FOUND CAT: Black and white cat - Formby area, Merseyside

Hi, sorry for delay replying. No the cat doesn't have a collar. It is still proving difficult to get near enough to grab it to check if it has been chipped and the dark nights and recent rain don't help in terms of actually seeing it for long. WE do know that it responds to being called and replies - it has quite a loud meow and I think that is an indication of being a stray rather than a feral cat,.

Hi - just to add - we are feeding it alongside 2 feral cats whose history we know as ex Freshfield sibling kittens that were given to the owner of the stables near Shorrocks as working cats to keep the rodent populaton down when Freshfield failed to domesticate them but they have been daily visitors to us for years. Long story but one first appeared and we thought it was a stray sp started to put food out and managed to get it to the vet and it was chipped -so hence knowing the history. She later brought her brother who is black so we upped the food a bit and we think the new one has joined forces with the 2 of them to survive. Our garden offers the food source.

I'm sorry but I can't open your picture - the link doesn't seem to link to a picture. The marking on this cat is distinctive. Cats can climb into vans and lorries and there are a number of big building works going on in Formby. When did your cat go missing?

Hi - it sounds very similar - we do have other photos but when we tried to upload them we seemed to be limited to one . We will try again. The date certainly seems about right but you are a very long way away. Could you tell us the cat's name so we could try calling it to see if there is a response . I'll try the link you sent again to see if we can get to the Information

Hi, I;ve just tried to access your photo but I really cannot find it on the link you have sent. There is one photo that is very similar but again it is for a found cat not a lost cat. Could you possibly send the picture to this site as part of a reply

Hi, I have just got close enough to touch the cat who is very hungry and so focussed on the food and I tried using its name but there was no recognition. I would not describe this cat as larger than average although it has long legs and seems to otherwise match your description. I can't find a way to upload another picture but we have several now. I will try again on the Pets located site but perhaps you might be able to post the cat on this site as well? Is Pinkle chipped? I am becoming more hopeful that we might be able to grab the cat soon and find out.

I have found your picture on the other site (at last). I really don't want to raise your hopes but I would say that this cat looks realy does look very very like your cat in that picture. Yours also seems to have a smallish head and it is possible the cat has lost body mass and so does not appear as big and so looks younger than in reality. I really don't know what to say. Is your cat communicative? This is. Because we feed the feral pair you would think we are a potential attaraction to other cats but oddly enough over the years that hasn't happened until last August when a ginger cat appeared in our garden clearly hungry and exhausted. It stayed in our garden all night after feeding. I searched the lost pets sites and found what I thought was a possible match and contacted the number given and they came round after seeing a photo we took. The cat recognised its owner straight away and responded to its name so in that case I was able to reunite that cat to its owners who had recently moved to Formby. That cat looked small and I had thought quite young but it turned out it had lost half its body weight in the time it was missing and was 20 years old! That story had a happy ending. I do hope this one will do too but I really don't know if it could be your cat.

Hi, I can't give you my phone number directly according to the advice I've had, but if you ring the number hopefully they will be able to take your number or email address and we can arrange things - or you can see our address if you want to just try to come over around 3 on Saturday or Sunday and be prepared to wait around maybe until the cat appears that would be fine. Our house has a very distinctive number plate with a cat very prominent whihc is at the top of the drive. Trap Hill is a small cul to sac of 11 houses so you won't miss us I can assure you and if we know what time to expect you one of us will position ourselves at the top of the drive. I am also not convinved but we put the picture of your cat next to those we have of this and the markings are remarkable matches from what we can see - but this is not a larger than average cat and does not appear elderly - but then I was wrong about Marmie - the other cat that turned up here and we were fortunately able to return to his owners.

I hope you are able to - think if you leave a message you have to be very clear which animal using the ref number. Unfortunately if you mean this Thursday and Friday I can't be here but I could be here any day next week apart from Wednesday if that helps you. I just need to know the day and time.

I wish I could say yes but I don't think so. Sorry. I did lol at your other photos and I am really not sure. I so wanted this cat to go home. We are trying to step up our efforts to catch it to take to see if chipped.

Sorry not going typing on phone. We looked at your photos and I can see the eyebrows I haven't really noticed them in this cat

Hi, getting much closer now. This cat hasn't hit the impressive eyebrows tour pictures of your cat show but dies have white eyebrows on one side. I know my black and white cat who also has white eyebrows sometimes sheds. On one side looking lopsided.

Hi sorry about typing again. Hope you can make sense of this. Don't really want to raise your hopes but you asked me to report. I will try to get as close a photo as I can and try to upload to you. The site seems quite restrictive.