This is Tatty, and sadly we don't know much about him!
We've seen him potering the neighbourhood since April, and he was in such a poor state, I remember my parter coming in from the garden saying she'd seen the mankiest cat ever! I thought it was a fox as I only saw his tail and it's so fluffy and about 40cm long!
We 'look after' next doors cat (she's adopted us as she isn't keen on the attention their kids give her) and he seemed to have made friends with her. She regualry comes into our house and was trying to get him to come in too. So we set about our mission of trying to feed him and get him to come closer so we could get him to a vet, as obviously he needed some attention. Very very underweight, fleas, ear mites, discharge coming from his ears, mange, sneezing, limping, and not to mention the fact that he hadn't been 'done' and seemed to be a bit blind. Placed adverts everywhere to see if he had an owner, to no responses, so off to the vet he went!
They kept him in overnight as he really wasn't happy about having been put in a carrier, and the next day (thursday just gone) he was neutered and had his ears flushed out as they were really, really bad.
He had a bit of a temper too, had a go at all the girls at the vets.
We picked him up, brought him back and all hes done is sleep, eat & eat his antibiotics and is looking 10x better than he did! He's been out a couple of times and returned back to the house within the hour, so we're now his new slaves!
So what do we know about him? Well he's quite an old man, the vet wouldn't be suprised if he was in double figures, and he has a bit of an issue with being stroked. Think this is largely to do with his ears being so sore, he'll just hiss and thats enough warning for us to back off! He doesnt like the brush, so grooming gloves it is. He doesnt have many of his teeth, but likes his biscuits. He's been out since at least April and probably longer. It's so so sad. He does however have the most beautiful face and fluffy tail, it's huge! Think he has a dash of maine coon in him somewhere as he is a *big* cat, sadly just a very skinny one!
Would appreciate any advice on how much and what to feed him, and how do we get his coat back to how it should be? Just trying to integrate him into a normal life instead of him living under a bush and getting chased out of peoples houses and gardens on his search for food.
It was suggested by the girl at the vets that we are very 'brave' taking him on due to his behavior, but he's been as good as gold since he's been home. He uses his litter tray, and just sleeps! Don't regret for one minute what we've done, and we just hope we can make his final years, happy ones
