My Dramatic Cat Experience w/ Questions

Hello,

I recently saved a cat on top of my grandma's roof. I then let it down and gave it some food, I noticed that it didn't have a tag with it but I couldn't tell if it was a feral or stray cat. The first night, I tried to see if it would get into my car so that I could bring it home and give it shelter ... then decide on whether or not I should adopt it assuming the vet could confirm that it didn't have a chip implant for identity. However, it did not want to go into my car, but would get close to me and brush up against me...just got scared when I try to get it into my car. This concludes the first night.

The second night, I went to help grandma out with something, and this time, the cat was still around, probably because from the food I gave it the night before. This time, it seemed much more friendly and was willing to get in my car. So I took it home, bought some cat food at PETCO and a litter box. It was able to use the litter box without any problem. However, it would start to bite me if I were to pet it in certain spots.

Unfortunately, I also have birds in the house and noticed how aggressive the cat was towards the birds. After the 2nd night, it was evident that I couldn't adopt / care for the cat. I tried calling animal services to see if they could come and put the cat in a shelter, however, they said I had to confine the cat in a cage and didn't offer to let me borrow their cage since I didn't have one. I probably made some poor choices here, but the next thing I did was took the cat back to my grandma's and release it there.

I've been suffering from cat trauma lately due to 1) feeling sorry for the cat 2) afraid that every time I walk out my house, it would be there ready to run into my house straight to my birds

My grandma's house is about 3 miles away from my house, there are a few roads to cross and thus, my question is...would the cat be able to find its way back to my house after only staying one night in it?

This has been causing me a lot of stress and trauma lately. I realize I made bad decisions by taking the cat in and then realizing that I couldn't care for it.

What would be the best course of action if it does manage to find its way back (hoping it doesn't)?

mrblanche,

Thanks for the comforting answer and confirmation.

sandy2u1,

I don't disagree with you at all. My whole family was not happy about me bringing the cat in, but it made it very difficult for everyone to live in the house together (including birds). My only option was to bring it back to where it came from. The other thing was I couldn't take the constant meow-ing outside my house if I were not to let it in. That was my biggest mistake, letting it in the house once, now it thinks that my house is home (not the cat's fault). I take full responsibility for this incident, and if I didn't let the cat in the house, I would have left it as an outdoor cat and feed it regularly as long as it know that it cannot come in the home.