I'd take the cat in and either hire a cat sitter, board her for the week, or find her a new home, but I'm a sucker for the kitties. WRT finding her (possible) owners, ask the vet to see if she's chipped.
An unforgivable screw up. Really bad. I would have given the man the cat and told him to return with the payment. I mean come on, it’s UTAH, if people in Utah don’t trust each other just forget everything!
Now I have a bit of a question, we are being visited by a kitty who is very sweet and actually sits outside our door and meows. He looked a little undernourished so we’ve been giving him (her?) food.
We like this cat and (maybe, maaaaybe) would have taken it in already, but our kid is about to have her first baby (any day now!) and at that time we’ll be away for a week or so.
We already have cats, so we’ve been holding off.
What are the chances this cat actually belongs to another family? Is there any way to know?
I already inadvertently “catnapped” a cat (that’s a long a funny story for another thread) for 3 days once.
Any advice would be appreciated!
By feeding the cat, it won’t leave or try to find it’s way home.
Craigslist has a lost and found section. Post a photo and see what you get for replies.
If he is friendly enough scoop him up and take him to a vet. If the owner did the right thing the cat has a chip and that chip can be read by the vet who can return the cat to it’s owner.
my cat is chipped but he has to be with someone who will bring him in. I suspect his fatt butt is somewhere happy to be fed and petted. And thus, he won’t come home until the food runs out.
Pretty good chance. But, you never know.
Take care of your family first. If, when you return and the porch cat is still hanging around, take him in.
I'd take the cat in and either hire a cat sitter, board her for the week, or find her a new home, but I'm a sucker for the kitties. WRT finding her (possible) owners, ask the vet to see if she's chipped.
We had a similar situation. We had a dog door and a new kitty just let herself inside for our can’t food.
She actually got to the point where she’d come in my room for cuddles and a nap in the middle of the night.
But something wasn’t right. Her coat was a little too nice.
So I bought a collar and put a nice note on it with my phone number. The owner called, very upset. He had no idea that his cat was adopting other families.
We found a kitten while living in the same house. For two weeks, we put up signs and asked our neighbors about it.
Finally we found someone who knew the owner. He was overrun with cats and kittens and didn’t say anything because he was hoping we’d keep it.
We did!