I like our local shared ownership model: neighborhood cat visits, we chill on the deck, I offer him water, he doesn’t seem to need it, he wanders off. Every so often, there’s just this cat at the back door checking in.
Theres a feature in the game “Dwarf Fortress” where one of the dwarves might Adopt an animal as their pet. Except for Cats. The cats adopt a dwarf.
I wish a cat would choose me. I stand by the window all day and they never stop by
You can have all of the kittens in our neighborhood then. We just rescued 2x starving 8 week olds from a drain pipe (one died) just to find a fucking 2 week old screaming in our backyard. Luckily we found someone who can bottle feed the adorable asshole every 3 hours.
The kitten distribution system fucking blows when you live near a feral cat colony. We already have 6 cats, of which 4 are foster fails because we’re suckers and don’t think strangers will take proper care of them. We purposefully haven’t named the new one because we can’t keep her and still provide proper veterinary care.
feral cat colony.
Have you looked in if your local government has a catch a release program. Where I am some of the rural areas have a process where they spay or neuter, clip the ear then release them back to the area.
They do, but there’s a limit on what we can afford, even with it being subsidized
I can take at least 2
Then come on down to Texas. They’re the cutest fuckers you’ll ever meet. The one we just found a foster for is a super pretty dilute calico, but if she’s anything like our dilute calico she’ll be a beautiful bitch.
It will take more than kittens to get me to enter Texas
That’s definitely fair. Our too many cats is a big reason we can’t leave.
Rookie mistake right there. Gotta stop wanting it. The mysterious house hunting cat will only appear where they are least desired
It’s true. Try wandering around talking about how you’re allergic to cats.
This is how I met my wife as well.
I too am allergic to this guy’s wife
Looks like the cat distribution system is working as intended.
Three of my cats came through the cat flap and lived with me.
They used to live next door, they had six cats but four of them were regular visitors to my house probably because it was quieter. Next door used to have really loud arguments all the time. Anyway they split up, moved out and sold the place, and within a couple of months I had three of them living me. I ran into her in the town and told her where the cats were but she never came and got them. Oh and the two females were heavily pregnant when they moved in so after a couple of days I had six kittens as well. Five cats and six kittens is officially called a chaos.
our neighbors were cat owners like that. they took care of the strays and were constantly fighting to get them all fixed. when we got a solitary kitten from them, they had a momma kitten and two of her daughter kittens who all gave birth at the same time, who the vet would not snip because he doesn’t do abortions. on the third attempt of “look, she just had kittens what do you mean she’s pregnant again” he just snipped them because 17 kittens is too many kittens.
It’s the Cat Distribution System
CDS
I’ve never been blessed by the CDS. It’s pretty frustrating and disheartening that I have to chase them down manually and explicitly
Several of the cats I had when I was a kid and now as an adult just came up to my door and started meowing. It’s like God was informing them about which house was most likely to take them in, after some online posts and flyers with no picture (so they have to verify what the cat looks like) that say "lost cat found, contact here ( ) " and putting notices in at the vet and the local shelters, we kept them. My guess is they were all dumped somewhere in the neighborhoods I lived in.
Came here to say this. Pretty much all the cats I’ve lived with just walked in off the street and acted like they’ve always lived with me.
My cats were both the result of girlfriends tricking me into them (“we’ll just go to the shelter to look at cats” and “just come over and see her, you don’t have to adopt her”). 18 years with each of them (the cats, not the girlfriends) and I wouldn’t trade those years for anything. I’ll have cats again some day but right now I can’t.
