☹ it is a bad way to go. I have a horrible feeling (I didn’t want to ask) that it may have been deliberate. There are a lot of cat haters around here. > [@](#): > > _it wouldn’t be heaven if the cats weren’t there_!! 🙂 How true! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-im-welcoming-a-new-feline-overlord/634868/107 "2012-10-02T00:48:03Z")
So sorry, **Corcaigh**. As others have said, at least Sassy knew some comfort and some love. You done good. ---
**Author:** ![toni\_rocka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@toni\_rocka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toni_rocka)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-im-welcoming-a-new-feline-overlord/634868/108 "2012-10-02T09:10:59Z")
> [@Corcaigh](#): > > yes, there is a pic, but first the story. **violins playing softly** > > Late last night I was catching up on Supernatural episodes, when I was done I started locking up for the night, when I could hear “meeeewwww”, I immediately thought Crowley was coming for me, then I realised it was a cat. > > I looked out, couldn’t see a damn thing. Oh dear gawd, it _is_ Crowley!!! > > Sporadically during the night I could hear meeewwww meeeewwww. Damn that sounds like a kitten… > > So this morning I go looking and can’t see/hear anything. > > Till about 30 mins ago meeeewwww meeeeewwww I look again and realise why I can hear demon/ghost cat and not see it. I pop the hood of my car and found [this](http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/229379_10151225104327930_180169432_n.jpg) huddling on the battery. > > Not calling him/her (I’ve not checked yet) Crowley. Maybe Castiel… > > I still have old cat equipment from my previous enslavement so I just need to get some kitten food and give kitteh a bath. No signs of fleas thankfully… > > **wibbles** Nice story. I’ve been adopted by 3 of them over the years. Good luck with giving kitty a bath, I wouldn’t try that without heavy duty gloves. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looks-like-im-welcoming-a-new-feline-overlord/634868.md?page=5)