About 1-2 months ago, one of my daycare parents that lives minutes away told me their cat got out and they hadn't seen it. The live within a mile and a half, its about a 2 minute drive from their house to mine...from their housing development, over a bridge, and into my tiny little town.
Anyway, the dad always talks to me for a few when he drops the baby off...and we talk about cats a lot. They had 4 cats and a dog. He was telling me how the cat got out and described it as a dark orange medium length haired cat with a long tail...kinda similar looking to Toby only a little bigger/darker.
Well about 4 weeks ago, we started seeing an orange cat around our neighborhood. I told him about it and said it might be there cat, and we could catch it. He said that he figured the cat was in someone elses house by now and they weren't looking for it anymore and he didn't think it could get to my area. He basically brushed it off, and so did I for a few days.
Well now this orange cat is around often. I have mentioned it numerous times, each time a brush off. Two nights ago, my husband was able to pick this cat up (we feed strays on our porch, we have two strays that come up to our door for food, we are trying to trap/vet them and find them homes...so we have been feeding the orange one also) and bring it inside to take a picture. I showed the picture to the guy today and he said that the cat pictured looks like a long haired cat and his is short haired.
I am pretty sure he told me his cat was a medium hair at least.....he compared it to my cat which is a med/long haired cat and said the hair was a lot like that. I had told my husband last night that I was sure that if he even said the cat was his, that he wouldn't want it....so now i just have a bad feeling it is his cat and he just doesn't care to get it back into his house.
I don't know what to do. I mean I can't force him to take this cat back, and I guess I can't even guarantee that it is 100% his....but I just have this feeling....I mean, if one of my cats got out I would have posters up, I would drive everyday around looking for it, and go door to door to tell people to bring my cat back if they found it.
Anyway....we are maxed out on kitties, that is why we are feeding them outside and trying to vet/find homes for them. Should we just try to do this with the orange kitty now too? Would you press the issue further with the daycare parent about making sure it isn't their cat? I don't want to create a bad relationship with daycare parents by being pushy but I think it would suck if this was their cat and they just let it stay outside.
Anyway, the dad always talks to me for a few when he drops the baby off...and we talk about cats a lot. They had 4 cats and a dog. He was telling me how the cat got out and described it as a dark orange medium length haired cat with a long tail...kinda similar looking to Toby only a little bigger/darker.
Well about 4 weeks ago, we started seeing an orange cat around our neighborhood. I told him about it and said it might be there cat, and we could catch it. He said that he figured the cat was in someone elses house by now and they weren't looking for it anymore and he didn't think it could get to my area. He basically brushed it off, and so did I for a few days.
Well now this orange cat is around often. I have mentioned it numerous times, each time a brush off. Two nights ago, my husband was able to pick this cat up (we feed strays on our porch, we have two strays that come up to our door for food, we are trying to trap/vet them and find them homes...so we have been feeding the orange one also) and bring it inside to take a picture. I showed the picture to the guy today and he said that the cat pictured looks like a long haired cat and his is short haired.
I am pretty sure he told me his cat was a medium hair at least.....he compared it to my cat which is a med/long haired cat and said the hair was a lot like that. I had told my husband last night that I was sure that if he even said the cat was his, that he wouldn't want it....so now i just have a bad feeling it is his cat and he just doesn't care to get it back into his house.
I don't know what to do. I mean I can't force him to take this cat back, and I guess I can't even guarantee that it is 100% his....but I just have this feeling....I mean, if one of my cats got out I would have posters up, I would drive everyday around looking for it, and go door to door to tell people to bring my cat back if they found it.
Anyway....we are maxed out on kitties, that is why we are feeding them outside and trying to vet/find homes for them. Should we just try to do this with the orange kitty now too? Would you press the issue further with the daycare parent about making sure it isn't their cat? I don't want to create a bad relationship with daycare parents by being pushy but I think it would suck if this was their cat and they just let it stay outside.
