Help! Picked up a cat about a week ago.

[QueenScoopalot]

I too would fight! Did you place a "found ad" that this woman saw? How did she know you have him? If the cat wasn't vaccinated and neutered etc. by her, and you have done so, in the U.S if this wasn't done, and you have done so, he's legally yours...not sure about laws in Canada though. There was a woman near me who was feeding a small colony of ferals. A neighbor complained to the Board of Health, and she was threatened with $100.00 a day penalties if she continued feeding them. She did feed them on the sly (they went under her huge backyard deck to a basement window), and I trapped the group, and once all were altered and specifically vaccinated for rabies, by law they were no longer deemed a 'health issue' and she was never fined over feeding them after. If the courts allow her to get him back even after you've incurred medical expenses for him, I'd just make him vanish if possible. I have made cats go *POOF* into the night without any knowledge from the so called owners.

[kb2yjx]

GOOD LUCK!!
It is good to see that I am not the only person that has made a cat "vanish!" We had a stray that suddenly showed up on the back patio. The cat had no tail and was friendly. Out came the food and we fed " BOB " and then he disappeared for a while. He did come back and became a regular. I was able to pet him and he would follow me to be sure I was getting him his food. I kept telling him to come back, so he could get food, and to trust me so I could help him. A neighbour told me Bob "belonged" to a man, who never took care of him(obvious by the way he devoured food). The day before a blizzard, Bob showed up. I grabbed a carrier, put out food, which he ate in less than a second. I put a second can just outside the carrier, when Bob went to eat it, I pushed it in the carrier, he went right in after it. Door closed and Bob ate all the way to the vet. He was adopted the day after Christmas that year by a lady minister, who loves him dearly. Do I regret that I "stole" the man's cat? NEVER!