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Trapping Stray Cats Lokian !!8oBdJTVCtNB
Well we have a stray cat problem in the area, with at least one owner refusing to tag his cat, since I have caught it, turned it over to animal control, and have seen it wandering around my yard. A sweet cat, but with no collar or tags..

The point of this story is, I have so far caught:
two squirrels, one chipmunk, one raccoon, and two cats.
And i live in the middle of town...
>> Anonymous
If you know it has an owner, why are you calling it a stray?
>> Anonymous
I'm not the OP, but it sure sounds like a stray to me. A stray animal (as opposed to feral) is one that has strayed away from its owner, either becasue it escaped or becasue the owner doesn't give a crap. This cat appears to have no collar/tags (illegal in many areas) and it would appear that the "owner" doesn't give a crap about it.

I would leave the poor thing alone unless it was causing damage or it is clearly in poor health. If either of these things are the case, then contacting animal control is the sane legal option.
>> Lokian !!8oBdJTVCtNB
Well the whole reason I have been trapping the strays is that If i let my dog out in my yard, or my cats on their leashes, I don't want them having contact with cats that I don't know if they have had their shots or not.

All my pets have collars and up-to-date tags.

>>164910I'm not the OP, but it sure sounds like a stray to me. A stray animal (as opposed to feral) is one that has strayed away from its owner, either because it escaped or because the owner doesn't give a crap. This cat appears to have no collar/tags (illegal in many areas) and it would appear that the "owner" doesn't give a crap about it.

And yes, someone paid to get the black&white cat I caught out of the pound, and still didn't put a collar or tags on it. I like the cat, but I don't' want it in my yard without tags.
>> Anonymous
>>164968

You may be going a bit overboard. If your pets have their shots then they aren't at risk of catching anything from whatever "strays" may be around. That's WHY your pets have shots. If your pets didn't have their shots then you would have cause for concern.

If your pets shots are up to date they won't be catching anything from strays (except perhaps fleas).
>> Taboo Fetish !mEXZ86LiuA
>>165178
This is incorrect - even if her pets have their shots, there are diseases that her cats can get that shots do NOT prevent - especially Fel-V.
Next time I reccoemmend taking the cat to your local humane society and turning it in as a stary - animal control usually doesn't give two shits and the cat would be right back in your yard again.
>> Anonymous
>>165198

True, but not relevant to the comments here.

OP's statements implied that he was OK with his cats being around other vaccinated cats, but was not OK with them being around cats without their shots. That means that he's OK with the risks associated with non-immunizeable conditions like Fel-V. If he is really afriad of Fel-V then he shouldn't be letting his cats out AT ALL, regardless of the immunization status of the neighborhood cats.

(Either that or OP wasn't clear with what risks he was willing to take or not.)
>> tigerfeather !CrwtTbFNxQ
>>165178
Keep in mind that vaccinations do not mean that the animal is 100% protected from catching anything it's vaccinated against. Granted, it's not likely for the animal to catch anything after it has been vaccinated, but they can still catch diseases.
>> Anonymous
>>165321

As much as I hate tigerfeather, I must say I agree. This is why many areas require dogs to be quarantined for rabies after biting someone, even if they have their vaccination for it. While unlikely, it is still possible for an animal to become infected with a disease that they were inoculated against.