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Hi All. Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this. I need advice on what to do about a neighbor's cat.
The downstairs neighbor has a cute little white cat. The problem is that the neighbor is no longer letting the cat into the house because she is "tired of letting the cat in and out all the time", and the cat has begun to go restroom outside the box. The neighbor told my SO that she wasn't sure if she was going to just leave the cat outside all the time or "get rid of her."
Her cat is now trying to come into my apartment. I don't blame the poor thing, as her dish is almost always empty. I know they are still feeding her (probably once a day), and her weight seems OK so I just set out some water for her. Another of my neighbors thought the cat might be hungry, and started setting out food. Between myself, the other neighbor, and the idiot owner, the cat is properly fed/watered.
My biggest problems with this are 1. That the cat might have a medical problem (UTI?) That's causing her to go outside the box, but the owner can't be bothered to do anything about it. and 2.) When she tries to come inside the house, my cats freak out and throw themselves at the sliding glass door. Nova got so upset that she broke off one of her claws while doing this. We took her to vet and he put her on antibiotics so it wouldn't get infected from her litter box. I feel really sorry for the cat outside, so I didn't complain to the owner. Instead, I covered the lower half of the sliding glass door with wrapping paper so that the cats can't see each other. My cats have two other windows to look out of, so I think they'll be fine.
What should I do, if anything?
Am I out of line if I take the cat to the vet for a check up and try to rehome her? Should I take the cat for a check up, and let her back out if she's OK?
I'm a little bit worried that my next door neighbors (the ones immediately next to me) might do something mean to her, as they were annoyed by all the noise when the cats were throwing themselves at the door, and they chased her off. Should I not do anything? Your advice is much appreciated. Thank you for reading if you made it this far.
The downstairs neighbor has a cute little white cat. The problem is that the neighbor is no longer letting the cat into the house because she is "tired of letting the cat in and out all the time", and the cat has begun to go restroom outside the box. The neighbor told my SO that she wasn't sure if she was going to just leave the cat outside all the time or "get rid of her."
Her cat is now trying to come into my apartment. I don't blame the poor thing, as her dish is almost always empty. I know they are still feeding her (probably once a day), and her weight seems OK so I just set out some water for her. Another of my neighbors thought the cat might be hungry, and started setting out food. Between myself, the other neighbor, and the idiot owner, the cat is properly fed/watered.
My biggest problems with this are 1. That the cat might have a medical problem (UTI?) That's causing her to go outside the box, but the owner can't be bothered to do anything about it. and 2.) When she tries to come inside the house, my cats freak out and throw themselves at the sliding glass door. Nova got so upset that she broke off one of her claws while doing this. We took her to vet and he put her on antibiotics so it wouldn't get infected from her litter box. I feel really sorry for the cat outside, so I didn't complain to the owner. Instead, I covered the lower half of the sliding glass door with wrapping paper so that the cats can't see each other. My cats have two other windows to look out of, so I think they'll be fine.
What should I do, if anything?
Am I out of line if I take the cat to the vet for a check up and try to rehome her? Should I take the cat for a check up, and let her back out if she's OK?
I'm a little bit worried that my next door neighbors (the ones immediately next to me) might do something mean to her, as they were annoyed by all the noise when the cats were throwing themselves at the door, and they chased her off. Should I not do anything? Your advice is much appreciated. Thank you for reading if you made it this far.
