If you have read my previous threads, then you know I have been having a stray cat in my backyard everyday since November 2018.
However, yesterday, with a few connections, I found out that this cat has an owner and is not a stray. There are apartments behind my house so I know the owner lives there. I found out that the owner has multiple cats and a dog(don't know how true this is) and that he lets the cats go out. If this for a fact is true, then I have a few questions.
1. Why is that this cat stays at my house all night, and even sleeps in the little house I got her at night.
2. Why does the cat go back to the owner despite the owner not giving her food? (I always give her food, everyday, so I am assuming she comes to me for food because the owner doesn't give it to her)
I also think that the cat's owners may not be treating her well. Here are a few signs why I think that might be:
1. She comes for food at my house (owners don't seem to give her food and just let her stay out)
2. She is almost always there on my deck, napping and eating. (she doesn't like the owner's house or the way she is treated there?)
3. The cat lets me pet her but she never would rub herself onto me or touch me.
4. The cat gets very scared when I even move my leg or change my position while petting her and runs away
5. Seems scared of wind when its windy (suggests she is not use to the outside environment)
6. I bought her a few cat toys and she gets scared of them too and doesn't play with it.
She would never eat in front of me, only when I come back in my house, she would start eating. She is always watching us in the house and what were doing, very curious. I would let her come in my house and she would come in for a few seconds and then run away scared. In general, she seems very shy and scared.
I am really planning to rescue her now if all these signs are true. I have never had a cat before, so I do not know what the behaviors mean.
Thank you for taking your time to read this.
However, yesterday, with a few connections, I found out that this cat has an owner and is not a stray. There are apartments behind my house so I know the owner lives there. I found out that the owner has multiple cats and a dog(don't know how true this is) and that he lets the cats go out. If this for a fact is true, then I have a few questions.
1. Why is that this cat stays at my house all night, and even sleeps in the little house I got her at night.
2. Why does the cat go back to the owner despite the owner not giving her food? (I always give her food, everyday, so I am assuming she comes to me for food because the owner doesn't give it to her)
I also think that the cat's owners may not be treating her well. Here are a few signs why I think that might be:
1. She comes for food at my house (owners don't seem to give her food and just let her stay out)
2. She is almost always there on my deck, napping and eating. (she doesn't like the owner's house or the way she is treated there?)
3. The cat lets me pet her but she never would rub herself onto me or touch me.
4. The cat gets very scared when I even move my leg or change my position while petting her and runs away
5. Seems scared of wind when its windy (suggests she is not use to the outside environment)
6. I bought her a few cat toys and she gets scared of them too and doesn't play with it.
She would never eat in front of me, only when I come back in my house, she would start eating. She is always watching us in the house and what were doing, very curious. I would let her come in my house and she would come in for a few seconds and then run away scared. In general, she seems very shy and scared.
I am really planning to rescue her now if all these signs are true. I have never had a cat before, so I do not know what the behaviors mean.
Thank you for taking your time to read this.
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