Thread: Stray Cat Problem

Well, I called the vet to see what her recommendation was. She said I could safely bring the cat indoors, so long as I kept him in a secure room away from my other pets, and didn't let anything he used (water dish, bedding, litter box) be used by my cats. So Wednesday night when he arrived for food, I picked him up and whisked him to the office. He made himself at home in the office quite quickly, he scarffed the food and water, then found the towels I laid on the floor and took a nap. Yesterday was the vet visit and that went about as expected.. he's got worms and earmites, and the wound on his ear has a slight infection. So he's being de-wormed, de-mited, and I have to put stuff on his wound and give him oral antibiotics for a week.

Now the problem is, if he's going to be a housecat, well.. he's not exactly litter trained. He used the box once, but also had an accident once. Although the accident was right after the vet visit, so may have been partially because of the stress/anxiety... so we've got to work on that. I will crate him if he has another accident, until he's trained, then hopefully find him a forever home. I'm trying to talk my parents into taking him. They had two elderly cats that passed away, and my Mom has been a bit lonely without a cuddlebuddy since. She's already sold on taking this little guy I've found, now just to convince Dad I've even offered to foot the bill to get him fixed, hoping that would be convincing enough. Luckily, Mom and Dad will be at my house tomorrow for Christmas, so I'm going to clean the cat up a bit ("dry" bath, and comb him out) so he's looking his best, and let Mom go in the office where he's being kept and they can get acquanted. She'll never resist a pretty, homeless, sweet-tempered kitty! Mwahahahaha Merry Christmas!