AIBU to ignore this? My cat...

[MyCatIsFatMax]

NC for this as will add a photo. My cat has arrived home tonight with paper taped round his neck saying he needs to be fed, AIBU to just ignore?

Last week someone posted on a neighbourhood app asking if anyone recognised a cat, it was eating kitten food in her garden (during the day) that she'd put out for a hedgehog. I don't have the app (so can't reply), but was sent the photo by a relative who found it funny. I ignored it as he's a cat, eating cat food, he's clearly not a stray and is microchipped, and he came home as normal that evening.

Tonight he has come home with this round his neck, presumably from the same person. My close neighbours know him and know he's mine, we think this lady lives a street up.

AIBU to just ignore this, or do I need to sort it with her? He's a bloody cat, I could feed him 8 times a day and he'd still eat cat food left out in a garden...

Haha! Love this!
We have a daily visit from a local cat who sneaks silently through the cat flap and eats food. Our cat seems to like het and tolerates the visit 😼

@AInightingale

Agreed. We have an older tabby & white, who would never dare to enter someone else's home and claim a second family (she would definitely eat the left-out hedgehog's food though!).
We also have a B&W who both neighbours say is regularly in their houses claiming to be unloved. He would probably accuse us of starving him too if they had cat food available to scam.

Perfect comeback!!!!! 😂😂😂 Six dinner sid was such a good book ❤️

I’d put a paper collar on too.

There’s loads of interfering swines well meaning folk on my local town facebook group taking these greedy little rascals to the vets for scanning or contacting rehoming charities.

That’s the risk of doing nothing.

I would be more concerned that your cat is too friendly to have this attached to him. 😂

To be fair my big bruiser would have probably tried to eat the hedgehog as well as it's food.

LOL, @cliffdiver. I have to be careful nowadays, my NDN has one of those audio-recording Ring doorbells and might overhear all my little terms of 'endearment' on the doorstep at 11pm...

HotelNotPortofino · 27/09/2023 21:12

Are you sure your cat didn’t write it himself

👏👏👏🤣

A B&W cat called Thor used to come into Mum's house- plus another called Jess {Like Postman Pat's cat} when were were younger absolutely adopted us and our parents bought food for him despite him having another home.

Cats are owned by none, are laws unto themselves.

Neighbour's cat {Mainly black} used to come in to the house and steal the puppy food. {Cat thought that food was put out for him}

Cats are opportunists.

So many interfering busybodies who don't understand cats.
It's easy to tell a much loved cat- glossy and well kempt -

Morley is a raggedy boy now, {a local cat} but he must be about Twenty.
He has lost weight as many older cats do, but is well known in the area. A beautiful boy.

Fat Lawrence?? Is it written by same author?

A quick google shows Six Dinner Sid to be a different book entirely..

{Six Dinner Sid got taken to the vets SIX times so it backfired on him!}

Fat Lawrence might be the same type of theme- I need to get a copy to read!

I would put a note on back to say he is fed and loved. Otherwise you risk whoever this person is stealing your cat