The couple who used to live a few doors down from me moved out last
weekend. I'm not sure if this was a planned move, or if the house was about
to get foreclosed on (a lot of that in my neighborhood unfortunately!)
According to the lady who lives across the street, she saw a large U-haul
truck backed-up to the garage about 8pm Saturday night and it pulled away
less than an hour later. The house has been dark since, and I have not seen
either of their cars all week. The newspaper from Sunday morning sat on their
driveway for several days until the neighbor picked it up and tossed it on the
front porch. The other morning I noticed a door tag from the gas company
hooked onto the front door knob, which probably means their gas service has
been disconnected.
Last night I came home around 7:30 and saw the neighbors' cat (I think his
name is Turk) lurking around my house, he ran when my car pulled into the
driveway. This morning, he was outside the front door, looking up at my two
cats; as soon as I opened the door, he ran again.
Turk is a big boy, much bigger than either Touche or Shelby, white with grey
tabby splotches, medium length hair on his body, long hair on his tail - I'm
thinking he may be part Angora. I'm not sure if he's been fixed or declawed
or if he's current on his shots.
I put a little food out for him before I left this morning, and it was gone by
the time I got home 3-4 hours later.
I'm going to give it another week to see if the neighbors come back for Turk,
but it seems very unlikely to me. I would love to take him in, but given how
little I know about his medical history, the fact that he is an indoor/outdoor
cat (mine are both indoors only) and that my newest cat (Shelby) is only
now getting settled in after almost six months, I don't think that would be
a good idea.
So, for now I'm going to feed him when I can, and see if I can get him to get
over his skittishness enough for me to maybe get him to a shelter (rather than
letting animal control trap him) and keep hoping the neighbors come back for him.
weekend. I'm not sure if this was a planned move, or if the house was about
to get foreclosed on (a lot of that in my neighborhood unfortunately!)
According to the lady who lives across the street, she saw a large U-haul
truck backed-up to the garage about 8pm Saturday night and it pulled away
less than an hour later. The house has been dark since, and I have not seen
either of their cars all week. The newspaper from Sunday morning sat on their
driveway for several days until the neighbor picked it up and tossed it on the
front porch. The other morning I noticed a door tag from the gas company
hooked onto the front door knob, which probably means their gas service has
been disconnected.
Last night I came home around 7:30 and saw the neighbors' cat (I think his
name is Turk) lurking around my house, he ran when my car pulled into the
driveway. This morning, he was outside the front door, looking up at my two
cats; as soon as I opened the door, he ran again.
Turk is a big boy, much bigger than either Touche or Shelby, white with grey
tabby splotches, medium length hair on his body, long hair on his tail - I'm
thinking he may be part Angora. I'm not sure if he's been fixed or declawed
or if he's current on his shots.
I put a little food out for him before I left this morning, and it was gone by
the time I got home 3-4 hours later.
I'm going to give it another week to see if the neighbors come back for Turk,
but it seems very unlikely to me. I would love to take him in, but given how
little I know about his medical history, the fact that he is an indoor/outdoor
cat (mine are both indoors only) and that my newest cat (Shelby) is only
now getting settled in after almost six months, I don't think that would be
a good idea.
So, for now I'm going to feed him when I can, and see if I can get him to get
over his skittishness enough for me to maybe get him to a shelter (rather than
letting animal control trap him) and keep hoping the neighbors come back for him.