Speaking of which...
I rescued a stray cat last night... I had been looking for this animal for a few months, ever since he came up to me one night, crying for help, and I took him to what I THOUGHT was his home...
The guy claimed the cat was his, but as I turned to go, I heard him go "SSSSST!!! SCAT!!!" in very nasty tones... I saw him kick the cat back outside - wouldn't even let the poor cat in the house!!
Since then I've been on the lookout for the cat - even spoke to the guy who moved into the house that the cat seemed fixated on, the first night I saw him... The house's new owner confirmed that the cat was still in the neighborhood; he'd seen it just a day earlier when he went out to get his mail. Said that the cat ran from him, crying and scared....
I'm guessing that the poor cat had found a sort of "shelter" with the family who had just moved out... When I walked by, that first night, apparently the cat mistook me for the people who had just moved out....
Anyway, I've been walking thru that neighborhood ever since then, and drove thru it when I was using the car. Well, last night, I got lucky. I'd gassed up my husband's car, and drove thru on the off chance that I'd see him. Drove slowly, calling "kitty, kitty", but saw nothing. I turned down a street about a block or so away from his supposed "owners", and lo and behold!! There he was, playing in the shrubbery beside the road!!
Keep in mind - this was after 10:00 at night, and we have foxes/coyotes/hawks/owls/raccoons/skunks/stray dogs in the area - which makes it EXTREMELY risky for any small animals caught outside after dark!!
I picked him up and carried him around for a bit, took him to the car and put him in it, then let him back out to see if he would make a beeline for some shelter - he didn't. He just hung around, so I picked him up AGAIN and this time he came home with me!!
I've got to find a home for him - a GOOD home. He looks JUST like a miniature SNOW LEOPARD - he is one of the most BEAUTIFUL cats I've ever seen!!! With BLUE EYES, yet!!
So, if any of you are in the U.S., and can give this cat an INDOOR home, and you're VERY experienced with cats, please PM me. I'm in Colorado...
Watersprout, please forgive this derailment of your thread!! When I get pix, I'll start a thread just for him...
Thanks! zid