As you may already know, VOMD and I found a sweet cat dodging cars in the way to Dundas earlier this week. We fell in love immediately with this poor underfed cutie and took him to the vet immediately. The vet scanned him and told us he was not microchipped so all we had to do was post on Helping Lost Pets and if we got no responses in 72 hours, he was ours! So, we did that, and received no responses. We brought him back to the vet Saturday for his shots, to get microchipped, and to get tested for all the standard feline communicable diseases.
And then drama. I guess the first vet didn't scan thoroughly enough, and he actually is microchipped! The way this works now is that they call the "owner" and tell them they found her cat, and she has 7 days to claim him.
What is totally messed up about this system is that Blakeley was never reported missing, even though he has a microchip. It is obvious that he was living outside for at least a month and his previous caregiver didn't give a shit enough to even report him missing. But if she calls now, after she's informed that he's been found, she gets to take him back! She didn't care enough to search for him...and yet she gets to take him back because she is the "rightful owner".
Our fingers are crossed that she doesn't call. I don't wish for bad people to exist....and keep being shitty. But I do hope that we can continue to give him a happy home for the rest of his life.
I love this little sucker!
I love all these little suckers!
Happy Hopeful Monday!
-J
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