British stray cats

A very cute and friendly pure white cat crawled in through our kitchen window a few months back and has been coming back almost every day. She doesn't beg for food, all she wants to do is sleep on people and be pet. She also cries out to be photographed as well ...

Based on the overall condition of kittah, she must have a home somewhere. It's either that or she's one damn good hunter. She has no collar on. She also doesn't have a clipped ear, so she's not a stray, or at least a stray who has been fixed.

In Canada we put microchips in cats, or tattoo the ear, but do they do that in Britain? I can't seem to find the chip (right shoulder blade) and I can see no sign of tattoo in the ear.

Ah hah, found the microchip!

I'm not entirely sure what to do. I'm a graduate student who works from home - and she comes by throughout the work day. The chip means that she belongs to someone, and the fact that she does sleep somewhere else overnight means that she probably does have a home.

I'd love to adopt her, but I wouldn't want to steal someone else's cat.

Hand held with my 500mm tamron

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And being a real lovie thang taken with my Auto Chinon
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Cats just like a bit of company and someone to make a fuss of them. You'll probably find her owners are one of your neighbours who are out at work all day, hence she comes to see you because she knows you'll be in.

Still, it means you effectively get a cheap pet if you don't have to feed her or pay her vets bills - and she is very photogenic!

Yeah, that's the way I'm looking at it right now as well. I just hope that someone is paying for her vet bills is all.

You can take her to any vet and they'll identify the cats owner. Always remember though, people don't choose their cats, cats choose their people. If it's not happy at its current home, it'll move somewhere where it feels more comfortable.

That wee cat is one lovely ball of fluff

Try putting a collar on her with a message from you to her owners saying that she seems to come to you during the day .

They may well be glad to know she's cared for when they can't

We used to have a similar visitor, a black cat that just wandered in and out as the mood took her. She was definitely owned as she had a collar, so I suspect our house was infinitely more interesting than hers!

Did wonders for keeping the mice out too. Never saw her catching any but I think the fact that a cat was about (and the presence of a cat must leave some scent, even if it doesn't spray) put them off.

Personally I want a Norwegian Forest Cat. Huge, intelligent and friendly furballs which are about the same size as a normal adult cat at 18 weeks old, and continue growing from there!

my Grandparents last cat moved in of his own accord. They eventually established that he belonged to a family in the village a mile or so away.

It turned out the family had multiple young kids who pulled the cat about too much and he just upped and left. Gran and Grandad gave him back the first few times but eventually it was decided (mutually with the family) that he obviously prefered living with my Grandparents and thus it was settled.