Awwww..... :) Sounds like kitty has found her daddy :)
Seriously, even with a collar I'd suspect that she'd been dumped or abandoned. The bit where you could feel her ribs suggests she's been on her own for a while now. That's how it was with our Octavian; when he came begging at the basement window on the coldest day of the year, he too was wearing a collar but no tags. We did the usual bit with putting up posters and calling shelters and animal hospitals... nothing.
Unfortunately, people often dump family pets when major life changes occur (birth of a baby, long-distance move, major illness) and they often can't be arsed to place the animal...
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Seriously, even with a collar I'd suspect that she'd been dumped or abandoned. The bit where you could feel her ribs suggests she's been on her own for a while now. That's how it was with our Octavian; when he came begging at the basement window on the coldest day of the year, he too was wearing a collar but no tags. We did the usual bit with putting up posters and calling shelters and animal hospitals... nothing.
Unfortunately, people often dump family pets when major life changes occur (birth of a baby, long-distance move, major illness) and they often can't be arsed to place the animal...