Friday was unusual. Had a call about helping catch a cat near the airport which was a woman had lost several weeks ago when it escaped from the carrier coming out of the vets. She had been contacted by a family that had seen the posters and they, and neighbours, have been feeding it since it turned up.
We arrived around 6pm, when the cat usually turned up for food, set the trap and waited.
The cat showed up after about 45 minutes, was happy to eat the food, but not interested in the trap (shocker!). The cat wandered off and we arranged for the family feeding it, and the owner, to leave the rap out at feeding times and stay in contact with each other if the cat was caught. The owners could then go round - about 5 minutes in a car - and collect the trap and the cat.
We all went home, then 15 minutes later I got a text saying 5 minutes after we left the cat came back, went in the trap and was now caught! Owner and cat reunited, and I arranged to go round on Sunday and collect the trap.
I went round and to my surprise was told it wasn't actually their cat! It looked near identical, down to a whit mark on it's chin, but just wasn't the original moggy! They had already taken him to the vets, but no microchip. Anyway, the new family member had already made himself at home eating quite happily out of the other resident cats bowl and sleeping on the couch. The family have said they will put posters and photo's on various 'Lost Pet' web site and see if anyone comes to claim him, if not, they are happy to keep him.
A happy ending for all.
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