Stray Cat Problem: What Would You Do?

Vanity ^ | 8/20/2014 | jespasinthru

[Lazamataz]

You are a good lady.

I’d hit it.

[Fawn]

LOL. I got the trademark. :)

[sistabrista]

So what did you end up doing about the cat?

[jespasinthru]

I finally took the little cat to the vet the other day. I didn’t even have to chase him down, because he’s become quite tame and friendly since I started feeding him. I was pleasantly surprised that the vet only charged me 75 bucks for all of the tests. Turns out that he wasn’t in as bad shape as I thought. Just mangy and malnourished, but no nasty feline diseases. She gave me some prescription cat salve instead of medicated shampoo, because bathing a feral cat would be traumatic for both of us. He don’t wanna get wet, and I don’t wanna get scratched up. Hopefully, this salve will heal his skin in a few weeks. Now I have two cats and a dog. Since he’s been malnourished all his life, he will never grow to be a full-sized cat.
I named him Renegade, because he is so unlike all the pampered street cats around here.
I bought a litter box and made a little bed for him on the back porch. And wouldn’t you know it? During the night he clawed a hole in the porch screen and went off catting around. Came back in the morning begging for chow. Another feline who refuses to be a house cat.