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Hi, I’m a little new and have never posted here before but I’m stuck in a dilemma and don’t know what to do.
Over the last 4 months, 1 of the 2 cats owned by our neighbour in the apartment above ours, comes to our home to sleep, cuddle and play. It’s got so bad that she comes and rubs against us and comes when we call and even hisses at the owner now when the owner tries to play with her. We don’t feed and we don’t allow her in at night but regardless she comes to us all the time.
We have a good communication with the owner and that’s how we know that the cat goes home to eat but then immediately comes to us again.
The problem is that me and my girlfriend are home all the time doing online university and will be doing so for a few more years and the owner is away at working all day or going on trips and we believe that’s why the cat has come to us. But now the owner has talked with us and said she knows the cat chooses their owner and she would give the cat to us if needed but first she wants to try to keep the cat herself. That means the owner has asked us to never let the cat in again, ignore her crying at the window for us and even spray her when we see her to try and encourage her to form a bond back with the owner by getting ride of the one she has with us.
We are heartbroken and would love to have the cat but also understand that the owner is a nice person and would be heartbroken to give the cat up and therefore we don’t know what to do and are finding the idea of never letting the cat in really hard.
Can anyone give some advance on how best to handle the situation?
Over the last 4 months, 1 of the 2 cats owned by our neighbour in the apartment above ours, comes to our home to sleep, cuddle and play. It’s got so bad that she comes and rubs against us and comes when we call and even hisses at the owner now when the owner tries to play with her. We don’t feed and we don’t allow her in at night but regardless she comes to us all the time.
We have a good communication with the owner and that’s how we know that the cat goes home to eat but then immediately comes to us again.
The problem is that me and my girlfriend are home all the time doing online university and will be doing so for a few more years and the owner is away at working all day or going on trips and we believe that’s why the cat has come to us. But now the owner has talked with us and said she knows the cat chooses their owner and she would give the cat to us if needed but first she wants to try to keep the cat herself. That means the owner has asked us to never let the cat in again, ignore her crying at the window for us and even spray her when we see her to try and encourage her to form a bond back with the owner by getting ride of the one she has with us.
We are heartbroken and would love to have the cat but also understand that the owner is a nice person and would be heartbroken to give the cat up and therefore we don’t know what to do and are finding the idea of never letting the cat in really hard.
Can anyone give some advance on how best to handle the situation?