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Offline paparinkochan

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Missing Cat?
« on: July 26, 2014, 08:52:45 PM »
Hi neighbors,

Do you know anybody who is looking for a missing cat in Jackson Heights?
A sweet cat is wondering around my building on 73rd street bet. 35th and 37th Ave since yesterday.  She, I think, has grayish hair with white sox.
My neighbor told me a nice lady tried to take the cat to her home but it refused.  So, the cat is still on the street.
If you know somebody who are looking for a missing cat, please let them know.
FYI, here is the picture:
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Offline wooden_soldier

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Re: Missing Cat?
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2014, 12:38:34 AM »
I know that cat. It kept following my wife around and later in the evening we fed it some tuna and it finished the can, then meow'd and we never saw it again.
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Re: Missing Cat?
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2014, 08:54:54 AM »
Looks like a cat that hangs around the Linden Court garden. We fed it for a couple nights then he disappeared again. Seemed clean and well fed but didn't want to be friends.
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Re: Missing Cat?
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2014, 12:58:15 PM »
That's very nice of you feeding the cat.
She seemed hungry so I also fed her last night.
I couldn't find her this morning. 
It seems she has a pattern: She stays at one particular building for a while and once she got food she moves to another building. Mysterious cat!
I hope her owner find her or she find a new home soon.

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Re: Missing Cat?
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2014, 01:57:42 PM »
I also have interacted with this adorable creature! She seemed quite happy the day I met her a few weeks ago,  I looked for her a few times after, but haven't seen here since.

It's great to hear all the other good samaritans watching out for her welfare !

She did not seem like a feral to me, as she was so friendly. But she looked terribly skinny:(

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Re: Missing Cat?
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2014, 02:24:25 PM »
I think I saw that cat in our garden like a week or two ago. I was inside, though, so didn't interact with it. I hope it has a home! If anyone manages to catch it, you can probably take it to a vet and see if it's micro-chipped.
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Re: Missing Cat?
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2014, 11:21:32 AM »
She's back again on 73rd street.
Yes, she is terribly skinny  :'(
I hope I or somebody catch her and take her to a vet for checking micro-chip.
Things are she is super friendly but she does not like be held by...
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Re: Missing Cat?
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2014, 01:46:16 AM »
Saw it again tonight. My wife said no tuna special tonight and it got mad. It started meowing all upset. It goes around begging for food and then disappearing!
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Re: Missing Cat?
« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2014, 10:37:07 AM »
A lady in my building used to make it her business to feed the neighborhood's feral cats. (Apparently many used to live in the brick house on 34th & 75th St., the one that was replaced by the new middle school.)
The lady has since had some health problems and is homebound. This is probably one of her kitties, looking for a new benefactor.
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Re: Missing Cat?
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2014, 10:40:59 AM »
We heard a cat in some sort of battle in the backyards behind the 74th and 75th st. rowhouses (between 34th and Northern) the other night. I wonder if this was the one!
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Re: Missing Cat?
« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2014, 12:02:41 PM »
that cat looks so very much like Fang, a cat i had from 1984-2001.

used to live on the block of 75th between 34th and 35th and there were a lot of feral cats in the alleys. we'd feed sometimes, did trap-neuter-release as well. that battle you heard will probably result in a litter sometime soon, i'd guess.
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Re: Missing Cat?
« Reply #11 on: August 02, 2014, 10:19:50 PM »
Wow, we have a lot of witness!! Thanks all!!
Then, my question is how long is the cat around here?

When I was looking for a co-op in JH last summer,
the site on 75th@34th was already in process of construction.
So, is she on the street over a year at least?
Is she begging food for that long and spend the freezing NY winter alone?
I feel so bad...
If my husband had no allergies with cats, she could be mine...

I think one of the reason nobody take her home is she looks like a domestic but not feral cat.
She has nice hair and is friendly even though she gets a little bit angry when she is hungry.   ::)

I will try catching her next time when I met her and taking her to ASPC.
Or maybe we need a help from NYC Feral Cat Initiative before something happen that dssji is ah... implying.

BTW, it's a nice picture, wooden_solider.
She is cute but somehow in picture she looks wild!

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Re: Missing Cat?
« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2014, 08:17:49 AM »
Please do NOT take that cat to the aspca. They will put her to "sleep" . If you want to help her perhaps contact a rescue group or a TNR. It is quite possible that this is somebody's cat that escaped because it seems very friendly toward humans.
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Re: Missing Cat?
« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2014, 12:46:33 PM »
Quote from: bellabella on August 03, 2014, 08:17:49 AM
Please do NOT take that cat to the aspca. They will put her to "sleep" . If you want to help her perhaps contact a rescue group or a TNR. It is quite possible that this is somebody's cat that escaped because it seems very friendly toward humans.

The ASPCA no longer euthanizes animals, but they also no longer take in all strays so I doubt they'd take it. (Animal Care and Control is now the official city organization that will take all homeless animals and unfortunately ends up euthanizing so many.)

I agree that it is someone's cat that got out or was "let" out. I saw it on 73rd Street and it was amazingly friendly, sweet and clean. My heart breaks that I'm not in a position to help it at this time but there are definitely rescue groups who might help if someone can get it into their home or basement temporarily.
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Re: Missing Cat?
« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2014, 03:50:42 PM »
Ok Ok, no ASPCA.
It seems the best bet is taking her to a vet hoping she has micro-chip.
I'm wondering where she is today.
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