My New Friend

Garneta · Post by **Garneta** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:17 am

The other night when I came home from work there was a cat on the second floor landing...we live right across from a little forest, so occasionally stray cats and raccoons and deer, etc, come around. But then yesterday when I got home for lunch, the cat was laying right outside my apartment door!

So I put some cat food (I keep a bag below the counter in case any strays happen by) and water outside the door when I left again yesterday. He wasn't here when I got home last night, but we have the door open today, and about 15 minutes ago Jim happened to look over and see him walking past, to the food...a few minutes later he came inside! Here he is sitting on Jim's lap.

We're not actually allowed to have pets here...but if he only comes in every once in awhile, the landlords need never know, right?

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:25 am

I love the look on his face in the first one.

Nyke · Post by **Nyke** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:27 am

So, you try eatin' it yet?

Mon Ami · Post by **Mon Ami** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:34 am

So CUTE~! I am sure the landowner won't mind, cats are the quiet ones usually >>:

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:48 am

HISSSSSSSSS HISSSSSSSSSSS

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:51 am

just be careful with strays, you might not actually be able to own him but if he's gonna hang around you guys that much you might want to have a vet check him out.

Garneta · Post by **Garneta** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:10 am

SpunkyNeko wrote:So CUTE~! I am sure the landowner won't mind, cats are the quiet ones usually >>:

Unfortunately, they will. We've asked time and again if there's ANY way that we could have a cat. If it was just the apartment managers, they wouldn't mind. But the owners of the buildings do care. Stupid pet-hating people!

legostargalactica wrote:just be careful with strays, you might not actually be able to own him but if he's gonna hang around you guys that much you might want to have a vet check him out.

I really wish we could, but we can't afford something like that. If he does stick around, though, maybe someone else will! I'm sure there're plenty of cat-loving people in our complex. In the meantime, we can at least take as good care of him as we can when he comes around, by leaving out food and water, and if he has ticks, taking them off.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:12 am

mcDuffies wrote:HISSSSSSSSS HISSSSSSSSSSS

*chases mcduffies up a tree*

Killbert-Robby · Post by **Killbert-Robby** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:22 am

Kat North wrote:and if he has ticks, taking them off.

That, people, is dedication

Garneta · Post by **Garneta** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:27 am

Killbert-Robby wrote:
Kat North wrote:and if he has ticks, taking them off.
That, people, is dedication

Psssh. I grew up in the country. Ticks are no big deal.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:31 am

Kat North wrote:
legostargalactica wrote:just be careful with strays, you might not actually be able to own him but if he's gonna hang around you guys that much you might want to have a vet check him out.
I really wish we could, but we can't afford something like that. If he does stick around, though, maybe someone else will! I'm sure there're plenty of cat-loving people in our complex. In the meantime, we can at least take as good care of him as we can when he comes around, by leaving out food and water, and if he has ticks, taking them off.

there are however other things to worry about disease wise, be very careful.

Garneta · Post by **Garneta** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:32 am

We will! We've been around cats for pretty much ever (Jim more than me, though) so we know to watch out for stuff like that.

Killbert-Robby · Post by **Killbert-Robby** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:33 am

Kat North wrote:
Killbert-Robby wrote:
Kat North wrote:and if he has ticks, taking them off.
That, people, is dedication
Psssh. I grew up in the country. Ticks are no big deal.

Well I'm not exactly sqeamish, but still, picking the ticks of some cat just because it wanders into your house...its just more dedication to animals than sending some charity a dollar a month or something

Vorticus · Post by **Vorticus** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:34 am

Kitty! Oddly enough there aren't many strays around my neighborhood.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:34 am

Kat North wrote:We will! We've been around cats for pretty much ever (Jim more than me, though) so we know to watch out for stuff like that.

i don't doubt it, but you only have to get bitten once.

Garneta · Post by **Garneta** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:35 am

Killbert-Robby wrote:its just more dedication to animals than sending some charity a dollar a month or something

Well, both of us are obsessed with cats, ya know. Besides, that's just the way I was raised with the animals...if you see a tick, get it off. The less ticks the animal has, the less chance of it getting lime disease or something.

Killbert-Robby · Post by **Killbert-Robby** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:35 am

legostargalactica wrote:
Kat North wrote:We will! We've been around cats for pretty much ever (Jim more than me, though) so we know to watch out for stuff like that.
i don't doubt it, but you only have to get bitten once.

Yeah, those werecats can bite without a warning. Wouldn't want to turn into a cat now would you?

Would you?

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:37 am

Killbert-Robby wrote:
legostargalactica wrote:
Kat North wrote:We will! We've been around cats for pretty much ever (Jim more than me, though) so we know to watch out for stuff like that.
i don't doubt it, but you only have to get bitten once.
Yeah, those werecats can bite without a warning. Wouldn't want to turn into a cat now would you?

Would you?

shocking as it may seem, i am actually being serious. rabies is not a particularly amusing joke. well... okay there was that one joke... but still.

Killbert-Robby · Post by **Killbert-Robby** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:41 am

legostargalactica wrote:
Killbert-Robby wrote:
legostargalactica wrote: i don't doubt it, but you only have to get bitten once.
Yeah, those werecats can bite without a warning. Wouldn't want to turn into a cat now would you?

Would you?
shocking as it may seem, i am actually being serious. rabies is not a particularly amusing joke. well... okay there was that one joke... but still.

A) Damn, I actually forgot about rabies, sorry, its just that around here its pretty much nonexistant
B) I think Kat is adult enough to realise a cat that's foaming at the mouth might be best left alone. Unlike my bro who'll try and pick it up by the tail

Garneta · Post by **Garneta** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:42 am

This one's showing all the signs of being a perfectly normal cat thus far. Actually, I think he must have either just been dumped here by the apartments recently, or maybe "belongs" to someone else close by and decided to wander off for a bit, by the way he's acting. Not feral at all.