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Concern about my cat and neighbours

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CattyWebster · 17/07/2017 22:05

A few months ago Simmy boy cat took a fancy to the home of one of my neighbours and decided to move in. Despite already having 2 cats of thier own and knowing he was my cat, neighbours made him very welcome and made a point of telling me where he was sleeping, what he was eating etc as though it was perfectly okay to keep him.

Simmy would pop back now and again and then disappear again back to his new home. I suppose I accepted the situation too readily and soon I wasn't seeing Simmy at all unless i walked past neighbours house and saw him snoozing in their window.

Neighbours are decent people and were looking after him well - he put on weight- and he seemed happy with the arrangement. However their son has now returned home to live with them and he's told them to get rid of Simmy (not much of a cat lover I suspect) so they've stopped feeding him and don't let him in anymore but he keeps hanging round their house because he thinks he lives there. I've fetched him back to my home a couple of times - kept him in for a few days - difficult as i have another cat - and he's just gone back to them.

Son came round to see me at the weekend and said his parents are fed up with Simmy hanging round their house and want him removed. I don't know what to do - simmy doesn't want to live with me although we're very nice to him. I don't think son would do anything to him, but you never know.

What can I do?

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MsMims · 17/07/2017 22:11

Keeping him in at yours for 4-6 weeks would be a good starting point. If keeping him in doesn't work, you could cat proof your garden so he can't go disappearing off.

Why do you think he left yours? Do you have any other pets or children?

Patriciathestripper1 · 17/07/2017 22:13

If they don't want him and he dosnt want you, the only thing you could do is take him to a rehoming centre.

Wolfiefan · 17/07/2017 22:16

Catproof your garden? He can go out but can't get round there.
If they didn't want him hanging round why did they feed him and let him sleep at their house?
Has he been flea or worm treated or vaccinated at all?

CattyWebster · 17/07/2017 22:26

No children but we have another cat. He's sociaable; don't think he was unhappy with us.

I think he'd go a bit mad if i tried keep him in for 4-6 weeks but i do get your point.

He's vaccinated etc.

They were happy to have him until son came back.

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MsMims · 17/07/2017 22:36

If there's no noisy children/ another pet he's in conflict with then I'd definitely try to keep him in for a few weeks. It's not the case that he has voted with his feet because he's unhappy, just that he has enjoyed having a cushy life there, so there is hope that he can be trained to reconsider your house as his home.

Shadow666 · 18/07/2017 03:54

We had a similar situation with our cat but we reclaimed him. We kept him in for a month or so and he soon forgot about our neighbours much to their annoyance. We let him out in the end as he was going crazy but it definitely worked.

Oldraver · 18/07/2017 21:01

It's there own frigging fault...they were happy to catnap him when it suited.

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