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We have become friends with a "stray" cat in our neighborhood. His name from us is Meatwad. We initially took him in for a few days back in February when the wind chill reached -30. We have 6 other cats and found that he gets along pretty well with them. We think he was about 5 or 6 months old at the time.
Anyway, he stays outside for the most part, but he still spends time every day at our house, usually for several hours and sometimes overnight. He has had a few injuries, 2 of which we believe would have eventually killed him if we didn't take care of him. We live on a busy street and there are crazy people, loose dogs, and meth heads all around us. Hence the move!
However, he roams the neighborhood like it is his own. Will he hate leaving his home? We are moving to a home in a quiet area with a little acreage. His only big threat would be wildlife in the area. He would not be able to stay out all night like he is used to. In fact he wouldn't be outside unsupervised at all until we had a good fence.
We are leaning toward taking him with us. I worry he won't like it but in the long term I think he will. Am I overthinking this?
Anyway, he stays outside for the most part, but he still spends time every day at our house, usually for several hours and sometimes overnight. He has had a few injuries, 2 of which we believe would have eventually killed him if we didn't take care of him. We live on a busy street and there are crazy people, loose dogs, and meth heads all around us. Hence the move!
However, he roams the neighborhood like it is his own. Will he hate leaving his home? We are moving to a home in a quiet area with a little acreage. His only big threat would be wildlife in the area. He would not be able to stay out all night like he is used to. In fact he wouldn't be outside unsupervised at all until we had a good fence.
We are leaning toward taking him with us. I worry he won't like it but in the long term I think he will. Am I overthinking this?