Missing cat from Dronfield area

He’s a handsome young cat around 7 months old – missing for over a week now so if you see anything of him please get in touch.   He may have run off looking for a playmate, which is what happens when youngsters aren’t neutered early but then if you do get them done too soon we think (from years of experience) that it brings problems later in life.

It’s not that there are too many kittens (too many people perhaps) and there is always a high demand for the little ones – in this area at least.  We have found fabulous homes for all the kits we had brought in earlier in the year and are still getting enquiries from people wanting a baby cat.  The problem is that in todays hectic way of living, too many cars and busy roads mean that cats get knocked down when they go walkabout.   In days gone by they used to go out on the razzle, have a few days runaround and then come back home to sleep it off.  There was more chance then for cats to have a natural life.  Now they’re talking about making it compulsory to keep cats indoors and keep them on leads.  A dreadful idea!

Another problem is that there are so many foxes around nowadays and they see cats as a tasty snack.. Many people in town feed foxes and encourage them to come in among the houses, with deadly consequence for our pets.   Not always though, we have film on cctv of cats and foxes ignoring each other on their right time prowls.  Another run of cctv footage will show the foxes ripping a poor cat to pieces.  Depends on whether they’ve fed or not maybe.

So neutering and spaying early on means your cat will be more likely to be a stay-at-home survivor –  It’s something we get done to suit us humans so we can have a compliant pet who won’t inconvenience us by breeding.  What would the cat say if he could choose ?   No thanks, without a doubt.