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Recognize this cat?
07/10/2016 9:43 PM by John M
From Matt:
Anyone know this cat? Waked up to my wife and me at 28th and Marshall. Doesn’t really seem to act like an outdoor cat. Has some sort of infection or something wrong with his or her eye.
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Hey – This cat walked up to my partner & I outside our apartment. They walked right in when we opened the door. Not sure if they’re missing or just like to wander around but I think we’ll hold on to them just because the eye infection looks very bad. If this is your cat please email me!!
That is Claude. Claude lives on E Marshall between 25th and 26th and enjoys both the indoors and outdoors. We have been wondering why he hasn’t come home for dinner. As for his eye, he was made that way. My number should be on his collar. If you see Claude out he loves hellos and is healthy and happy. Thanks for picking him up but if you could bring him back to the block, that’d be great. 🙂
Good to hear someone took him in. My wife and I were considering what to do when he ran off behind a house.
Hey Tasha – Will do!! We live on 26th st so he’ll be home shortly! Sorry for assuming he was lost 🙁
If this cat is known to have a contagious disease, it needs to be kept in the house! It is irresponsible to let it run loose in the neighborhood.
@Barbara Elledge & Morgan Halverson. The RACC is not a no-kill shelter because they do euthanize young and perfectly healthy animals due to overcrowding. When the Richmond SPCA stopped its open admission policy and went “no kill,” the RACC assumed all the dirty work, e.g., taking in sick and elderly pets and euthanizing. Their euthanasia rates would be sky high if it weren’t for the small, non-profit humane rescue organizations like Henrico Humane, Cat’s Cradle and C.A.R.E., who rescue animals from the RACC and provide foster care, medical care and adoption opportunities. Considering the enormous burden the RSPCA put on the RACC, the RACC has really risen to the challenge and raised the bar on medical care and an enhanced adoption program.
I encountered this cat a week or two ago sitting in the middle of 25th Street. I pulled over and rescued him. Super sweet and loving. Found the collar but in the darkness I could not make out the number to call. I considered taking him home and then to RACC the next day because I was concerned for his health and safety. I figured he was willing to be friendly to me because he was hungry or thirsty. Instead, I rolled the dice and placed him in front of Church Hill Animal Hospital where he seemed to be comfortable. Didn’t feel good about it.
He is super friendly and will go up to anyone but also seems prone to strolling across major streets without regard to the traffic. He would be safer as an indoor buddy given some of the other local wildlife, the traffic on streets like 25th, and his willingness to go up to almost anyone–and not everyone is kind to kitties sadly. I am a firm believer that pet kitties are best kept indoors for their safety and life expectancy.
Ok, so now this guy is roaming around the 2700 and 2600 blocks of E. Broad Street. Yes, friendly, yes, has eye issue, and also seems very hot — walking about with open mouth at times — and howling loudly at times as well. What the heck? Owner — Tasha? — should get him and keep him indoors if she wants him to stay alive. Super dangerous out there for him and keeping a contagious animal away from others is really more than obvious. I gave him water that he wasn’t interested in and he headed west toward 27th Street and presumably beyond.
We’ve previously called his owner, who lives on 26th and Marshall. Today we saw him strolling along 26th street between Broad and Marshall – workers doing masonry told me that he was in the middle of the street hunting birds earlier this morning. We gave him some water and food since he’s been wandering around the street all morning. This cat will go right up to folks walking dogs – I know one dog that would attack any cat that gets too close, so I worry that he may be TOO friendly to be outdoors.
Everyone. Listen. The cat DOES NOT have feline herpes. He has gone to both the vet and the cat Opthamologist who both have diagnosed him as perfectly fine. He had a membrane over that eye when he was born. Ali- he is not contagious. Please stop saying that.
Furthermore, there are MANY cats in the city who are both indoor and outdoor cats and who are MUCH happier being able to enjoy the outdoors some. Trust me, Claude is one of them. Thank you to those who kindly take him out of the street. But please please know that he is not contagious, he is well cared for, and he is a much happier guy when he gets to be outside.
Please all of you- stop being so self righteous and insinuating that my friend is a bad pet owner. I assure you that she loves Claude just as much as any of you love your pets.
Oops. He does have feline herpes, he’s had it since he was a baby, and according to the vet, it is not as contagious as you may think.
If this cat comes in my yard, it will be trapped and taken to the SPCA. I have had it with irresponsible cat owners who let their cats run loose to kill song birds and use my mulch as a litter box.