Weird Cat Dilemma

[OregonLAA]

So my wife and I have 2 cats. We are waiting until we've boughten a home to get a dog, so in the meantime we have 2 low maintenance cats. Well a few weeks ago he was missing for almost 2 full weeks. Towards the end we had both started to give into the idea that maybe he had died. He finally came home on New Years Eve and we were very happy.

Then we discovered he had an insane sneeze and was very tired and lethargic. So we took him to the vet and they gave us medicine to give him and we have to give it to him twice a day, so we kept him inside to make sure we could give it to him. A week later, we let him outside. This is where it gets odd.

He comes home with a collar around his neck! Someone has been feeding him and taking care of him. I called the number on the tag and it was an old man who lives on a different street but I can see his house from mine. Apparently he lets him inside and feeds him and let's him stay until he wants to go outside.

Here's the dilemma. He took him to the vet and spent $240 on the cat. And he has pretty much figured he was adopting this cat. He lives alone and seems a bit lonely as one might expect. He insists we don't need to pay him back. Obviously we can't stop Trout (the cats name) from going over there so we don't care about any of that. But now the guy is out money and a cat.

We have considered getting him a cat, giving him money or just taking him out to dinner one night. I feel bad for the guy.

After the snide cat remarks, do you have any suggestions of what to do for the man?

[Ochocinco!]

Give him the ball of hell and call it a day.

[2002_halos_II]

I'd try to reimburse him at least half.

 

 Seems the cat will continue to visit him anyway and the man now knows the cat is not a stray.

 

Funny about the collar.

[gotbeer]

Since the cat is probably going to go over there anyways.  Maybe let him know you don't mind if the cat comes to visit, and take him some food to feed the cat.  

 

He probably feels more guilty about it than spending the money on the vet.  

[mancini79]

Why wasn't there a collar on your cat in the first place? I believe in the cat world, the first person to collar the cat is the owner. Just curious, did the old man put a name on the collar?

[OregonLAA]

We went and talked to him about it. He feeds all the neighborhood cats with wet food so of course he's the popular hangout. We just asked that he doesn't keep him for long so he doesn't go missing for days at a time again. We have tried to out a collar on Troyt but he gets them off so we gave up. He's a cat anyways. I've never put a collar on a cat before Trout. The old man named him "Kitty Kitty"

He went to the vet and found out he was fixed. Wouldn't that be your first clue that he had an owner? Also, he goes missing for days at a time and goes over there and isn't hungry. All pretty big clues if you ask me. But like I said, he's old and kind of losing it

[tdawg87]

Asking for serious cat related advice on this forum is kinda funny.

I wouldn't give him the cat, but it's obvious he needs some company so letting it visit him regularly seems fair. I'd also reimburse him for the money he spent or at least do something nice for him.

[happybat4]

You can just move and leave the cats

[HaloMagic]

How the **** are there two people in this story and both of them actually want possession of this cat? This is ****ing bizarre.

[Blarg]

Does he own an alligator?

[ten ocho recon scout]

Why wasn't there a collar on your cat in the first place? I believe in the cat world, the first person to collar the cat is the owner. Just curious, did the old man put a name on the collar?

did you own a plantation in the south at one point?

(Just kidding. Watched 12 years a slave last night and that comment reminded me of the movie)

[Blarg]

Slavery jokes. Will they ever go out of style?

Not as long as Charlie Hebdo is still in business.

[OregonLAA]

Asking for serious cat related advice on this forum is kinda funny.

I wouldn't give him the cat, but it's obvious he needs some company so letting it visit him regularly seems fair. I'd also reimburse him for the money he spent or at least do something nice for him.

Hahaha I thought the same thing. hatas gonna h8

[ten ocho recon scout]

Slavery jokes. Will they ever go out of style?

no, especially ones with cats

[RallyMo]

The only weird thing about this is that you feel there is some sort of a dilemma.

It's fairly simple when it comes to cats: if there is a cat, it should die.

[Tank]

seems like this man wants companionship. i'd take him out to a nice dinner as a thank you and let him continue to see the cat.

[HaloMagic]

Make sure the sex is consensual, though. Find out what the cat thinks.

[Tank]

i'm going to have to word my sentences more clearly. LOL.

[Sully151]

Am I the only one playing Naughty By Nature in their head?

[ten ocho recon scout]

Make sure the sex is consensual, though. Find out what the cat thinks.

we need to remember this one at the end of the year for best post awards

[ELEVEN]

Am I the only one playing Naughty By Nature in their head?

Yes.

No.

[JAHV76]

seems like this man wants companionship. i'd take him out to a nice dinner as a thank you and let him continue to see the cat.

He could take him to the playboy mansion for drinks and see what happens afterwards.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

He went to the vet and found out he was fixed. Wouldn't that be your first clue that he had an owner? Also, he goes missing for days at a time and goes over there and isn't hungry. All pretty big clues if you ask me. But like I said, he's old and kind of losing it

Some people and organizations actually get stray cats fixed so they don't keep popping out kittens. A collar or getting your cat chipped is how someone knows a cat isn't a stray. Your cat going over there for weeks then leaving for weeks doesn't necessarily say he's not a stray so much as he's two timing you.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

He could take him to the playboy mansion for drinks and see what happens afterwards.

 

Nah, those are bunnies, not kittens.

[Hollyw00d]

Make sure the sex is consensual, though. Find out what the cat thinks.

Yeah you don't want your cat getting "Jamies winston'd"