MC - adopted

M.C.  which is stands for Maine Coon since he needs a name and I think he is a Maine Coon got trapped while I was trying to trap a feral.  He thrashed about in the trap and I thought great - another feral.  I left him there over night and transferred him to a cage the next day.  He seemed pretty relaxed after the transfer and I decided to see how friendly he was.  Putting my hand in the cage he came up and wanted me to pet him.  Well he sure wasn't feral.  I called NN Animal Services, and Hampton Animal Control to report him found.  I had him scanned and weighed at my vets office (no microchip).  I posted a found ad to Craigslist, an ad in the Daily Press, posts to facebook to the Peninsula SPCA website and contacted the SPCA.  They don't take found information but expect people to contact the pertinent animal controls.  Something about "liability".  They expect people to go to the SPCA repeatedly to check if the cat is there.  Over the following week I got 3 calls - craiglist, DP and from a post at the vet office.  None fit the description.  I had been trying to decide if I was going to put him in IOW Humane Society foster care or turn him over to the SPCA.  With full consent of NN they were fine with me keeping him here for the required time.  The SPCA is required to hold for 5 days if no id, 10 days if microchip and then M.C. would become the property of the SPCA and they could do whatever they want.  I know they are going to be no kill after June 28 but would only be accepting owner surrenders and not strays at that point.  He was neutered on April 4 and had his rabies vaccine.  He'll get dewormed and FVCRP and be available starting April 12.  Come see him at Petsmart.

April 15, 2014
Adopted today!! yippee!  Adopter works 2nd shift at the Shipyard.  M.C has a great home.  I wonder what name he'll give him

April 13, 2014
I visited him at Petsmart.  Loud noises still startle him but he was happy to get attention.  I hope his forever home comes quickly so he has a minimum amount of time at Petsmart.  He is just so sweet.  Why would anyone abandon him?  I don't know.

April 10, 2014 put him back in the garage so I can get some good sleep and recover from this nasty crud. Revolution today, tomorrow FVCRP,  deworm 4/8-4/10.  poops are tootsie rolls.  everything good for putting him up on Saturday

April 9, 2014  While on the phone I just heard some hissing and face to face encounter in the kitchen.  A yell from me interrupted it and they have separated.  I don't know who instigated it.  M.C. is now talking.  I think he was trying to go into an area which Pepper claimed.  I'm not sure what happened.   Pepper claimed the chair next to me.  M.C. came for attention and Pepper growled at him.   I think they'll work out their differences but M.C. will be up at Petsmart before they'll be buddy buddy.  Pepper isn't used to other cats trying to be friends with him IN HIS house.    

April 8, 2014  He did the dosado with my own cat Pepper.  sorry folks no pics.  I think he is trying to be friends.  He tried to follow Pepper around and then blocked the hall.  Pepper just sat there for a while.  No aggression on either side as they basically just stared at each other.  M.C. is getting more confident and secure as time goes by.  He hasn't been hiding.  He does like to let me know where he is in the house but expects me to come find him and not the other way around.  Sometimes I just don't know what he is meeowing at.

April 8, 2014  He's getting more affectionate by the day.  He loves being pet.  Not sure about being picked up but with an invitation will jump up on a lap.  He doesn't really play.  

April 5 - received a call in response to Daily Press ad.  Long shot - cat lost from Gloucester area almost a year ago.  13 yrs old.  How they wish they had microchipped him.

April 1 - received a response to Craigs list.  A different cat but a tabby.  Different color eyes and definitely short haired.  I'll look again for a scar but that one was definitely different.  Ad will come out in Daily Press tomorrow.  Cindy came over and looked him over and interacted with him and decided if not claimed he will go into foster care and be put up for adoption and not go to the SPCA.  We have space at Petsmart and not that many cats right now.  

March 31 - he stayed out of the cage all day.  he came out for attention without me going ALL the way to touch him.

March 29 late
I decided I had to put MC in a cage.  A soon as I pet him he comes out but I'm tired of going under furniture. He startles easily.  He's not food motivated.  When he gets less startled I'll let him out again or leave him out for shorter periods of time.


March 29, 2014
Where is he?  I'm in garage.  His 2 places that he had been in are vacant.  He doesn't get breakfast until he shows up.  He's probably watching me from a distance.

On Wednesday 3/26, I was trying to catch an orange feral and wound up catching this beautiful cat which might be a "Maine Coon".  I had never seen him before.  He thrashed around in the trap and since it was late decided I'd deal with him in the morning.    He had calmed down by the morning and I transfered him into a cage.   He didn't act too too scared or feral.  He let out one small meeow and had calmed down.  He sniffed my hand and then came for some petting so I knew he was a stray not a "feral".

He had to have a name so his name is MC for Maine Coon - probably not a original name but it will do for a while.  I've known of a DC, CC, GCC,and TC cats in the past now a new one for me.  

I have reported him to NN Animal Services, Hampton Animal Control and the Peninsula SPCA and even posted a sign at my vet's office.  He's sweet a little shy.  He weighs about 8# and is in good health.  He isn't microchipped, isn't neutered.  I have to hold on to him for a week or turn him over the SPCA for them to hold and then put up for adoption.  

I've decided to hold on to him right now and I wonder if I get the call.  My guess is they put him out or he was abandoned.  If the people really miss him they'll try to find him.  The fact that he is outside, not neutered violates ordinances in both localities so someone may be afraid to look for him?  Perhaps they put him out because of spraying.  His pee definitely is strong.  How anyone can have a male cat and not neuter him is beyond me.  

I took him to Todd's Lane Vet hospital where he was scanned for microchip (none) and weighed (8#).  They said he was very sweet even with them.  He has an appointment on Friday 4/4 for neuter, etc if no one claims him and if someone does then I hope they'll keep the appointment.  They would have to prove somehow he is theirs.  I doubt they registered him with the city either.  I'll take some better pictures but he loves being petted and scratched.  He doesn't like being confined, either on a lap or in a cage but if he knows he can get down he doesn't mind it.  After the vet visit I let him loose in the garage and he hid.  I did find him, bribed him out with food and some petting and spent some time loving on him.   I decided to leave him loose all night.  He kinda looked up at me with sad eyes as if to say - where are you going?   I think he'll get adopted quickly so look for him at Petsmart, comment or contact me if you are interested.  He'll hopefully be at Petsmart NN by 4/11/2014.