our cat turned up at our house about 5 years ago, he was really thin and dirty and you couldn`t get near him, he just hung around for days, my missus tried to feed him some chicken one day and he nearly had her hand off he was so hungry
, we thought he was really old but when we took him to the vets we found out he was only a couple of years old, turned out there was a farm a couple of miles away that had loads of cats living in the barns, when the people moved out they just left all the cats and kittens there
, we think he was one of the kittens, he`s still with us now, had his nuts cut off to calm him down a bit, he only comes in the house for a bit in the evenings, he lives outside in one of our sheds, he would go mad inside our house, we had to keep him in one night after he went vets and he spent all night calling to be let out
, he doesn`t normally catch birds but he does catch alot of mice and eats them
)and said we could keep her.So we got her chip transfered to us and kept her in for three weeks to "rehome"her It was awful......she hated being in all the time.We used to lock her cat flap at night but she would drive us mad trying to get out so she now comes and goes as she pleases.Not an hour goes by without me wondering where she is and if she does not come back for her supper then a full scale search is mounted 
At the other end of the house is my mothers Maine coon . She stays in one room for the majority of the time 
And on two occaisions when she has been outside with them she has got over the fence to next doors whose dogs kill for pleasure 
at how much it is now to get a cat "done". Vet fees really have gone through the roof... How can anyone afford that price , In all honesty its no wonder the majority are not "done" .. 
