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Originally Posted by pwd72s
I'm sure I'm not alone in wanting the back story.
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After the cat walked into the house on Sunday Vicki told me it was a female. I don't know how she determined that. We've been down this road before and we didn't want to be taking care of another stray female and her offspring, so we made an appointment with the only vet who could see her immediately, let's call her Dr. Moron.
Dr. Moron turned the cat upside down and checked "her" belly for the tattoo that would indicate "she" had been spayed. There was no tattoo. Then she scanned the cat for a chip and found one. She couldn't do the spaying without the real owner's permission, so that was off the table. While we were there she said this was a less than one year old kitten, was some exotic breed, and should weight between 10 and 14 pounds. Then she sent us home to wait for her to call with the owner's information.
We waited 3 days then took the cat to the animal shelter to be scanned again. The scan came up as a 9 year old neutered male black cat with white undercoat named Sammy! We were sure this was wrong, but the two of the animal shelter ladies checked him out and for sure he is a neutered male, not a female. Within 10 minutes the animal shelter had called the owner, confirmed his description of the cat, and confirmed that he wanted him back.
The owner of record is the father of a man named Dave, a college student who lives in a city 30 miles away and it is his cat. Dave drives back and forth from school to his family home in Kentucky and takes Sammy back and forth with him. Sammy disappeared out of his truck on one of the trips home. We spoke to Dave's father and mother and Dave himself of course and they were willing to send photos of the family with the cat. We are sure he is the real owner.
Poor Sammy spent 4 1/2 months on the road somewhere between Cincinnati and the family home in Kentucky. He did a lot of walking to get all the way up here, and when he showed up he looked like he was on his last legs. I am happy we were able to save him and get him back to his owner, but of course saddened that we won't get to keep him. He has a sweet personality and in just a few days he changed from looking like Bill The Cat to a good looking kitty. His weight jumped from 4.7 to 5.2 pounds and his fur cleaned up and changed from dingy gray to silky black over white.
We are pretty sure we know why Dr. Moron was available on short notice. She looked the cat right in the belly and didn't notice that it wasn't even a girl cat. One would think that if a vet was contemplating spaying a cat the first thing to do is confirm that it is a female. I don't think she keeps a lot of clients after the first appointment. She still hasn't called back with the results of the chip scan.
Today is going to be a bittersweet day. We are going to be saying goodbye to Sammy, but we know he will be back with his family, and they will be happy.