The people down the street have a cat named Joey.
This summer she told me that he was 16 years old.
I went out to get my mail this afternoon and Joey was sitting on my front porch, keep in mind it was 3 degrees at the time...much colder now.
They don't seem to care how cold it is, they just open the door and toss Joey outside.
Another thing I have to say is that Joey hates the sight of me for some strange reason.
He hisses and spits everytime he sees me...I've never had a cat do that to me in all my life.
He doesn't do it to anyone else, just me.
Anyway I suppose the thing I SHOULD have done was to call and tell them to come and get Joey, but I knew that they'd only toss him out again.
I went down to our basement and got a box, put an old blanket in it and gave him some food and water, he chowed down all the food in a matter of minutes.
I went outside about half an hour later and the water was frozen.
I thought "That's it, he has to come in"
I mentioned that Joey hates me, well he didn't hiss at all today and that just breaks my heart in a way because it just makes me think that the poor old man was so cold he didn't care how he got warm or who he had to go to in order to get warm.
Joey is in our basement right now with food, water, litter box, toys and the box with the blanket.
So I guess you can say I stole the neighbors cat.
I've told this story before, but this is the same way we got our RB kitty Maggie.
Our neighbors at the time could have cared less about her and they never even came to look for her and we had her from the time she was a couple of months old until the day she died and almost 19 years old.
Like I said in all those 19 years they never made any effort to find her.
Joey's so called "family" are different I know they'll look for him.
But I just can not see how I can justify calling and telling them he's here knowing that he'll be back outside within an hour and it's below zero outside and he's a very old cat.
I guess I just need someone elses opinion on this, did I do the right thing?
Or should I tell them he's here...so far they haven't made a move to look for him, but I know they will eventually....but if he's outside eventually might be to late.
My Husband is not to happy with me...he's a Detective of all things...and the ony thing he said was "Please tell me you believe that cat is a stray"
I know we can't keep him, but at least for right now I know he's warm and safe.
I'll worry about what to do with him later.
This summer she told me that he was 16 years old.
I went out to get my mail this afternoon and Joey was sitting on my front porch, keep in mind it was 3 degrees at the time...much colder now.
They don't seem to care how cold it is, they just open the door and toss Joey outside.
Another thing I have to say is that Joey hates the sight of me for some strange reason.
He hisses and spits everytime he sees me...I've never had a cat do that to me in all my life.
He doesn't do it to anyone else, just me.
Anyway I suppose the thing I SHOULD have done was to call and tell them to come and get Joey, but I knew that they'd only toss him out again.
I went down to our basement and got a box, put an old blanket in it and gave him some food and water, he chowed down all the food in a matter of minutes.
I went outside about half an hour later and the water was frozen.
I thought "That's it, he has to come in"
I mentioned that Joey hates me, well he didn't hiss at all today and that just breaks my heart in a way because it just makes me think that the poor old man was so cold he didn't care how he got warm or who he had to go to in order to get warm.
Joey is in our basement right now with food, water, litter box, toys and the box with the blanket.
So I guess you can say I stole the neighbors cat.
I've told this story before, but this is the same way we got our RB kitty Maggie.
Our neighbors at the time could have cared less about her and they never even came to look for her and we had her from the time she was a couple of months old until the day she died and almost 19 years old.
Like I said in all those 19 years they never made any effort to find her.
Joey's so called "family" are different I know they'll look for him.
But I just can not see how I can justify calling and telling them he's here knowing that he'll be back outside within an hour and it's below zero outside and he's a very old cat.
I guess I just need someone elses opinion on this, did I do the right thing?
Or should I tell them he's here...so far they haven't made a move to look for him, but I know they will eventually....but if he's outside eventually might be to late.
My Husband is not to happy with me...he's a Detective of all things...and the ony thing he said was "Please tell me you believe that cat is a stray"
I know we can't keep him, but at least for right now I know he's warm and safe.
I'll worry about what to do with him later.