Okay, when I was 11 or 12, one day a very very friendly young, unspayed female cat showed up in my yard. My dad was all like "When I got close to her she immediately started crying. She just wanted human attention so badly. "He led her to the door and she came right in. She immediately began following me around the house, and pretty soon my dad said" We can keep her. "Being young, I thought she was just a really friendly stray. Didn't have a collar, she looked okay except that she had some bugs in her fur.
Had her at my dad's house for a month or two, and then he started getting mad because she would use the fireplace as a litterbox, and occasionally went other places (We didn't have an indoor litterbox, because all our cats were indoor/outdoor). he said that I couldn't keep her. I was so upset that I called my mom about it and she offered to take the cat. We arranged it and she picked the cat up and it lived with her for 5 years.
Now she's back with me. I know it's too late to ask this question, but over the years I started wondering if she really was a stray or not. I thought she was, but I could've been wrong. I really hate the thought that somebody else may have owned her. I wouldn't knowingly steal somebody's cat.
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What do you think?
Its okay! Relax.
Its pretty clear that the cat wasnt wanted by the owner because it started "crying" and wanted human attention.
AND it wasnt like you ran over to a neighbors house and stole the cat. You just gave it a home when it needed one.
Obviously too late to worry about it. The cat has a good home, and that's the best that someone who's lost a cat can hope for.
i wouldn't worry about it as long as you are giving it a good home and treating it well after 5 year i wouldn't stress honestly just love her that's all you can do at this point
cats are a law unto themselves especially outdoor cats. they go where they please and stay where they please.
A very well kept house cat can act just as lost as a stray cat can, so you really can't go by her actions towards you as to her human status.
I have feral kittens that are hanging around my home, and yes, if I allowed them, the would walk right into my home and make themselves right at home.
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com If I didn't already have indoor cats, and was 100 percent sure the feral kittens were 100 percent healthy, I would without hesitation allow them to come in and look around. But, I don't know their health and while they seem healthy on the outside, then can have a bug that is lying in wait and could infest my indoor cats .. so, they remain outside only kittens.
Since you use the term "friendly young" to describe her, then I would think that she was indeed a stray, and not some pet that just went out wandering looking for a new home.
Feral queens will often dump their young shortly after weaning at any home they think will feed them. I hate using the word dump, but it's the best word I can come up with, as once the kittens are weaned, most feral mothers will indeed distant themselves from their kittens. This in not the rule, but for the most part, very true.
I hope this helps, and I think you did the right thing, but I guess no one really knows for sure so stop beating yourself up over it as if it was a lost kitten, then I'm sure it's owners would have tried to find it by asking around or the such.
For your erased question about your dad and the tv not letting you sleep.
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I'm so sorry for you.
My suggestion:
Buy him a comfortable set of tv phones. My relatives have them. They are wireless headphones available a Radio Shack or electronic departments ...
The trick, wrap them up in a box, wrapping paper, a handwritten letter, and some other gift that says you love him. Give him the gift (s) ASAP. If you celebrate Christmas tell him you still have somthing saved for later.
The tv phones are comfortable and should be loud enough for him. IF that doesn't work.
Have a real talk with your father. Don't raise your voice or be disrespectful it will make things worse!!!
If your dad is truly a jerk ....
Set your cell phone alarm to vibrate and "lock" the keys next to your pillow and sleep with your ear plugs in. The vibrate and the loud ring should wake you up. Your cellphone doesn't need to be activated to use the vibrating alarm.
Stay stress-free!
