Lately I have seen an orange cat hanging out around my front porch. At first I thought that he was the neighbors cat because I know they have atleast one and they let their cats outside (which I HATE because we live on a very busy road). They actually have a calico that from a distance looks a lot like Trinity and there have been a few times that I have seen her when I was walking up to the house and momentarily freaked, thinking that Trinity had somehow gotten outside. This orange guy though, I have been assuming he is someone's pet because he is not at all scared of me. Pretty much every day for the last few weeks, he has been waiting for me on my front porch when I leave for work in the morning. . . This morning I guess he must have jumped in my car when I went out to warm it up because when I went back out to leave, he was on my driver's seat waiting for me. He is a very sweet kitty but obviously is not very well taken care of. He is pretty skinny and his fur is kind of bad (I assume most of that is because he is outside, when I say bad, I just mean dirty really, it doesn't seem like he has anything really wrong with his fur that a good bath wouldn't fix. Well anyway, I had to put him out of the car this morning to go to work and it broke my heart to do so because he was sitting on my lap purring up a storm.
It is supposed to be really cold here this weekend (like single digits, below zero wind chill) so I am worried about him. I have never fed him yet he sticks around my house which makes me wonder if he really even does get fed. What can I do to help him? I would take him in, but I already have four and I don't think Matt would be amused with me bringing another home. I do have a shed that we don't use for much in the back yard. I was thinking about propping the door open enough that he could get in and making him a cozy bed in there. Do you guys think he would use it and if so, would it be enough to help him through this cold weather?
It is supposed to be really cold here this weekend (like single digits, below zero wind chill) so I am worried about him. I have never fed him yet he sticks around my house which makes me wonder if he really even does get fed. What can I do to help him? I would take him in, but I already have four and I don't think Matt would be amused with me bringing another home. I do have a shed that we don't use for much in the back yard. I was thinking about propping the door open enough that he could get in and making him a cozy bed in there. Do you guys think he would use it and if so, would it be enough to help him through this cold weather?