there is no way someone could mistake that cat for a stray...........

I think I am in a 'won't give people benefit of the doubt' type of mood, but I think someone shaved her to check if she was spayed to see if they could mate her and sell kittens.

She may not be pedigree but she has lovely colouring and therefore they may think her kittens could be sold as 'bengals'. It would be the kind of thing my ex-neighbour would have done to make a quick buck.

Of course, there could be a perfectly innocent explanation, but your friend's cat does not look neglected or feral so I don't really think CP or RSPCA would simply trap a domestic pet and neuter them.

Personally I would try and litter train her and keep her in. I don't think I would risk further damage to my beloved pet if I was uncertain as to why this was done.

Sorry for negative and suspicious post - bah humbug!

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Is the cat microchipped given that your friend is not keen on collars?

If so, and she has been caught up in this 'Chip & Spay' scheme, I would be kicking up all sorts of merry hell if they had done this to my cat!!!!!! If a cat is chipped, it is not a stray and should be returned to the place where it was found. They should absolutely NOT be shaving it to check for spay scars!!!!

It is certainly very troubling and I would be keeping my cat indoors for the forseeable future whether it damn well liked it or not.

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The Chip & Spay scheme doesn't mean they catch domestic pets and spay them. It means people can bring their pets to the centres (run by CP & RSPCA) and have them neutered and chipped, either for free if proof of benefits, or at reduced rates.

I doubt in 2 hrs the CP or RSPCA would have caught the cat, taken to a vet, shaved it to check, and returned it to the orginal location.

They take longer than that to answer an emergency call!!

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I dont know much about cats but to me that looks like the area is the outside of the upper left thigh? or am I seeing it wrong?

If so, surely thats not where a vet goes in to spay?

My guess is that it touched off something very hot and the fur protected the skin maybe.

Very odd all the same.

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Don't think a cat might not be mistaken for a stray because it comes home every day.

We had a tom coming over to us every single day, trying to sneak in to steal food, and he tried in every house in the neighbourhood. We all thought he was a stray, but lived one street from us.

One of mine pulled the same trick, he turned out to have acquired a respecatable number of 'homes'. He just walked in with the resident cat of one of his chosen homes (he was dominant enough to bully any cat into accepting him) and, after eating, made himself comfortable in the best chair of the house. He even stole steaks and chicken legs from the kitchen.

We have had to rehome him to a farm, because he was behaving like a stray, even though he had a home, he had at least 5 foster homes, and 10 or 20 homes he would raid.

So if your friend's cat spends a lot of time with someone in the neighbourhood, this person may well believe she is lost and treat her like a stray. The other person wouldn't know that when she goes out, she is in fact going home, like your friend wouldn't know she is making herself comfortable in someone else's home.....

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