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Well, an extremely skinny stray has showed up on my back porch the past two days. Yesterday, it sat there and bathed and today it came back and was so hungry it was eating bird seed. I can’t see a cat starve so I put out some food and the cat devoured it and Is now lounging on my patio furniture. Does not seem scared of humans but that may just be because it appears to be starving. I am going to keep feeding because I won’t let any animal starve and see if I can catch and check for a microchip and some basic medical care (including getting fixed if needed). Will also try and get a picture and post on local cat group.
However I am hesitant about eventually taking it in - Hooper goes BALLISTIC whenever he sees it -yowling, throwing himself at the back door, tail puffed out. It took months for him and Twyla to acclimate and now he is a muscular 17 pound boy who can be aggressive, not a skinny young thing. I don’t know that I want to go through that again.
How do they always know where the cat people live? It is pretty rare to see strays in my neighborhood as our HOA requires cats be kept indoors, though not everyone abides by that (ex: Hooper!).
However I am hesitant about eventually taking it in - Hooper goes BALLISTIC whenever he sees it -yowling, throwing himself at the back door, tail puffed out. It took months for him and Twyla to acclimate and now he is a muscular 17 pound boy who can be aggressive, not a skinny young thing. I don’t know that I want to go through that again.
How do they always know where the cat people live? It is pretty rare to see strays in my neighborhood as our HOA requires cats be kept indoors, though not everyone abides by that (ex: Hooper!).