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Update: The deck cat that wasn't ours... (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Lennnny to c/cat
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She belonged to a neighbor, but the neighbor moved away and left her. He said he'd be back Thanksgiving weekend to try and get her, but now he's ignoring my texts, and he'd already mentioned 'at this point you can just have her' in a previous conversation.

It's getting into below freezing temperatures here, so we built a little cat ramp up to the second story and now she lives in the house with us. I'm hesitant to say she's ours just yet, but it's looking a lot like that's not up to us anymore 🀣

Original post: https://lemmy.world/post/20150162

Edit: Neighbor replied this morning... it's official! 😭😻

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 week ago

Honestly, save the text where he said she's yours, and I think you're good to go.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
  • the neighbor moved away and left her
  • he's ignoring my texts
  • he'd already mentioned 'at this point you can just have her'
  • It's getting into below freezing temperatures here

Honestly, keeping her seems like it's in her best interest no matter what. You're awesome for taking care of her! Maybe keep her inside now with a collar and take her to the vet to give more legal cover that she was abandoned in case the neighbor comes by in a year demanding her back? Enjoy your kitty...

[–] Lennnny 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My dilemma was that it was still technically someone's pet, even if I didn't agree with how they cared for her. She really does love being outside, so until it got cold it was hard to say she was being treated badly, he had been putting food out and left the window cracked for her to come back. He only moved last week, so things have kinda escalated since then.

The update is that he responded this morning saying she was ours! I'll be making the vet appointment today to get her all fixed up. It's going to be hard to transition her to indoor life as she was feral and then had two prior owners who let her roam, but we'll try and get her there over time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Might also check if she's chipped and ask the vet what needs to be done to update that so if she's lost the chip ID will be associated with your contact info.

Also, thank you for being a kind human :)

[–] FuglyDuck 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m totally judging you for being a good human. Thanks for that!

I think we’re gonna need more photos. Just to be sure she’s settling only all warm and snuggly.

[–] Lennnny 5 points 1 week ago

I'll post a bunch tonight when she's back indoors. We're going to try to gradually transition her to being indoors.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just can't imagine moving and abandoning your pet, wtf. Probably better she's with you.

[–] Lennnny 7 points 1 week ago

I text him a photo of her being warm inside and he basically just replied "I have that same sweater" and nothing else. I can't imagine being that careless.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

I think it's safe to say she's yours now. Glad to hear you're looking after her.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Awwww, what a nice cat you have! Does she have a name so she can ignore you calling her?

[–] Lennnny 4 points 1 week ago

Struggles! We have an indoor cat named Snuggles who is the exact same coloring, so it kinda happened organically over the years as we spotted her around the neighborhood. Strugs for short.

[–] Tujio 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cat-distribution-system

Cat Distrubution System at work.

[–] Lennnny 3 points 1 week ago

I need to get off this list, we're at max capacity!