Someone seems to have hung the sign out again...

I thought Sissy had been scarfing her food again, for I knew it wasn't possum trouble. I feed her only in the mornings since the possum ate up all her food, since they are nocturnal.

I slept really late yesterday morning, and when I finally went outside to put a handful of dry in Sissy's dish, there was a gorgeous but very thin patched tabby sitting on the front porch looking at the dish, and Sissy was half in and half out of her igloo, complaining quite verbally about this dratted intruder who has apparently been coming by for meals on a daily basis!

This cat had a seriously ratty looking collar on, and being thin does NOT = being underfed (as evidenced by my own skinny minnie, Miss Ginger.) So she MIGHT have a home somewhere nearby.

But the way she ate, she either doesn't get fed enough or else she's got worms. She ate half Sissy's dry and a whole can of wet I gave her (ok, it was a free sample I got from PFD, so I rationalized it that way, ) then she laid herself down on my welcome mat.

Sissy is NOT a happy girl. And I DO NOT need (cannot afford to vet) SEVEN cats. But something tells me I may have already been adopted. At least as a feeder. And I am fighting the urge to catch her, take her to the vet and throw her in my back bathroom to see if she's litter trained.

I am going around the bend. Can you see me going round?

When you care, it is nearly impossible to turn away from need. I hope you can help this girl... or find someone else who can step in. Glad you are at least feeding her.

Soo Sorry - you don't get any help from me.

I think you're already there ("around the bend") - you HAVE been adopted -

The vet thing is a good idea - you wouldn't want her to have a disease that is contagious and could be given to your cats - like leukemia ... just a thought here.

(This is why I say this ---Our Eighth adopted us - and with a vet visit he tested for feline leukemia - but, I had one cat that had already wanted to befriend him before we knew about the leukemia. That cat (KiKi) will be going for testing to make sure he is okay.

#8 - Buddy - is now secluded in a room with no contact with our other cats - it's sad - but, as others have told me - he isn't out in the cruel world suffering by himself, he will live out what days he has left with all the loving we can provide. http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=218297)

Well, I've been adopted. At promptly 7:30 a.m., the new one is sitting very prettily at the edge of the porch, and asks for food as soon as I open the door. I am now a breakfast provider.

I'll save some $ for the vet, as I have to take Sissy in for her rabies shot next month, so I'll more likely than not take the new one in then, too.