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Conference misery::feline

Title:	Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected
Notice:	purrrrr...
Moderator:	JULIET::CORDES_JA

Created:	Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1079
Total number of notes:	28858

104.0. "Black Angora Cat - Adopted Me" by NITMOI::OTOOLE () Thu Dec 26 1991 08:44

    Hi,
    
    Last Saturday a beautiful cat adopted us.  I think it might have
    followed my 2 cats home, I have a spayed female grey and white (smokey)
    and a tiger (fluffy).  I have checked all over the neighborhood,
    knocked on peoples door and noone said that they lost a cat, I also
    checked with the neighborhood children and they said that they have
    seen this particular cat eating out of trash etc.  SO what do I do, I
    take in another cat.  The questions I have are "where did this cat come
    from" "what shots has this cat had, how old is this cat??
    
    I am planning on taking this cat to the vets.  I also called the dog
    catcher in our area and no one has a missing black angora cat.
    
    I am open to all suggestions.
    
    Cindy

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
104.1	Congrats on your addition...	DELNI::JMCDONOUGH		`Thu Dec 26 1991 09:44`	14
	Looks like you've been "adopted".... Whenever this happens to me...like the 2 times in the last few years that it has, we do what you did...call the animal control officer and report it...in 10 days if nobody claims a stray animal, it's legally yours. We usually go even a bit further and leave signs around the local stores... Then we take said kitty to the Vet and have a checkup...and ALL of the shots. Even if the cat has had a rabies/distemper/etc. shot, a second one won't harm them, and it's a good insurance policy... Only 12 more animals to go and you'll be up to my herd size!! John McD
104.2	Disease free....	MODEL::CROSS		`Fri Dec 27 1991 06:30`	5
	And try to keep your cats separate from this one as much as possible until the vet gives him/her a clean bill of health (ie. no worms, mites, fleas, and especially -- leukemia or aids). Nan
104.3	Tape worms	VMSMKT::THOMPSON	Kate Comiskey Thompson	`Fri Dec 27 1991 06:37`	17
	Hi - I've just been through this with a little wanderer who adopted us. One thing I learned through this file is that tape worms don't necessarily show up when you have a fecal test done, because they only appear at certain times during their cycle. If you notice things that look like little grains of rice stuck to the fur around her bum, that's a sign of tapeworms. They didn't show up in our stray's fecal test, but I notice them about two weeks later. GOod luck kate
104.4	mine sez that too	MCIS2::HUSSIAN	Pizza on earth, cool yule!	`Mon Dec 30 1991 07:57`	6
	My vet said the same thing. The cat is always cleaning, so the rice-like eggs (isn't that what they are, eggs?) don't stick around too long. He said that it's the owners who usually detect tape worm, and not the vet. Bonnie
104.5	More on tape worm detection.	MR4DEC::COLAIANNI		`Mon Dec 30 1991 08:07`	10
	Hi, Just another suggestion on detecting tape worm. I discovered the little hard rice like thiungs in my cat's favorite sleeping spot. I put several of these in a baggie with alcohol, and brought the segments to the vet with me. He didn't have to try to get a stool sample this way. He just weighed the cat, and gave him his dose of medicine. That was it, until the next bout. ;-) Y