Maybe I'm over-reacting, but I can't shake the outraged feeling that Brutus was violated. Something was put in his body that can never come out.
He's sprawled across my lap as we speak, content and completely un-bothered by it all. I'm trying to be more like Brutus.
Maybe I'm over-reacting, but I can't shake the outraged feeling that Brutus was violated. Something was put in his body that can never come out.
He's sprawled across my lap as we speak, content and completely un-bothered by it all. I'm trying to be more like Brutus.
Hi Lepplady, Wow. I'm glad you have your cat, not that bad lady. I've had several cats over the years and they easily steal my love. They have a lot of personality and always end up coming for the cuddles. I definitely consider them family! I hope that lady isn't so crazy that she'll come try to steal it. Also, I hope she does not know you on the SKMB and this is your separate secret place from the Facebook. Good luck, Find Peace and Merry Christmas, mal
Maybe I'm over-reacting, but I can't shake the outraged feeling that Brutus was violated. Something was put in his body that can never come out.
He's sprawled across my lap as we speak, content and completely un-bothered by it all. I'm trying to be more like Brutus.
I was FURIOUS Friday when I found out that Brutus the Wonder Cat was microchipped. I've owned him since he was 6 weeks old with his eyes crusted shut, trying to wrestle a piece of food out of our outside dish. I even posted pictures here, I think.
I never had him chipped.
When our house burned down in 2016, Tall Guy and I stayed with my daughter and her boyfriend in their spare room. We went back and forth to the home site every day to take care of the cats we fed. And one day in May 2017, there was teeny tiny little Brutus.
During the time we were at my daughter's, her boyfriend's mother came to visit from South Carolina each May, and during December/January for holidays.
Come to find out after some intensive investigation that she took Brutus to a third-party vet on January 3rd and had him chipped without my knowledge or consent, then registered herself as the owner (and naming him "Brewster." Bru - get it?) Tall guy and I moved home and (obviously) took Brutus with us. The other mother asked if she could keep him at the apartment and visit until she left, but I declined. There's always been something off about her, and I didn't trust her as far as I could spit her. And my instincts turned out to be right.
My daughter and her boyfriend broke up in August of this year, and that's when Wing-Nut started threatening to take my cat. In texts, all over my FB. Babbling incoherently that the law was on her side and there's nothing I can do to stop it.
I told her in completely impolite terms to forget it and go away. She has zero claim to my cat.
It was after my daughter told me that her boyfriend and Wing-Nut chipped HER cats before they left in August, and kept terrorizing her with threats of coming to get them, that I started to think. Took Brutus to the vet, and sure enough. He's chipped.
Honestly, FURIOUS doesn't come close to my level of outrage.
I asked the vet (MY vet) to print out Brutus's medical records so I could prove that I've been bringing him for routine care since he was itty-bitty. They did, happily, and offered to testify if it came to it, that Brutus is mine. Has been his whole life.
I went straight to the chief of police with everything I had and laid it all out. He had that look on his face, like "All this, over a CAT?" but he heard me out. It's a small town and I've known him since I moved down here. At first, he was like "Well, if the chip's in her name, there's not much I can do." But I whipped out the medical records and scrolled through pictures on Brutus the Wonder Cat's FB page of me and my cat since he was little.
He told me not to worry about it. If she tried to come down here with a cop and knocked on my door, she can't have my cat. I proved adequately that I own him.
Still purturbed, I asked him if Attempted Theft is a crime in Louisiana. I already know that it is. It's tough to prove, but if a person takes a deliberate act toward accomplishing the theft of property of another, it's punishable. Like, oh, say, fraudulently chipping somebody else's cat so that you can claim it later.
Yup. I wanted her charged with attempted theft. On the spot.
He did me one better. He sat back, rubbed his chin and asked me: "Whose permission did she have to remove the cat from the premises when she took it to the vet to get it chipped?"
I said "Nobody's!"
He said: "That sounds like theft to me."
So there's a warrant out for her arrest for theft if she comes back down here. And I'm not telling her. Let it be a surprise. She doesn't even have to knock on my door. Even though I still have Brutus.
Put it like this. If I steal your car, it's theft. Even if I give it right back, it's still theft. So, even though she brought Brutus back to the apartment after she got him chipped, it doesn't erase the fact that she took him in the first place. And there's no grey area about it. The chip is the proof. I've got verification from the third-party vet she took him to that she did it. No getting out of it.
So. Brutus is safe and Wing-nut will have to answer for her actions. Good. Done and done.
But what's really grinding my gears is that she chipped him in January, but kept trying to play all nicey-nicey, smiling in my face online, and when she came down to visit her kid in May, all "Let's be friends!" Acting like nothing ever happened. And so did her kid, who turned around and did exactly the same thing to my daughter's cats. That apple didn't fall far, did it?
