Feeding my neighbour's cat

[sophrules]

Hello, this is my first question on here.

For a while my neighbour's cat has been coming into my house and making itself at home. I sometimes give it a saucer of milk which it seems to enjoy but somebody at my gym told me that you shouldn't give cats cow's milk because it makes them ill. Is that true?

[mrs.chappie]

The starred-out word was p u s s i e s.

[sophrules]

I've never gone as far as to give it meat because it looks well enough fed already. It's such a cute wee thing, all black with white paws.

[Jemisa]

We have a rescue cat, she is beautiful a lovely silvery/blue tabby but tab is only on the bottom half of her. Not long after we got her we realised she bites, not a gentle bite but a viscious bite. She punctured my hand in 5 places of which one became infected, I had to have a course of antibiotics and a tetanus jab.
She won't let you pick her up She'll Bite you. Even if you stroke her she'll bite. We thought she'd settle down but she hasn't. She likes to be out and will go missing for 3 - 4 days, she comes back for food but then is off again
I can't have the cat in at the same time as the G/children are here too risky.
She will settle on your lap but if you move she'll have you. Today once again she bit my H, drew blood and we have to be careful.

The Question is, do we take her back to the RSPCA because this is getting us down, & I'm soo sorry its like this I really want to love her but I can't touch her. Our other cat was such a loving and touchy feely cat but this oneis deffo is not.

What shall I do?? We've been in contact with a cat behaviourist, she said at 5 she doesn't think she can help.

jem

[Jemisa]

Sorry Soph, I didn't mean to intrude on your thread. I meant to start one of my own but went about it in the wrong way.

Doh!! - Jem

[wolf63]

Jemisa - phone the rehoming centre, if they can't help then maybe they will take her back.

As you have found out that little bundle of cute fur can inflict nasty injuries. My lady cat is pretty unpredictable but she has mellowed over time. If she is 5 she is unlikely to change. She might be happier living on a farm killing little furry things.

sorry sophrules - it is easy to get distracted - I hope that your visitor won't start screaming at you for food. They are persistent little brutes. If I ignore my little boy cat he starts taking bits of wood out of the door frame until I pay attention.