Cat question

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This is a tricky one. Our next door but one neighbours have a beautiful old cat. he's recently been in an accident and has lots of injuries which they have obviously spent loads of money on, so they must love him. However, they've gone away on holiday and i can see no evidence of anyone coming round to feed him. He has sort of adopted us and moved in - the dcs adore him and he likes to sleep in our conservatory and snuggle up with us. The thing is, he's clearly hungry and they have warned us before not to feed him (we don;t really 'know' them, but I chatted generally once about how he loves to come round) He's so sad and thin looking and i am really tempted. WIBU to give him some food, or not? :(

My cat is well-named Oscar, as he should win an award for his impression of Poor Starved Kitty. You would be excused for believing he's never fed even when he's standing in between two full bowls of cat food, because he can't possibly eat mere pet food when he has reason to believe there may be ham in that thar fridge. He even makes his face go thin. It's impressive. I live in fear that some soft twit will be fooled and offer him milk, which he loves but which does not love him.