They knew that whole time, and smiled in my face like nothing ever happened. At least until August when those true colors started leaking through.
They say that Karma's a bitch if you are, and I hope that's true. I really do.
I didn't sleep until very late on Friday, full of anger, worry, and a whole host of other not-so-pretty emotions. But it's all sorted now. I've handed the legalities over to the police, and I'm handing their fate over to the Uinverse.
Me, I'm just going to enjoy Brutus, the he's-mine-and-you-can't-have-him Cat.
First, you have an absolutely cat. Second, I'd be furious as well. But, nothing can be done at this stage and this person is obviously a nut case. Let her have it with all barrels if she tries anything else.
My heart dropped to my knees today. Panic attack. The guys come to put in our new heating/cooling unit. Anyhow,they turned the outside faucet it to clean where the old unit was. Damn the faucet broke sending water into my house and under my King cabinets in my dining room. Went rooming outside and told them to shut it off. Had to dry up the floor and instantly take all the books out. Thank Gan not one wet book. Thought my world was over.
Then on top of this .I ordered the first Full Bleed and now find out they have charged my account again. Which yesterday after receiving an email that said my reward would be shipping. I contacted them and have their email response saying.I should not be receiving any. WTH?
My heart dropped to my knees today. Panic attack. The guys come to put in our new heating/cooling unit. Anyhow,they turned the outside faucet it to clean where the old unit was. Damn the faucet broke sending water into my house and under my King cabinets in my dining room. Went rooming outside and told them to shut it off. Had to dry up the floor and instantly take all the books out. Thank Gan not one wet book. Thought my world was over.
Then on top of this .I ordered the first Full Bleed and now find out they have charged my account again. Which yesterday after receiving an email that said my reward would be shipping. I contacted them and have their email response saying.I should not be receiving any. WTH?
Wouldn't want him. He did the exact same thing. Chipped my daughter's cats to claim them. That apple didn't fall far. That's for sure. They live together in South Carolina, and they can stay right there.
Hi Lepplady, Wow. I'm glad you have your cat, not that bad lady. I've had several cats over the years and they easily steal my love. They have a lot of personality and always end up coming for the cuddles. I definitely consider them family! I hope that lady isn't so crazy that she'll come try to steal it. Also, I hope she does not know you on the SKMB and this is your separate secret place from the Facebook. Good luck, Find Peace and Merry Christmas, mal
First, you have an absolutely cat. Second, I'd be furious as well. But, nothing can be done at this stage and this person is obviously a nut case. Let her have it with all barrels if she tries anything else.
My heart dropped to my knees today. Panic attack. The guys come to put in our new heating/cooling unit. Anyhow,they turned the outside faucet it to clean where the old unit was. Damn the faucet broke sending water into my house and under my King cabinets in my dining room. Went rooming outside and told them to shut it off. Had to dry up the floor and instantly take all the books out. Thank Gan not one wet book. Thought my world was over.
Then on top of this .I ordered the first Full Bleed and now find out they have charged my account again. Which yesterday after receiving an email that said my reward would be shipping. I contacted them and have their email response saying.I should not be receiving any. WTH?
I was FURIOUS Friday when I found out that Brutus the Wonder Cat was microchipped. I've owned him since he was 6 weeks old with his eyes crusted shut, trying to wrestle a piece of food out of our outside dish. I even posted pictures here, I think.
I never had him chipped.
When our house burned down in 2016, Tall Guy and I stayed with my daughter and her boyfriend in their spare room. We went back and forth to the home site every day to take care of the cats we fed. And one day in May 2017, there was teeny tiny little Brutus.
During the time we were at my daughter's, her boyfriend's mother came to visit from South Carolina each May, and during December/January for holidays.
Come to find out after some intensive investigation that she took Brutus to a third-party vet on January 3rd and had him chipped without my knowledge or consent, then registered herself as the owner (and naming him "Brewster." Bru - get it?) Tall guy and I moved home and (obviously) took Brutus with us. The other mother asked if she could keep him at the apartment and visit until she left, but I declined. There's always been something off about her, and I didn't trust her as far as I could spit her. And my instincts turned out to be right.
My daughter and her boyfriend broke up in August of this year, and that's when Wing-Nut started threatening to take my cat. In texts, all over my FB. Babbling incoherently that the law was on her side and there's nothing I can do to stop it.
I told her in completely impolite terms to forget it and go away. She has zero claim to my cat.
It was after my daughter told me that her boyfriend and Wing-Nut chipped HER cats before they left in August, and kept terrorizing her with threats of coming to get them, that I started to think. Took Brutus to the vet, and sure enough. He's chipped.
