Cat thief's operate in your area!!!!

Its been a long night so I will start this thread with an apology to anyone's head I have bitten off in the last four or so hours; I will explain in full .............. lets leave it as I am SOOOOO FLUFFING LUCKY to still have Buddy now that I have been rather emotional and will fully explain.

I've tried and tried to type this but its probably me being emotional but keep loosing what I've put!

Buddy has an outdoor run than he can access from the house freely. He chooses to sleep out there most nights and last night was no different. He came in about 9pm, ate, used litterbox, cuddled, checked his FB, and then off he went about 11pm. Said Nite Nite to him about midnight and went to bed knowing he can come and go as he pleases, but always in to wake the humans and take over their beds about 6am.

Well, Ive not been well this last few days hence not being on line much and I am so glad now that I have been sleeping so light. Got woken about 2am by a cat fight under my bedroom window (bedroom at front of house, cat run at back) Looked out window and there were a couple of lads in the road with a cage. There was a horrid scratching noise on my front door and really sounded liked a cat crying, so stomped out of bed not thinking to get fully dressed or put my glasses on, opened the front door and Buddy flew at me claws and teeth blazing, shaking, hissing and basically scared! The lads in the street ran off.

Took about an hour to calm Buddy down and settle him in my sons bed (rare treat)............ then it hit me - how was he at front door?

Got dressed and put glasses on, went down for a look. His outdoor run had been opened from the outside, there was what looked like cooked chicken and beef on the ground and kibble. Not getting into the debate about feeding as this is not the time nor place but not things my cat would have. Looked at back gate and it was open. Either I have the Houdini version of MC or there was some not devine intervention here.

Anyone who has Buddy on FB will have seen his status's about his little adventures over the last few days and am I sooo glad of these now!!

It struck me like a lead weight - someone tried to steal Buddy!!!

Call the police. Please. They need to know and they may be able to identify the culprits immediately.

Very happy you (and Buddy) have been so lucky. x

So glad Buddy is safe and well. I lost one of my girls 2 years ago ( I believe to theives..!) It's such a sad thing to happen as you never know what's happened to them. I always hope that she had been stolen to go and live with someone who wanted her soo badly and i pray that she's lording it up on someones warm radiator being fed chicken and all the treats she could possibly want.. :( xx

OMG Catslave, what a horrible shock for you and Buddy. Very fortunate that you woke up. I hope Buddy gave them a good slashing as he got away. Do call the police about this.

It might be as well to keep Buddy indoors at night, or whenever you are not around.
Hugs to you and Buddy. Hope he's OK. I'm sure he'll be getting lots of tlc to help him recover. x

I was about to write the same thing, maybe you should try keeping him indoors at night from now on?

Horrible incident =(

OMG, these days nothing is safe, thank the lord you woke and investigated, I agree about phoning the police.
I once had a pair of Russian Blues (brother and sister) both neutered, they used to go in my back garden ,then one day there was only the girl she was so distressed but wouldn't let anyone pick her up, 2 mnths later there was an advert in our local paper, someone had found a male cat, I rang it was Smirnoff, the distance was to far for him to have covered and his pads were in ok condition. Our vet thought someone had thought the cats were a breeding pair and tried to grab both of them. After this incident the female cat would not go out in the garden and Smirnoff was so frightened he got out one day never to be seen again.

What a dreadful nightmare! And such a relief you could chase them off before they took your poor frightened Buddy.

I recently heard about a lady in Holland who used to leave her cats (Persians, I believe) in the outside run at night. One morning she woke up, the wire mesh had been cut and the cats were gone.

So, better only let them in the run when you can keep on eye on them. And tell the police about it, of course.

Oh Karen, is Buddy ok? I hope he clawed the hell out of the little s*#ts!!!
After yesterdays adventure I have not let Hector and Roxy mooch about outside as they have been doing, it worrys me as we are not far from the A34 and they are so different from the cats you see out and about that someone may try to 'claim' them (they would bring Hector back sharpish when they discovered what a dustbin he is though lol)!

But they do get 'talked' to through the window by passers by...........little girls really seem to love them! It does worry me that there are some people about that would try to steal other peoples cats!

Big hugs to you and Buddy it must have been horrible when you realised what had been going on xxx

Is your enclosure visible from the street?
I hope Buddy's not too traumatized.
Stealing someones pet is about as low as you can get.
I've posted a warning on my US pet forum.