the cat i am feeding

[steve208]

hey there animal loving abers

erm strange q but i am occasionally feeding a cat that comes through our garden...fed her just now with some milk and a big tin of tuna with sunflower oil ...she seemed to love it!!!

She lost her tag in our garden once so we know she has an owner living in a nearby house but she never seems to put on much weight..she is only young!

should i stop feeding her?!

[wolf63]

You could try! But she would not be pleased.

However she has found a nice little diner with good service and she will keep coming back to be served the house speciality of Tuna in oil.

If I were you I would keep giving her the odd treat now and then. Give her water though, most cats get the runs with milk.

[steve208]

oh dam! hum me thinks her owner might not like the fact that she gets diner elsewhere! and that the milk may upset her.

I didnt realise...as we dont have pets in our house...parents dont like dogs..neither do i and my skin does not like close contact with cat hair. We had a rabbit until it dies last year and my brother is too upset by that to get another tho i did like having the rabbit!

oh well

[wolf63]

when I was little, way back in the dark ages, we had a cat who had a daily routine of visits. Each family he visited gave him food, probably thinking he was a stray. When he looked like a barrell on legs people finally twigged. This happens more often than you would think - cats are devious little b*****s.

If you want the cat to visit you then feed it. If you feel guilty about it don't feed her and she will go and find another "mug" to feed her. I mean mug in the nicest way - I am a sucker for a cute little furry face and pathetic meow also.

[alfiebrady]

If you are going to continue feeding the cat, and you know it's being fed regularly by an owner, I'd suggest you keep it down to something lower in calories than tuna in oil. Maybe the occasional snacky treat? Or how about getting a toy to play with it?

[rojash]

Not only can they get the runs, but in the long term too much milk can cause kidney damage

[dancecaller]

Years ago we had a friendly cat. We could tell where he'd spent the day by whether he came home smelling of perfume or cigarettes.

Our neighbour said he was a fussy eater (chicken breasts only). He went mad for the cheapest cat food with us.