Honestly, FURIOUS doesn't come close to my level of outrage.
I asked the vet (MY vet) to print out Brutus's medical records so I could prove that I've been bringing him for routine care since he was itty-bitty. They did, happily, and offered to testify if it came to it, that Brutus is mine. Has been his whole life.
I went straight to the chief of police with everything I had and laid it all out. He had that look on his face, like "All this, over a CAT?" but he heard me out. It's a small town and I've known him since I moved down here. At first, he was like "Well, if the chip's in her name, there's not much I can do." But I whipped out the medical records and scrolled through pictures on Brutus the Wonder Cat's FB page of me and my cat since he was little.
He told me not to worry about it. If she tried to come down here with a cop and knocked on my door, she can't have my cat. I proved adequately that I own him.
Still purturbed, I asked him if Attempted Theft is a crime in Louisiana. I already know that it is. It's tough to prove, but if a person takes a deliberate act toward accomplishing the theft of property of another, it's punishable. Like, oh, say, fraudulently chipping somebody else's cat so that you can claim it later.
Yup. I wanted her charged with attempted theft. On the spot.
He did me one better. He sat back, rubbed his chin and asked me: "Whose permission did she have to remove the cat from the premises when she took it to the vet to get it chipped?"
I said "Nobody's!"
He said: "That sounds like theft to me."
So there's a warrant out for her arrest for theft if she comes back down here. And I'm not telling her. Let it be a surprise. She doesn't even have to knock on my door. Even though I still have Brutus.
Put it like this. If I steal your car, it's theft. Even if I give it right back, it's still theft. So, even though she brought Brutus back to the apartment after she got him chipped, it doesn't erase the fact that she took him in the first place. And there's no grey area about it. The chip is the proof. I've got verification from the third-party vet she took him to that she did it. No getting out of it.
So. Brutus is safe and Wing-nut will have to answer for her actions. Good. Done and done.
But what's really grinding my gears is that she chipped him in January, but kept trying to play all nicey-nicey, smiling in my face online, and when she came down to visit her kid in May, all "Let's be friends!" Acting like nothing ever happened. And so did her kid, who turned around and did exactly the same thing to my daughter's cats. That apple didn't fall far, did it?
They knew that whole time, and smiled in my face like nothing ever happened. At least until August when those true colors started leaking through.
They say that Karma's a bitch if you are, and I hope that's true. I really do.
I didn't sleep until very late on Friday, full of anger, worry, and a whole host of other not-so-pretty emotions. But it's all sorted now. I've handed the legalities over to the police, and I'm handing their fate over to the Uinverse.
Me, I'm just going to enjoy Brutus, the he's-mine-and-you-can't-have-him Cat.
Good true crime read, you should write a novel about it. I’m sorry poor Brutus had an owner-identity-theft like that. Brutus is so cute, black cats are the best kind
My heart dropped to my knees today. Panic attack. The guys come to put in our new heating/cooling unit. Anyhow,they turned the outside faucet it to clean where the old unit was. Damn the faucet broke sending water into my house and under my King cabinets in my dining room. Went rooming outside and told them to shut it off. Had to dry up the floor and instantly take all the books out. Thank Gan not one wet book. Thought my world was over.
Then on top of this .I ordered the first Full Bleed and now find out they have charged my account again. Which yesterday after receiving an email that said my reward would be shipping. I contacted them and have their email response saying.I should not be receiving any. WTH?
Well, so far I haven't caught anyone, but I've also prevented further damage by monitoring my cameras. So far I haven't seen anything outside of two neighborhood cats that roam around at night and nothing else bad has happened to my lights. I don't think the vandal(s) will be trying it again. I almost hope they do. Cuz I'm watching.
The lights are staying lit. I haven't had a single problem. Which is good. A shame I had to buy security cameras and post a Brinks Security sign in my yard to get some peace of mind, but I guess that's what it takes to keep folks honest these days.
I suppose I won't be able to solve this mystery. I don't think it's the neighbors. At least none of my immediate ones. I've talked with all of them. The Griswolds are real nice people. I'm basically letting it go for now. I don't feel like pursuing it much further. I just want to enjoy my Christmas without worrying about this stuff.
The lights are staying lit. I haven't had a single problem. Which is good. A shame I had to buy security cameras and post a Brinks Security sign in my yard to get some peace of mind, but I guess that's what it takes to keep folks honest these days.
I suppose I won't be able to solve this mystery. I don't think it's the neighbors. At least none of my immediate ones. I've talked with all of them. The Griswolds are real nice people. I'm basically letting it go for now. I don't feel like pursuing it much further. I just want to enjoy my Christmas without worrying about this stuff.
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