Neighbour Has Abandoned Cat

[Emm]

One of my neighbours left a few weeks ago and only took one of their cats with them and they have abandoned the other one. I wasn't sure if they had given him to some-one else but it was confirmed tonight. I have been feeding him and so has another neighbour but I can't leave him I need to do something. He keeps going to the house and looking at it - but theres nobody there now

One of the neighbours has been in touch with the SSPCA and CPL they don't want to do anything - I'm going to try and phone the CPL and see what they say - I have never had much luck in the past with them but I am fed up supporting animal charities and then when I need help from them they don't want to know.

I'm having computer troubles at the moment so I might not be able to answer to this post fast but if any-one has any advice about this I would really appreciate it.

He is an uneutered tom cat absolutley filthy but adorable - he won't let me near him although I'm slowly gaining his trust - but hes fighting badly with my eldest male cat hes ripped his throat open twice now two expensive vet treatments

[Elaine]

Thats so sad, how could any one just go and leave their cat behind, just beggars beleif. And why is it that these organisations never seem to want to help, that just maddens me.
It may help if you call them and tell them of the incidents with your own cat.
Poor babe, I hope some one can help.

[Emm]

I'll get the cat a new home eventually I could just really use the help of a charity to help with catching him and getting him safe. I would normally just let him in the house until I have found another home but I can't because of the fighting with Lao.

The CPL will normally take small kittens from me but with older cats they have said in the past they are too full best to leave the cat wandering the streets. This cat is only about a year and half old. I'll see what they say to me when I phone.

It seems where I am there isn't much for animal welfare - I definately won't even waste my time contacting the SSPCA

[Mags]

I really hope something can be done to help this cat Emm........

[Snoof]

Elaine is wise I do hope you can get something done - I always like my rescue because if I have any trouble with one of the cats I can ring them and they always try to give good advice or extend help.

[Elaine]

In that case Emm, if you are prepared to try to rehome him why not just ask them if soem one can help you with trapping and neutering him. Once neutered he may not be quite such a problem with your own cat.
Fingers crossed xxx

[Moli]

Hope you can sort this poor boy out.....Maybe he didn't get on with the cat they took with them..although its no excuse to leave the poor boy!

[smudgley]

This is really sad, however unfortunately it happens every single day.
Can I just say I'm sure it's not that the CP don't "want" to know/help.
I can only talk about the branch I'm involved with, but because CP branches are run by volunteers, we struggle to find enough volunteers to foster the cats. We have to prioritise the calls & pregnant moms / kittens take first priority, ill, elderly cats are also given a pen if possible - so a healthy male cat would who is being fed by someone would not be up there on the priority list. Of course we'd take him in if we could, we'd take them all, but the reality is that there are more cats needing help than the rescues can cope with. Sad I know, believe me it's really hard. I took a call only this evening from a lady who has found a cat, she thinks she's only a youngster & she's pregnant. She's one of many, there's the pregnant one who wondered into a mans office the other day, the pregnant one that someone found hanging around when they moved into their new home, there's the cat who is living in the roof of a property with her 4 kittens & the thin, ill cat that a lady is concerned about. These are just the calls I've taken in the last few days & I don't take the majority of the calls for the branch.
So please don't think CP don't care, I'm sure they do. Maybe they would pay for him to be neutered for you?

[Emm]

the cats got on great a wee bit too well he got the other one pregnant - its not the first time shes abandoned an animal

[Elaine]

The fact they left him roaming and un-neutered kinda speeks volumes about the last owners to me