I had a cat that literally broke into my family’s house, he was our neighbor’s cat, so we put him back out and thought he went home. This repeated several times.
We eventually found out our neighbors threw him out in favor of keeping a pitbull. The cat then moved in permanently.
You should have drafted a newsletter about it and given it to all of your neighbors.
I opened the door one day and there he was. He looked up at me, meowed hungrily and put a paw up the doorway.
The cat distribution system is broken in my area. There are almost no strays, we were “hunting” for one for a couple of months until we decided to go to a petsmart to adopt our boy
The prevalence of coyotes and other predators in my rural mountain town means that there are effectively zero strays around me. We had to drive an hour plus from our house to a shelter at the closest “big” city to adopt our latest.
How I got my last one. One-eyed, starved, raggedy assed cat just sitting there, asking for help.
Mine was tailless, filthy, with a large hairless scar across his back and blue bow tie.
and blue bow tie.
How cute!
I just got one that way, sweet little thing. Already had one cat, that my daughter begged and pleaded for, said “no” because we have 2 dogs already, finally relented on the condition that, “if the dogs kill the cat, you can’t hold it against them because dogs are gonna dog, and they were here first.”
One dog absolutely fell in love with the cat and they’re inseparable now, and the other dog didn’t give a fuck either way. Then suddenly door cat shows up and adorabled its way into our lives…
All 5 of my cats were strays/born from strays. Plus there’s another 10 strays outside near my place that I’ve been taking care of, and sheltering from the cold.
And I’m not even a cat person. I’ve been pussy whipped by their cuteness.
Edit: Seriously, it’s impossible to say no to something like this.
Found my little gremlin in a bush outside a store when she was a kitten. Poor thing had part of her ear missing. From a recent attack/fight of some kind. She’s been with me for 5 years now.
You sure that’s not a sterilisation marker? Cats get an ear clipped after being sterilised during a catch and release program.
My cat has it, that’s how I know.
Trash cat is best cat.
Also, can we take a moment to appreciate how cats domesticated us, not the other way round? A cat is basically the only animal that can barge into your home and say ‘I live here now’ and instead of freaking out and shooing it out the door, many of us will say ‘welp, I guess we have a cat now’ and go out to buy food and toys.
They’re pretty exceptional when it comes to taking full advantage of our parenting instincts.
A baby Yoda meme, really?
In this economy?
At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?
