Betty, I am the same way- I see an animal who needs some sort ofa ttn and I want to help.  I just moved back here from AZ a year ago and I have seen a number of dead deer on the sides of the road- which just tears me up.  But the cat.... I agree- you can never 100% trust that instinct that they have about birds.

Just picked up a friend's new cat from the animal shelter/vet this a.m.  Oh that cat is such a love.  snuggles in my lap, purring like crazy- what a winner she found!

later
Paige

>
> Yea Paige, you can never be truly sure can you?  I never see Jubal acting
> aggressively toward birds or any other animals in the backyard, but he is a
> cat and I have to assume that sometimes instinct can take over.
>
> There is another cat -- Oscar is his name -- who lives nearby who comes to
> visit frequently.  Oscar is young and full of life.  He definitely shows
> birding potential.  He likes to sit in my lap when I'm sitting in the back
> yard, so I take Jubal's brush out with me and brush him when he is visiting.
> While I am doing that, I talk to him and tell him that he has to learn to
> curb his birding nature so the little birds that come to my feeders will be
> safe.  Am I hopelessly idealistic or what?
>
> Oscar is just too adorable for words.  He is a b & w domestic long hair -- I
> mean really long hair, and he is developing three or four mats on the side of
> his body.  I want to help him, but every time I try to get to those mats he
> gets upset.  I know they must be hurting him; they are right next to his
> skin.  I think they will have to be cut out.
>
> I don't know who his owners are and I don't know if they would get mad if I
> were to do this, but since they are not doing it maybe somebody should.
> Their phone number is on Oscar's tag, but I am reluctant to call them to ask
> if I can take him to a groomer to have this done.  It would be like saying
> "Since you are not taking care of your cat, can I do your job for you?"  I
> don't want to come off like that, but I know that mats hurt.
>
> I'm being overly Motherly to all the little animals since I just lost Astro.
>
>
> Betty
>
> In a message dated 11/04/2000 1:38:58 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > hi betty
> >  my cats don't have their claws..but i am always on hand also...
> >
>
>
> Betty
> aut viam inveniam aut faciam
> "I will either find a way or make one."



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