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So we have 7 indoor cats (4 strays who have adopted us since we moved here and 3 cats (was 4, but one passed away) who belong to a relative who is incarcerated and we were the only option except animal control) and another stray has shown up. Appears to be female, brown/tiger striped with a lion's mane, huge paws and a big floofy tail. She approached my husband when he was putting bird seed out and begged for food. She does not belong to any of the neighbors and there are two other cats with the same physical characteristics but different colors (one gray, one calico) who are roaming the neighborhood, but have not tried to interact with us.
We've fed her for the past week and set up a shelter under our porch. But we are entering a cold snap and it is going to be 25 tonight and I feel so damn guilty being in our warm house and this poor cat is outdoors. She is very affectionate and loves to lap-sit (we go out to spend time with her) and comes to the backdoor and just sits there and stares, hoping someone will come out or let her in. She has interacted with the indoor kitties through the screen door and there has been lots of hissing, yowling, growling, spitting, etc. But she doesn't react to it, she just sits there and looks at them. I know we are overextended and cannot possibly take in any more, especially since the 2 males don't get along and we have to keep them separated at all times, which makes it difficult already. But it is breaking my heart that she is stuck outside We also plan to move within a couple years, which makes it worse.
I am going to call our local animal shelter so she can be scanned for a chip, plus we can make sure she is spayed. They don't take in any animals, they rescue however many they can from animal control. But if we take her to animal control, she will get euthanized if they shelter is unable to take her. The other shelters are hopeless, we tried to place our relative's 3 cats and had zero luck. This is the South, so not a great place for animals, especially cats. Many people don't even bother to spay/neuter or surrender to shelters, they just dump. It freaking sucks, why are there so many irresponsible, heartless a-holes out there, and those of us who care have to pick up the pieces, time and time again??
We've fed her for the past week and set up a shelter under our porch. But we are entering a cold snap and it is going to be 25 tonight and I feel so damn guilty being in our warm house and this poor cat is outdoors. She is very affectionate and loves to lap-sit (we go out to spend time with her) and comes to the backdoor and just sits there and stares, hoping someone will come out or let her in. She has interacted with the indoor kitties through the screen door and there has been lots of hissing, yowling, growling, spitting, etc. But she doesn't react to it, she just sits there and looks at them. I know we are overextended and cannot possibly take in any more, especially since the 2 males don't get along and we have to keep them separated at all times, which makes it difficult already. But it is breaking my heart that she is stuck outside We also plan to move within a couple years, which makes it worse.
I am going to call our local animal shelter so she can be scanned for a chip, plus we can make sure she is spayed. They don't take in any animals, they rescue however many they can from animal control. But if we take her to animal control, she will get euthanized if they shelter is unable to take her. The other shelters are hopeless, we tried to place our relative's 3 cats and had zero luck. This is the South, so not a great place for animals, especially cats. Many people don't even bother to spay/neuter or surrender to shelters, they just dump. It freaking sucks, why are there so many irresponsible, heartless a-holes out there, and those of us who care have to pick up the pieces, time and time again??