My next-door neighbors were renting the house next to mine and their owner sold it, so that had to leave. They moved out early this week, and I saw one of their cats last night, and the other one this afternoon. I'm concerned that the cats will starve, but I'm not sure if my neighbor has lied to me about giving the cats away.
Today I asked my ex-neighbor (she's in one of my school classes) if she kept her pet birds. She had told me that at her new apartment her family can only have one animal, and she said she was keeping one of her cats (She had a dog, 2 cats, and 2 birds) so I wanted to know what would become of her birds since their dog was given to a co-worker, and one of their cats to a neighbor. She told me she's keeping her birds instead of her cat as she had planned. I asked her what she did with her cats and she said one of them was given to a neighbor down the block.
Last night I saw Kitty (the cat supposedly owned by a neighbor) sitting outside by their house late at night. This afternoon I saw their other cat Sandy sitting on my driveway.
I want to take them to the local shelter, but if they really do have new owners, I'll feel bad if they were re-adopted. My ex-neighbor has an ROP class and volunteers 3 times a week at the shelter, and would probably see her cats if I brought them in. What should I do?
I personally think that the family left the cats because they were too lazy to look for them when they left for good (Not to mention they hated spending money on them and never took them to the vet. If one of their pets got sick, they didn't do anything extra for it). And if someone is caring for them, I highly doubt they actually want the cats, but are feeding them because they pity the cats.
Not to mention that my ex-neighbor found it AMUSING that her cats returned to their empty house.
Today I asked my ex-neighbor (she's in one of my school classes) if she kept her pet birds. She had told me that at her new apartment her family can only have one animal, and she said she was keeping one of her cats (She had a dog, 2 cats, and 2 birds) so I wanted to know what would become of her birds since their dog was given to a co-worker, and one of their cats to a neighbor. She told me she's keeping her birds instead of her cat as she had planned. I asked her what she did with her cats and she said one of them was given to a neighbor down the block.
Last night I saw Kitty (the cat supposedly owned by a neighbor) sitting outside by their house late at night. This afternoon I saw their other cat Sandy sitting on my driveway.
I want to take them to the local shelter, but if they really do have new owners, I'll feel bad if they were re-adopted. My ex-neighbor has an ROP class and volunteers 3 times a week at the shelter, and would probably see her cats if I brought them in. What should I do?
I personally think that the family left the cats because they were too lazy to look for them when they left for good (Not to mention they hated spending money on them and never took them to the vet. If one of their pets got sick, they didn't do anything extra for it). And if someone is caring for them, I highly doubt they actually want the cats, but are feeding them because they pity the cats.
Not to mention that my ex-neighbor found it AMUSING that her cats returned to their empty house.