Pets - General

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Originally Posted by Glenn

If Aiken was my furbaby and acted like that after six years, I would do this:

1. Talk to my ex and ask if he's seen him.
2. I would not take him to a shelter. Our furkids are pretty smart at finding a shelter on their own. I would definitely feed him there regularly.
3. I do not know what kind of house you live in, but if it's an apartment forget taking him home with you. If you live in a house, maybe you can isolate him away from Katy in the night time and leave him out in the day where he can see the coyotes better? The coyotes around here only bother the kittens they never bother my older cats because I feed the coyotes too lol! They even eat together.
4. I'm not sure, but I think there are cat allergy meds out there.
5. If all of the above won't work for you, take him to a vet so they can treat the ear and give him a shot,then take him back to the daycare and hide some food for him nearby. I would visit my poor furbaby there and feed him as regularly as I could.

Hi Glenn.

I've been tossing around all of your suggestions, as well as many from other friends. I really appreciate the advice!

I have talked to my ex many, many times regarding the kitties. He leaves food out for the one remaining cat and so we are assuming that is where Aiken gets the bulk of his food from. When I was at Trader Joe's on Sunday I bought several cans of wet cat food and some nutritional supplements for him and then stopped by the day care and left the food with some powdered vitamins mixed in on the walk way for him. He didn't come around when I called for him, though.

I put our pet carrier in the back of my car so in the event I am able to catch him I can transport him to the vet safely. I called three vet offices yesterday and none of them will take him without an appointment already in place so I will have to bring him home to my house during the interim.

I'm working on finding him a home and hopefully that will come together quickly. It's not so much the coyotes here as it is the bobcats. I watched one make a meal for herself and two kitts out of a big fluffy white kitty and it wasn't pretty. At least down by my ex's house there aren't any bobcats.

I live in a big house but having Aiken here is not doable. It was an agreement I made with my partner when we moved in together and I need to honor her request to not have cats. We also have two dogs, a ferret, three rats, and four birds.