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Hello! I'm new here.. Just created an account because I have a question about some strays by my new house.
We just moved into a new townhome, and the community seems to have a LOT of strays. I can think of 5 that I see by our house regularly- but they're really all over the place. Well, since it's been so hot out lately I'd been putting some food out with a little water. Not really seeing who was getting it, but it would all be gone within 20 minutes with the bowl licked clean. Lately the same little guy has been coming around. He is grey and white, very cute- but very skinny. He also looks like he has either some scratches or something behind his one ear, but I haven't got close enough to check it out. Very sweet personality, he always meows when he sees me- and lately has been laying in front of the house. I'm worried about all the cats obviously, but I really worry about him since he's such a cool little guy. Ideally I'd take him to a vet and take him in, but A: I'm sure it's not nearly that easy. B: I don't think our dog+ cat would appreciate that.& C: Even if they were okay with it, the community we rent in has a 2 pet per house limit. I don't want to call animal control, the only shelter around here has a pretty high kill rate... Should I just keep doing what I'm doing? I know people always say not to feed strays, and I hope it's not annoying my neighbors that I am... I just feel so bad for them. It's not their fault they're out there =/. I feel bad for them with it being SO hot out (100 degrees+), and then when it gets cold I'll worry because of that. I just feel like I have to do SOMETHING because if somebody didn't take our cat in (who we adopted a couple years ago) she easily could have been in the same situation.. The cat is currently laying outside by my front door being all adorable. I tried to attach a picture but it said I did not have permission to, maybe because I'm new..
We just moved into a new townhome, and the community seems to have a LOT of strays. I can think of 5 that I see by our house regularly- but they're really all over the place. Well, since it's been so hot out lately I'd been putting some food out with a little water. Not really seeing who was getting it, but it would all be gone within 20 minutes with the bowl licked clean. Lately the same little guy has been coming around. He is grey and white, very cute- but very skinny. He also looks like he has either some scratches or something behind his one ear, but I haven't got close enough to check it out. Very sweet personality, he always meows when he sees me- and lately has been laying in front of the house. I'm worried about all the cats obviously, but I really worry about him since he's such a cool little guy. Ideally I'd take him to a vet and take him in, but A: I'm sure it's not nearly that easy. B: I don't think our dog+ cat would appreciate that.& C: Even if they were okay with it, the community we rent in has a 2 pet per house limit. I don't want to call animal control, the only shelter around here has a pretty high kill rate... Should I just keep doing what I'm doing? I know people always say not to feed strays, and I hope it's not annoying my neighbors that I am... I just feel so bad for them. It's not their fault they're out there =/. I feel bad for them with it being SO hot out (100 degrees+), and then when it gets cold I'll worry because of that. I just feel like I have to do SOMETHING because if somebody didn't take our cat in (who we adopted a couple years ago) she easily could have been in the same situation.. The cat is currently laying outside by my front door being all adorable. I tried to attach a picture but it said I did not have permission to, maybe because I'm new..