Posted on 09/25/2010 1:47:44 PM PDT by marthemaria
The RSPCA says the cat could be a lost pet which was the victim of a prank.
The RSPCA have criticised a "sick prank" in which a cat had its fur dyed pink and was then thrown over a garden fence in Swindon.
Officers are looking for the owner of the cat, which was found by a man in his garden in Wesley Street on 18 September.
The two-year-old, who has been named Pink, is said to be in good health.
However, vets have not been able to wash the dye out of her fur and she will have to wait for it to grow out.
It is thought the naturally white domestic short-haired cat is either a stray or has been abandoned.
This is because the fur around her neck has a pattern which suggests she has been wearing a collar fairly recently. 'Poor creature'
But the RSPCA said she could be someone's missing pet who was the victim of a prank.
Veterinary surgeon Penny Gillespie, who is caring for Pink at Cheldene Veterinary Centre and Boarding Cattery, said: "We have no idea what the dye is or how long it will last.
"It is clearly not toxic but still unpleasant.
"The person responsible has covered her thoroughly all over but avoided putting any around the animal's eyes and nose.
"Further washing would stress Pink and probably would not help to remove the colour so it will be case of waiting for it to grow out."
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Ping
Hardly sick....just mischevious.
Wealthy animal nuts do all kinds of thinks to their animals...bob their nails, cut their nails till they bleed, cart them in a cage, throw them in their purse...
You’re right...Imagine the cat with a nose piercing.
You’d be surprised how conscious animals are about their appearance. My dog, Dixie, once ran off temporarily when I tied a headscarf on her head. Went next door into the neighbor’s woods, hung her head in shame and lay down. I had to remove scarf and convince her I was sorry and wouldn’t do it again before she reluctantly came home. (The scarf looked cute on her; but she was mortified about it.) Cats are just as picky, if not pickier.
Bad Twinkie!
I was always told to separate colors from white cats.
I'm pretty sure only one cat was involved.
That’s cruel and abusive to me.
If I were a kitty, I'd be upset with the baths the vets performed. Cat hate wetness. I doubt the cat cares what color it is, as long as it is fed and has a cozy place to curl up at.
BTW, that pink cat is cute. I want a pink cat. Too bad I have a black cat. Maybe if I bleach her first.... hm..... Maybe I'll just do the whiskers. LOL
What's wrong with a pink cat?
It’s Barbra Streisand!
ROFL.
Thank you.
ROFL.
Thank you.
Yeah.
My ex and I used to have a rescued small white poodle (great dog, very smart and tough) that we used to dye multiple colors. Purple, magenta, green, orange, etc. The dog never said a word that she didn’t like it.
And its nose and paw pads and inner ears and... It could be worse.
Do they still dye baby chicks around Easter time?
I had a Yorkie, 5 lbs. Little dogs like yorkies need to wear clothes in the winter because they cannot keep themselves warm. My Yorkie was a dog with dignity and I had a brown turtlneck sweater that he wore that didnt look so much like clothes.
I once talked to a priest online about 20 years ago (Fidonet, a BBS system like an electronic “pony express”) or so where every St. Patrick’s Day, they would dye their white cat green with food color. The downside is when she would run up against something, the color would rub off on it.
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