Comments on: Animal Fix: Found Cat and Wallace & Una conquer Snowpocalypse

By: dittie

dittie — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:48:19 +0000

I saw this cat on Harvard btwn 14th and 15th on Tuesday night!

By: Liz Lostracco

Liz Lostracco — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:31:49 +0000

This gray cat has been hanging around all weekend. She is very sweet, but very thin. I live on Irving between 14th and 13th. She was in our front area because there was shade and hiding places. Neighbors said they recognized the cat as having been in the area before, but did not know to whom she belongs.

I did not want to call Animal Control as I didn’t want her to be put down as is the unfortunate fate for most cats collected by Animal Control.

By: dog

dog — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:44:53 +0000

It looks to me like the blue tag is the microchip ID tag. Even if you can’t scan for the chip, you can call the microchip company and they can probably help you track down the owners or the vet practice or the place it was (hopefully) adopted from. Even if the phone is disconnected, they might have other details from their registration.

This is also the reason why I recommend to all my adopters that every animal have an ID tag with 2-3 emergency cell phone numbers on it, and a physical address. Who cares if it has the animals name on it? Also, every year when you go to the vet for checkups please have them “check” the microchip. Sometimes they slip out or deactivate.

By: Petworthian

Petworthian — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:35:02 +0000

My old indoor/outdoor cat (this was not is DC) “adopted” a second family down the street for a while. They fed him canned food and even gave him a new name. He would go down to their house for “second breakfast” and extra dinners. He was really good at acting like he hadn’t been fed and gained 2 pounds before we all caught on.

By: Nora

Nora — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:55:25 +0000

Does CityPaws scan for all different types of microchips? Apparently, there are a couple of different companies that make them, and a scanner for one can miss the other kinds.

By: Amory

Amory — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:20:57 +0000

A week ago, a VERY sweet cat started showing up in the alley behind my house. She is black and grey. She was clearly someone’s house cat. But she doesn’t have a collar. Sometimes she meows and pleas to come inside. I leave cat food and water for her. She is very sweet and likes to be pet. Clearly, this is not a feral kitty and is used to living inside a home. I would adopt her myself, but I just adopted another cat and he is extremely aggressive with other cats and would attack her. If anyone would like to adopt this cat, please email me (arainbow@hotmail) and I would be glad to send you pictures!
Cheers,
Amory

By: Florista

Florista — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:28:00 +0000

I want that pretty kitty!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:38:01 +0000

Una and Wallace are cute though…

By: Dboe

Dboe — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:30:32 +0000

I think it’s great that this guy brought the cat to a safe place to reunite her with her person. I would be devastated if one of my cats was lost. People who let their cats outdoors should definitely put collars and tags on them so people know they aren’t strays or feral, but the information on the tags really needs to be up to date. This cat may simply be an indoor/outdoor cat, but there is no way for someone to know that when a cat shows up at their house and seems anxious. Good job to the guy who found her and good job to the poster for trying to help this cat find her person.

By: Original Poster

Original Poster — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:07:59 +0000

From what I understand, the cat was not just “picked up.” The cat was cowering in a corner outside near the man’s front door, and then when the man opened the door, the cat dashed in to the man’s house and hid. I think it was the cat’s anxious behavior that actually prompted Didier to pick the cat up and bring him to City Paws, hoping to find her owner. The lack of good info from the tags is what led to the problem. Otherwise, I’m guessing that he would have simply walked the cat to her home.