You should have posted the “Skedaddle” picture first then you could name the still life “Pfff…men!” That’s what it looks like Clem’s face is saying after she chased him off.
Clem is so beautifully unique looking.
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That is how we got Figaro (tux) and Twig (tabby). Figaro showed up over the summer and chose our then-6 year old daughter. Twig showed up about two months later, but a neighbor started feeding him, got an insulated box, and everything. She couldn’t take him in due to her two older cats not tolerating him. He came over to our front porch when it started getting colder and started a nest of leaves on a chair in front of my husband. Lucky for them, Fawkes did tolerate them.
Both got flyers put up around town and posted via social media with no response. That’s how we ended up with three cats.
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Meh 
7 is a Lucky Number, isn’t it? 
At least take her to your vet to find out if she’s pregnant.
If not too advanced, a pregnancy can be terminated.
Or, you could do a @BatCoach < She of the 14 kittens
Then find homes for kittens.
Or end up with 8;
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Many outside cats will not enter a space that has only one exit. You might cut an opening in the back of the kennel and see if you get any takers.
Crossing paws that Stray Kitty is not PG.
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Maree figuring out how long it will take to get to work.
Maree at work. She takes part in the fishing industry.
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I took “New Kitty” to my vet today to be scanned for a microchip. (My Doberman, Brooklyn, had to have her staples out after a surgery to remove a benign growth.) The good news is that she has a microchip! The bad news is that the office person checked a couple of the more well-known companies, and her number didn’t appear on them. However, she printed out a list of companies with their phone numbers. I guess I’ll be busy.
New Kitty wasn’t checked for a pregnancy; the office worker said that most microchipped animals have been fixed. I could be totally mistaken about the pregnancy; I’ve never had a pregnant animal before.
My vet’s office charged me NOTHING today for either the removal of the staples and the last-minute-check-the-kitty-for-a-chip. I have been SO happy with finding them a year and a half ago. Their office workers, techs, and vets have been incredibly friendly and welcoming.
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Check for a tattoo.on her abdomen. In my area shelters and low-cost spay/neuter clinics will usually tattoo a small green line on the lower abdominal area for both females and males
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Thanks. I should have KNOWN that, my dog Brooklyn has one on HER belly.
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Of course, it might be a bit more difficult to check through the fur on a cat belly!
The printout that my vet’s office gave me had eight microchip companies on it, including one for EQUINE microchips. As I went through the list, I got the “not found” message over and over. Finally, the seventh company sent me to a “universal” website. When the microchip number was put in, it gave me the results—42 companies checked. NO match. I did check, however, a couple of the most well-known companies’ websites, but like it was stated, no match for the number.
I know that early in the microchipping of pets, it was the owners’ responsibility to register their pets’ number to them. A lot of people didn’t (guilty!), and later, the vets and others who microchipped animals did it instead of the owners. This cat seems to be about 3 years old, much younger and years later than the owner-does-it age. However, I think it’s possible that someone could have order a microchip online and done the insertion. Not likely but possible.
SIGH.
I guess the next step is to make a flyer and leave a copy at various homes nearby. And maybe post a couple of them on telephone poles.
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that happened with my last cat Dickens. He was chipped when I got him. He was about 18 months old and already chipped. I am pretty sure I had it transferred to me, because about one month after I got him, I got a call from a vet or a rescue, (can’t remember who it was.) They told me they had my cat! I said no, you don’t because he is sitting on my lap. They had somehow messed up and switched with another cat, maybe chipped the same day? Who knows. But about two years ago, I took him ito the vet and they ran his chip number for me. I tried to look it up, and could not even find the company. So my cat was chipped, but he is the one who walked away last year. Even if they tried to look him up, it isn’t likely they would find me. (the people who have obviously taken him in.)
One or two of the microchip companies seemed to INVITE me to register “my cat” to their website/database. I guess it doesn’t matter whose/what kind of chip it is. As I do NOT want another cat, I don’t want to do that. Especially since I haven’t exhausted all means to find her owner.
Will let (g)you all know if anything new happens…
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My cats like to “help” with chores. (Help with the creation of them, anyway.)
Chloe decided it was time to repot one of my orchids. She was pleased with her work.
I repotted the orchid …
And turned around to find that she had tipped over the full watering can that I had left unattended.
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This seems to be an appropriate place to post RFC 9402.
First, some boring background. I spent most of my career working with computer and telephony networks. I was an active member of IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) which defines most of the standards used in the Internet (TCP, IP, HTTP, SIP, etc.) in documents called RFCs (Request For Comments). In spite of the name RFCs are final documents, not drafts. Many RFCs are “Standards”, but some are just “Informational”. Every April 1 the IETF posts/publishes some “date appropriate” Informational RFCs.
This morning I checked the IETF site for this year’s Aprils Fools RFCs, but they have not yet been posted. So I went back to April 1 2023 and found this one:
RFC 9402 - Concat Notation: a text-based language used to describe pictures and videos whose subject includes cats, containers, and their interactions.
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9402.html
Sample text includes
"Cat pictures and videos are often shared across the Internet. Many of these files display feline subjects interacting with boxes and other containers.
Since there is currently no compact notation for describing such media, this document details a standard notation to describe the position and interaction of cats, containers, and related subjects pictured in these images."
" If a cat is only partly visible in the frame of the picture or video, the annotation MAY only reference the visible portion of the cat.
The partial cat notations are as follows:
c :
marks the head of the cat.
a :
marks the body of the cat.
t :
marks the tail of the cat.
ca :
marks the head and body of the cat.
at :
marks the body and tail of the cat."
and
" * Square brackets represent boxes or other containers with a rectangular opening.
- Parentheses represent containers with a round opening or shape.
- Curly braces SHALL be used to represent soft containers without a fixed shape."
I think RFC 9402 is understandable even it you are not familiar with IETF standards and notation
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Predator…
@RHdobes563, your story is similar to how I acquired the company of the cat in these pics.
She arrived looking mange-y, crunchy with bloody Oozy sores and really dry ashy skin.
Turns out she’s my neighbors cat, who now lives with me.
She just chose us. 🤷
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