Conference misery::feline_v1

    Have you had any luck, Patty?

    There is a shelter in Lancaster, MA, that keeps strays until adopted
    -- DOES NOT DESTROY. You pay for neutering and shots and they take
    it from there.
    
    Good luck -
    
    KBS
    

    I think I read in another note re. a pregnant cat that the one in
    Lancaster, MA refused to take it for that reason.
    
    .0  I would try Buddy Dog in Sudbury, MA as they also take in cats.
        They're on Boston Post Rd. (Route 20) almost into Wayland, MA.
    
    Another suggestion might have been the Northeast Animal Shelter,
    Salem, MA.  However, they too turned away the pregnant cat mentioned
    above.
    
    Pat
    

    Thanks to everyone who replied to this note (and also to those
    who sent me mail.)  Here's the update:
    
    First of all, I forgot to mention in my original note the reason
    my husband and I took this stray in.  There was a poster up all
    over the neighborhood from somone who lost their siamese cat.  
    It said "$$$ Reward"....so, when we saw a siamese cat stuck in the
    tree in our front yard, we decided to "rescue" it.
    
    Well, this is a little embarrasing, but in my original note I said
    the cat was pregnant.  Well, HE is not...she's a *HE*!!!! (yes,
    I am a little red-faced, but oh, well...)  
    
    The reason I thought it was a pregnant female is that whenever it
    eats (often and fast) his stomach bulges like crazy.  I'm not a
    real cat-expert like some of you out there, so I couldn't tell what
    sex he was anyway.   It was strange, but when we saw *him* again,
    his stomach shrunk back to 'normal'.  That's when I thought, "oh,
    no...the poor thing probably lost the kittens"...since it still
    looked pretty thin.  I thought the kittens were lost due to the
    fact that the "mother" was undernourished.
    
    Here's the (happy) ending...
    
    Last Friday my husband took the cat to the Buddy Dog shelter in
    Sudbury, MA.  I got 2 dogs from there in the past and knew they
    might possibly take the cat.  No luck, however.  They had to turn
    him away due to "no room at the inn"!  So, my husband (who is a
    cat-lover, too) decided to take him to the pet store in Framingham.
    When he told them that he had a stray cat to give them, they didn't
    want anything to do with him....until....they got a look a the
    fur-face!  We thought he was part-Siamese since he had a very bushy
    tail, but the woman at the pet store told my husband that he was
    100% Siamese!  Of course, she took him then.  They knew they could
    sell him for a good $$$.
    
    I'm glad that this poor kitty has a (temporary) home.  It's been
    an interesting week....8^) (like being awoken at 1 am by loud scrathing
    at the back door).
    
    If any of you live in the Framingham, Mass. area and would like
    a VERY FRIENDLY Siamese cat, stop by the Doctor Pet Center at Shoppers
    World in Framingham.  You should see the little guy in the window.
    If we didn't already have our own cat, we would have definitely
    taken him in.  He's *SO* friendly and purrs constantly (once he's
    in the house).
    
    That's my story, folks.  Thanks to all of you who showed your concern
    for this poor fella.  Hopefully, he'll have a good home soon.
    
    Patty

    Update to #4:
    
    I forgot to finish the part about the "Lost cat" posters around
    the neighborhood.  Like I said, my husband and I took this little
    guy in thinking he was the lost kitty in the poster.  However, we
    finally reached the person who put up the posters and she told me that
    the guy we had was a stray and that her cat had finally come home.
    
    Didn't want anyone out there to think that I intentionally gave
    someone's cat to a pet store.
    
    My brain still thinks it's the weekend.....8^)
                                                      

    
    Well, Patty, this has been confusing.  In original note you mentioned
    a stray, pregnant cat supposedly part Siamese, which turns out to be
    not only a boy, but a boy kitten and pure Siamese to boot.  I didn't
    think about this at the time, but did you check around the neighborhood
    to see if someone in the area might have recently gotten such a kitten 
    or just moved in with one, and it may have strayed from it's new home?
    The reason I ask is if it is so obviously a pure Siamese as the
    pet shop clerk said it was, someone could be looking for him.  
    
    I know you said you thought the "cat" was the one on the "Lost Cat"
    posters in the neighborhood and when you finally reached the person
    was told their cat did come home.  However, maybe whoever owns that
    kitten you found may still be looking for it.  Maybe you or your
    husband can check around the neighborhood and inquire, as well as
    put a notice in the local newspaper as to where the kitten is now.
    They still may have time to claim (or purchase) it if it's not sold
    yet.
        
    Pat