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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

742.0. "Calling all Mass. Feliners...help" by AKOCOA::LPIERCE (That's my Story) Tue Apr 12 1994 11:24

    
Help!!

Here in Mass, on route 495 there is a orange tabby stuck betweent he
south and north bound lanes!  He's been there for a week.  I can't stop
on my way home due to the traffice...

I've called the police/state police/aminal control you name it.. no one
can help!

I came to work late today so I could go when there was no traffice so I
could get in the 3rd lane and go slow and pull into a ditch (thank god
for 4wheel drive) and try and get the cat.

The cat saw me and he ran... I walked around int he brush/sticky burs
for 1/2hr trying to get the cat...but no luck.

I need your help!  I would like to form a posse and see if we can
rescue the cat.  I will take responsility for him (trying to find
his home) or anything elese he needs.

The cat is located:

Northbound - he's right after mile marker 73 - just before the Boxboro
Exit

Southbound - he's just before the Boxboro exit



PLEASE HELP!!!

Louisa
DTN 244-7868
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742.1Poor kitty!JUPITR::KAGNOTue Apr 12 1994 11:5421
    Louisa,
    
    Somebody must have dumped the cat there, and it is scared, and most
    likely very hungry.  Best bet would be to rent a Hav-a-Hart trap and
    set it in the location where the cat is.  The only drawback is that
    someone would have to be on hand to watch the trap because if the cat
    went inside and no one was around it will injure itself trying to get
    out.
    
    Posse's usually scare the kitty even more.  Imagine a whole bunch of
    people a lot bigger than you are running after you and what you would
    do in such a situation (run twice as fast to get away!!).  Plus, if the
    cat got scared and tried to run across the highway it could easily get
    killed.
    
    It's a tough situation I know, and I admire your tenacity in wanting to
    help.  Try the trap, because if the cat is hungry enough, it will go
    right inside.
    
    -Roberta
742.2Thinking of that kitty brings tears to my eyes.EARRTH::DREYERMake new friends, but keep the old!Tue Apr 12 1994 12:1512
    Louisa,
    

    I totally agree with Roberta, rent or borrow a havahart trap, because that
cat is not going to let anyone near it.  Poor thing, it must be starving.
I would imagine it will be easy to trap if there's no food where it is!
Best of luck, and keep us posted!

Hugs,
Laura
742.3AKOCOA::LPIERCEThat's my StoryTue Apr 12 1994 12:346
    
    Does anyone have a have a heart trap?   I'm going down tomorrow
    w. cat food and a few friends.  I will on 495 at 10:00am in
    the morning.  The traffice is very low at that time of day.
    
    Louisa
742.4Please keep us all posted!JUPITR::KAGNOTue Apr 12 1994 12:4511
    Louisa,
    
    Taylor Rental rents them if you can't find anyone to borrow from.  The
    only drawback is if the cat trips the lever before it is fully in the
    trap, it can get out.  Be sure to put the food all the way in the back
    of the trap to ensure the cat makes it all the way inside.
    
    I think the rental cost is like $6/day - very affordable.
    
    Good luck!  I know the feeling of wanting to catch a kitty very badly
    (Read JJ's story; I hope yours has a happy ending too!)
742.5GOOEY::JUDYLove is an angel disguised as lustTue Apr 12 1994 13:5712
    
    
    	Louisa,
    
    	Good luck in catching the kitty.  There have been many
    	stories in here about cats being left/dumped/stranded
    	on that median.  Poor things....  =(
    
    	BTW - what happened on your BONJVI nodename?  Can I 
    	have it?  =)
    
    	JJ
742.6MAYES::MERRITTKitty CityTue Apr 12 1994 15:1210
    Louisa....please be very very careful...and the less people you
    have with you the better chance you'll have to capture the cat.
    My biggest fear is if you start to chase him...he'll run right
    out in the road and get hit by a car.
    
    I have heard stories about colonies of kitties living in the
    meridian strip of 495...so he might not be alone.   Good luck...
    and bless your heart for trying!
    
    Sandy
742.7Medians are dangerous for woman & beast...AIMHI::SPINGLERWed Apr 13 1994 10:149
    
    Louisa,
    
    Please be VERY CAREFUL for yourself as well as the Kitty.  We don't
    want anything to happen to either one of you!
    
    Feline Scared,
    
    Sue & Crew
742.8NETWKS::GASKELLWed Apr 13 1994 11:2411
    May I suggest early on a Sunday morning, it should be quiet then. 
    Also, remember to wear gloves, at least the thin rubber disposable
    sort--especially if the cat looks as if it's been fighting.  We 
    are in the middle of a rabies epidemic.
    
    You might try just setting the trap with something smelly like Tuna
    and sitting back and waiting for the cat to come.  It may seem like
    a slow way of doing it, but from one who has tried to catch cats the 
    other way (rounding them up), it turns out to be faster in the end.  
    
    The very best of luch.
742.9I cross my paws for you!BPSOF::EGYEDPer aspera ad astraThu Apr 14 1994 05:505
    I wish good luck.
    If you cannot catch the cat, put out food for it on any case! And
    water! Poor thing...
    Crosspaws.
    Nat
742.10I have a trapAKOCOA::LAJEUNESSEWed Apr 20 1994 07:375
    I have a trap that would be appropriate if you would like to borrow it. 
    I may even have a can of tuna to donate.  Hope I can help.
    
    Mark
742.11AKOCOA::LPIERCEThat's my StoryFri Apr 22 1994 09:317
    
    I have not seen the cat in a few days.  I'm not sure if he's 
    still there.  The good news is that is no dead cats on the side
    of the hwy.  Mark, thankyou for the offer, I will contact you
    when I spot him again.
    
    Louisa