Could her coat just be oily/greasy because she has not had a proper diet or care while she has been out?
You are doing a great thing by taking her in the picture of her is lovely
I do agree to probably take the collar off her and get her some flea treatment from the vet.
I have been there with inspecting poo and its not nice, my little kitty had worms and she had the treatment and now all is ok, so she may need a stronger de-wormer.
Hope all is well for you and your new furbaby and you can get everything sorted

She may not have long left, but she may surprise you

ps: seen her pic, she does look a poor little soul desn't she.

like steph says take off the collar and see how her fur goes.

God bless you for being such a nice, caring person, dont cats seem to pick on nice people to go to, its like a sort of telepathy. I really hope she gets well, she is a pretty little cat. I had a little feral cat come to me last year, I fed her outside for a month and she came to be a lovely cat, I could see she was in kitten so I caught her, like you in a trap and took her to the Cat Protection. She had five kittens and she and they were rehomed, I couldnt keep her cos my JT is a real tyke but at least she had a home. Good luck in all you do.

Thank you all for your kind support!
I have taken everything on board you have told me and I have taken the collar off. I will get some spot on flea stuff from the vet. I know they sell it because I get it for my other furbabies

Oh no!
Nutmeg just walked into my office while I was typing and ate Bean-nighes food. I am so worried now. I hope she hasnt caught anything of her. Oh no my worrying never stops.

I did take some pictures of Ben earlier and put it in my album in my profile if you want to have a look?
Here is one I made earlier



I hope nutsynoonoo (nuttymeg's geisha name ) wont be getting ill now

i shouldn't think so. she looks such a great cat... let us know how she does when she goes to the vets.

she has nice clear eyes.

about her runny poop, maybe it will just take time for her tummy to get used to regular meals!!

and the oily chest, does it smell? maybe she laid in something when she was on the streets. have you tried to wash the area with cat shampoo or would she not let you? i guess one thing at a time while she gets to know you etc..

does she purr much? do you think she is happy to have got a home? i am!!!!! lol....

how long have u had her now?

I am happy too!
I caught her on the 18th of october. Here is the very firt picture I took of her when I caught her. It was in the evening and she is in a very big cage at the time.





I have since bathed her twice...I had to. She didnt like it much but the poor soul did have not much strength to fight me. I felt so guilty for bathing her but did it very very gently and gave her enough time between her baths to regain some more strength.
You know its funny you mention that because she purrs quite a lot now. Once she was clean, she started to clean herself again (which she didnt do at first because she was so dirty ) and then she started to purr too.
She just sat there at first and I wondered why she wouldnt move so I would go close to her and talk to her and suddenlt heard her purring. It was such a joy to hear !!
Yes I think her eyes are very alert most times and she likes to have a wonder around some days.
I have noticed that she has a little bit of fur missing on one of her back legs. I wonder whether that is because all she ever does or used to do was sit down. Poor little soul didnt have much strength to walk. God the more I talk about her the more upset I get. I know she is looked after now but ...god... I dont even want to imagine what it was like for her when she was out there on her own, cold and starving and ill.
Gosh I better stop now...

Oh I nearly forgot ...theres news at the poop front: only one poo today and perfect little turt!!
Also, she had a little more to eat today than usual.
I think some of her hair is growing back on her ears too.