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I have two cats. I live in a council housing block (what I guess in the US would be a housing project.) For the last week or so, a small black and white cat has been living in the building.
He is reasonably healthy-looking but wary. No collar. He'll run away from me 9 times out of 10. I've been leaving food and water out for him, and he is partaking of them; have put a warmish lined box out there on the walkway too. I haven't brought him in to the house because I don't know (a) how he will react to my own cats (b) he may be carrying parasites or diseases (c) I just can't have three cats.
It's possible that he has entered the building somehow and isn't able to leave - the doors to the block are heavy security doors, and it's too far to jump down from the 1st floor walkway. I could shoo him out of the block in the hope that he might have people nearby he can't reach - but on the other hand I live at the crossroads of two main roads, and if he is lost or doesn't have people, it might well turn out badly.
I registered him on several lost-pet websites. Shortly I'm going to try to scan him for a microchip - there's a vet down the road if I can get him in to a carrier. Does anyone have any other advice for me?
He is reasonably healthy-looking but wary. No collar. He'll run away from me 9 times out of 10. I've been leaving food and water out for him, and he is partaking of them; have put a warmish lined box out there on the walkway too. I haven't brought him in to the house because I don't know (a) how he will react to my own cats (b) he may be carrying parasites or diseases (c) I just can't have three cats.
It's possible that he has entered the building somehow and isn't able to leave - the doors to the block are heavy security doors, and it's too far to jump down from the 1st floor walkway. I could shoo him out of the block in the hope that he might have people nearby he can't reach - but on the other hand I live at the crossroads of two main roads, and if he is lost or doesn't have people, it might well turn out badly.
I registered him on several lost-pet websites. Shortly I'm going to try to scan him for a microchip - there's a vet down the road if I can get him in to a carrier. Does anyone have any other advice for me?