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AIBU?

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To be annoyed that people "stole" my cat?

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WoIsMe · 07/11/2024 09:35

One of my cats stopped coming home and I sometimes wouldn't see him for several days at a time. When he did come home, he would eat any food that was left out and then leave again straight away. I put a tracker on him which wasn't very accurate but I could see that he was spending a lot of his time a few hundred yards down the road. So I put up posters around that area asking people not to feed him since he wasn't coming home any more. An acquaintance saw the posters and let me know that her next door neighbours were letting my cat into their house. When they saw the posters, they stopped feeding him so now he comes home every day for food and then goes back to this other house. Recently, he was injured and one of the couple came round to tell me, so I could take him to the vet. So I'm paying for food, flea treatment and vet care for a cat that doesn't live here any more. I really miss him and these people are getting all the good sides of having cat while I pay for everything. So AIBU for being annoyed at the people that have lured my cat away?

OP posts:
Laura95167 · 21/06/2025 21:00

Its time your cat was a house cat for a bit

thismummydrinksgin · 22/06/2025 15:05

Knock the door and say he has fleas , you’re treating but can’t get rid of them.

thismummydrinksgin · 22/06/2025 15:07

zingally · 07/11/2024 14:05

We acquired a cat in this way. A huge ginger tom appeared on the scene and started hanging around our street. Ridiculously friendly and would barrel into your house the second a door opened.

We never fed him, but he ended up spending more and more time at our house. Mostly just snoozing.

It turned out he lived with a family a few streets away who had 3 boys under the age of about 8... This poor middle aged cat just wanted some peace!
After a couple of years, the family wanted to move away, the cat was getting elderly, so rather than uproot him, they asked if we wanted to take him on? Of course we did. He spent his final 3 years living with us, enjoying the peace and quiet! We loved him very much, and still talk about him often, despite him being gone the better part of 20 years now. 😥

We'd never have stolen him, but unfortunately cats tend to make up their own minds about who they want to live with!

Rubbish, keep putting him out and he would go home. That’s a cop out for stealing a lovely cat. Don’t let him in, put out shoo away repeat.

zingally · 23/06/2025 17:52

thismummydrinksgin · 22/06/2025 15:07

Rubbish, keep putting him out and he would go home. That’s a cop out for stealing a lovely cat. Don’t let him in, put out shoo away repeat.

What part of "they asked us to take him on" wasn't clear??

Also, what part of "him being gone the better part of 20 years now" wasn't clear??

Also, why you quoting a comment I left (checks calendar) over 7 months ago??

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