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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.you could always nick the cat take it to a PDSA clinic, get them to check it over, it's usually free for strays. Explaint he situation and if the vet says it's ok, just old, then you could just take it back and put it back inthe street.
I don't normally advocate this kind of cloak and dagger, but I don't like to see animals suffer either.
The cat is old and has lost a lot of muscle, eats like a horse and never puts on any weight. Yes, this is old age in a cat and very normal. Absolutely nothing can be done except feed it enough but not too much. It may have worms but this is unlikely to be a major problem, and unlikly to be the cause of the problem. If the cat is well groomed, chances are the owner is looking after him okay, as cats that old don't tend to groom so much and require assistance.
If this was some kind of sicko, surely the cat would not be coming out on full view for you to be able to see how sick it is? However, it sounds like it is starving. This may not be the old guy's fault. Get him to take it to the PDSA (free!!). If he refuses, then he is either proud, scared or evil so just take the cat to the PDSA/RSPCA yourself, or take it in.
The cat could easily be diabetic, or hypothyroid. Either way just because it's thin doesn't mean it is being neglected or abused. Perhaps the best course of action would be a friendly suggestion to the owner that it might benefit from a second check over by the vet (you could offer to take them) but remember that investigating and treating some conditions of old age will run up a bill which someone will have to pay. It may be that the owner has discussed this with a vet and decided that financial constraints make the best option letting the disease run its course. He might have been embarrassed to admit this to you.
There are a million reasons for this, and I think to assume that this cat's (probably very caring) owner is neglectful or abusive is entirely wrong. And as for suggestions that you basically steal the cat - well, if you think it's right to steal someone's long-term companion on the basis that it isn't as lardy as the average mog these days, then you've got bigger problems of your own to deal with.
We have a lovely Cat, who's getting on a bit (but we're not sure of his age, he was left with the house)
I never liked Cats. Only Dogs, But I wouldn't be without them now - Lovely wee beasties.
We try all sorts of things. The best food, cat milk.
Plain cooked chicken. Fresh Fish.
But his rear end is wearing away, I reckon we've spent about �1000 in vet's bills on him. He had a tumour that nearly killed him. We sometimes joke that the new extension at the vet's should be called Toby's wing.
He wolfs down his food and hunts regularly. Everyone on the road (in the country) knows and loves him
- And even carry him back home to us, because they feel sorry for his failing health. He just won't put on weight.
If you're really bothered, then give the RSPCA a call.
But there may be more to the situation. Although, the man you talk about probably would've said so if it was old or ill. Difficult situation. Sorry to go on.
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