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So the day before yesterday i was walking from my house to my car, which was parked maybe 5 houses down from mine. I heard a very loud meow, then another, then another, like a distressed kitty. I followed the sound across the street and over to a house. The way some houses are built here theres a sort of inner courtyard, people store their bikes there, and theres like a metal gate, but air can get through, its open to the elements. So i look in and theres a gorgeous black kitty. (The cat cant get outside).
So im like ok, he looks well fed, hes just ready to come in so thats why hes meowing. So i walk away but im still a tiny bit worried-they dont leave him there all the time, right?
The very next evening around 7 i leave the house & hear him meowing again!
I debate a minute and im like screw it, and i go over and ring the door bell.
An older asian man comes downstairs, and i say in the most politest voice i can "hi, im sorry to bother you, but i live across the street and was walking by and i heard your kitty crying, i just wanted to make sure hes ok"
He looked at me in total confusion and said "kitty? Street?" Turns out he spoke little english. I tried a couple more times and finally ended up pantomiming a cat with my hands like claws, saying "your kitty! Meow meow..." and then "is he ok?"
And finally he got it
He said "ohh, the kitty! Yes he ok, just we eat, so put downstairs, he ok, he ok". I could see that he got that i was worried about the cat. So basically when they eat the cat bugs them for food (which i honestly get, Honeybunny does the same & sometimes i have to put her in the other room til we're done).
I also realized both times it was like 7pm, so it makes sense. I thanked him for coming down and said i was sorry to bother him and wished him a good night & he said the same.
Hopefully he got that it was pure concern for the cat & i wasnt trying to be rude- i think he did.
Point is, was i being a busybody? Idk, but i know if i hadnt checked i'd still be worrying that the cat was stuck down there all the time.
They dont have a voice. WE'RE their voice. I felt so much better after i went and checked on him.
So im like ok, he looks well fed, hes just ready to come in so thats why hes meowing. So i walk away but im still a tiny bit worried-they dont leave him there all the time, right?
The very next evening around 7 i leave the house & hear him meowing again!
I debate a minute and im like screw it, and i go over and ring the door bell.
An older asian man comes downstairs, and i say in the most politest voice i can "hi, im sorry to bother you, but i live across the street and was walking by and i heard your kitty crying, i just wanted to make sure hes ok"
He looked at me in total confusion and said "kitty? Street?" Turns out he spoke little english. I tried a couple more times and finally ended up pantomiming a cat with my hands like claws, saying "your kitty! Meow meow..." and then "is he ok?"
And finally he got it
He said "ohh, the kitty! Yes he ok, just we eat, so put downstairs, he ok, he ok". I could see that he got that i was worried about the cat. So basically when they eat the cat bugs them for food (which i honestly get, Honeybunny does the same & sometimes i have to put her in the other room til we're done).
I also realized both times it was like 7pm, so it makes sense. I thanked him for coming down and said i was sorry to bother him and wished him a good night & he said the same.
Hopefully he got that it was pure concern for the cat & i wasnt trying to be rude- i think he did.
Point is, was i being a busybody? Idk, but i know if i hadnt checked i'd still be worrying that the cat was stuck down there all the time.
They dont have a voice. WE'RE their voice. I felt so much better after i went and checked on him.