[Magdalen] The cat is caught

[Jay Weigel]

They might....or not. You never know. One of these days he's going to mess
with the wrong person's cat.....or the wrong person. We're having problems
with the dogs down the hill and S/O informed one of the dogs' humans that
the next time they came up here it was going to be pepper spray. Maybe when
one of them comes home crying and pawing at its eyes they will get the idea.

On Monday, March 2, 2015, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just before I needed to leave for the doctor this afternoon I heard
> another commotion on the back porch.  Sunny was screaming at the black
> cat that he would get him this time.  I got my cats and the neighbor
> cats inside and shut the doors.  The black cat had retired to the
> front porch.  I grabbed the cat carrier, put a dish of canned food in
> it and went out front.  Put the carrier on the front walk and called
> hear kitty kitty.  The black cat actually walked up, stuck his head in
> with me standing right there, eeled around and out, looked at me and
> walked back in.  I reached over the cage and closed the door on him.
> I put the whole thing in the bathroom and went on to my appointment.
> I thought hard about deporting him to the Augusta County SPCA but
> their website looked like it would be tricky.  I know R'ham asked for
> name and address and where the cats were found.  Augusta said it
> limited its catchment area.  I finally called R'ham county and asked
> for animal control to pick him up.  Dispatch said they couldn't
> transport him but could meet me at the shelter so that's what I did.
> He cried.  I feel like a shit.  He really must be someone's cat or he
> wouldn't have let me catch him like that.  If his owners care at all
> for him they'll probably also check the SPCA and retrieve him,
> reintroducing the problem to our street.  I wish I could save them
> all.
>
> --
> Before enlightenment pay bills, do laundry.  After enlightenment pay
> bills, do laundry.
>