This little one has shown up at our door a couple of days ago. Seems like it’s still young and definitely dependent on humans.

We have posted in our neighbourhood chat but no one seems to recognise it. We also contacted the police and no one has put in a missing cat request yet (they noted our details in case anyone calls).

Really not quite sure what to do next but the cat is always here and is extremely affectionate. It’s cold outside and they’re looking for shelter and will try and follow us to the house door and squeeze its head in when we go in.

Coincidentally we had promised our daughters a cat this year. I don’t want to just take in someone’s cat but also not quite sure what the next step would be to adopt this stray. I just feel bad it’s probably quite cold due to the weather. Is there something like an animal shelter I should be looking to get in touch with?



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7evenStrings

10 comments

  1. Take him to the vet, maybe he’s microchipped

  2. You should take her to a vet and let them check if she is chipped. If not, congratulations to your new family member;D

  3. If you want to be sure bring it to a vet to let them check for a chip. If it has and you get a chip ID, I would first check Tasso for the ID and if that doesn’t help some of the smaller registires.

    If it has no chip, or if the chip ID leads to nothing, congrats you have a new cat (also, get it chipped and registered please).

  4. A visit to a vet is necessary to see if she is chippes and neutered (!), and you can also send the info to „Tasso“. Apart from that, congrats to the new pet 🙂

  5. Yes, there are animal shelters but you didn’t state where you live. But you should be able to Google that.

    Also some cats have a Chip to identify them. You should be able to take it to pretty much any vet and they will scan it for free, if you explain the situation.

  6. Does the cat have tattoos inside its ears? Has it been checked for a chip? A vet can help with that.

    [Tasso](https://www.tasso.net/) is the organisation that handles lost and found pets, if the cat has been reported missing, and the owner has registered it in Tassos database, it would show up there.

  8. I think going to an animal shelter (Tierheim) is the right thing to do. You could also go to a vet since they both should have a device to check if the cat is chipped and belongs to someone.

    I don’t know exactly how to adopt a stray cat but if you do, the vet could also do a checkup if she is okay

  9. The village where I live has a Facebook group, when someone finds a cat, they ask this one person that rescues for their assistance. They have a chip reader. Depending on where you are, there might be someone that can help (in case you are not able to take the cat to a vet).

    Afik the “normal” process is to bring the cat to the shelter and if nobody claims them, then you could adopt them. However, I’ve also heard shelter being pretty picky with the people adopting and rejecting for the most stupid reasons. So, it might not be as easy as just a waiting period and then adopting.

  10. As addition to other comments: Strays are very rare in Germany. If it looks healthy and neat chances are high that it belongs to somebody.
    Cats who are allowed to go outside often have more than one family. 😉

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