MsPurrl said:Loving all the kitty stories and pictures! Sue, our Fergus had been neutered before we took him in has a stray, or so we found out when we took him to the vet for his pre-welcome to the house visit. The vet said that if he *did* belong to someone, they weren't taking care of him--he was severely malnourished and full of fleas. Doc said we were the ones taking care of him; and as far as he was concerned, *we* were the owners now! Also, sometimes the spay-and-neuter folks will capture and neuter a cat, then let it go, so it's hard to say.
Yes but she said the cat is fat and friendly, which for one does not lead me to believe that its being treated badly or a stray, and for two, the 'spay and neuter' people will trap and release only feral cats, which are usually NOT friendly. I have a lot of experience with this as my neighbor and I trapped and fixed aobut 6 cats in my complex years ago and none of them were socialized so they could not be adopted out, therefore they were released back to where they were. Patches is the only one that I managed to socialize