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Backstory:
About six months ago a cat I had assumed was feral started to suddenly show affection for me and my neighbors. I call him Spock because he has big ears. At night when I put food out he will appear and meow, rub against me, let me pet him and jump up on my lap. My neighbors have two cats of their own that are indoor/outdoor. They have claimed several times that the Spock attacked their cat when it was outside and also claim they've seen Spock jump on top of other strays around the food bowl they put outside at night. They have calmed down recently and even made a bed for him on their porch but I still will randomly get a text saying something like "it's not fair that my cats can't go outside now" or "I might take him to Humane Society". But at the same time they will put food out for him every night so they confuse me.
I would make him my indoor cat but I already have five cats of my own(who still have issues getting along). I do have a loving home lined up for him if I decide to bring him inside. The person who would love to take him has two cats from a rescue already and is willing to put the time in to introduce the new cat slowly to see if it will work. I've never seen Spock get into a fight but I have seen him stand up to and chase some feral cats out of my yard. One cute thing I have observed was he let a younger cat(maybe 6-7 months old) follow him around the neighborhood almost as if he was his mentor for a few months.
I feel like my neighbors are warming up to him but I think it would be best to remove Spock from the situation in case they reverse course. I feel like I need to do something but I have two main concerns.
First, he does look like he has fun outside and is always in his bed at night so is it wrong for me to take him away from his life outside? My neighbors say he keeps trying to come inside their house so I think he would be fine being inside but I feel guilty taking that away from him.
Second, I worry about the aggression issues my neighbor has talked about towards other cats. I trust the person that would be giving him a home I just worry about the unknow if he cannot live in harmony with the two resident cats in their household. Would I just return to my neighborhood? Will my neighbors let him back?
About six months ago a cat I had assumed was feral started to suddenly show affection for me and my neighbors. I call him Spock because he has big ears. At night when I put food out he will appear and meow, rub against me, let me pet him and jump up on my lap. My neighbors have two cats of their own that are indoor/outdoor. They have claimed several times that the Spock attacked their cat when it was outside and also claim they've seen Spock jump on top of other strays around the food bowl they put outside at night. They have calmed down recently and even made a bed for him on their porch but I still will randomly get a text saying something like "it's not fair that my cats can't go outside now" or "I might take him to Humane Society". But at the same time they will put food out for him every night so they confuse me.
I would make him my indoor cat but I already have five cats of my own(who still have issues getting along). I do have a loving home lined up for him if I decide to bring him inside. The person who would love to take him has two cats from a rescue already and is willing to put the time in to introduce the new cat slowly to see if it will work. I've never seen Spock get into a fight but I have seen him stand up to and chase some feral cats out of my yard. One cute thing I have observed was he let a younger cat(maybe 6-7 months old) follow him around the neighborhood almost as if he was his mentor for a few months.
I feel like my neighbors are warming up to him but I think it would be best to remove Spock from the situation in case they reverse course. I feel like I need to do something but I have two main concerns.
First, he does look like he has fun outside and is always in his bed at night so is it wrong for me to take him away from his life outside? My neighbors say he keeps trying to come inside their house so I think he would be fine being inside but I feel guilty taking that away from him.
Second, I worry about the aggression issues my neighbor has talked about towards other cats. I trust the person that would be giving him a home I just worry about the unknow if he cannot live in harmony with the two resident cats in their household. Would I just return to my neighborhood? Will my neighbors let him back?