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pojr
04/14/21 3:10:17 AM
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I live in a second-story apartment, and there's a fire escape on the other side of my bedroom window

Sometimes at night I leave my window open because it gets hot in my bedroom. I had the window only creeped open a little so that own cat cannot get out. I was trying to sleep, and I heard a meow from outside. I thought it was my own cat, so I opened the window a little bit and the kitty came over. It's definitely not my cat. But he/she came in.

I kind of froze up when this happened. I probably should have kept the cat from coming in. Right? I assume it's one of the neighbors cats. I'm definitely going to go door-to-door tomorrow to see if someone is missing their cat
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Kisai
04/14/21 3:14:05 AM
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It's your cat now.

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ThePrinceFish
04/14/21 3:15:21 AM
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Congratulations on your new cat

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Smackems
04/14/21 3:16:41 AM
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Keep it

Feed it good stuff

Pet the fuck out of it

Honestly first ask around like you said

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pojr
04/14/21 3:19:45 AM
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Yeah I'm assuming that someone is missing the cat. There's no way a stray cat would be able to get on the fire escape. You have to pull down the stairs in order to get on the fire escape.
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PoundGarden
04/14/21 3:21:45 AM
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Scream in it's face. They hate that shit

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ThePrinceFish
04/14/21 3:22:54 AM
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Post images of your new cat

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pojr
04/14/21 3:23:47 AM
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pojr
04/14/21 3:24:10 AM
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ThePrinceFish
04/14/21 3:26:25 AM
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he looks like a curious lil guy

good pick up

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BloodMoon7
04/14/21 3:26:45 AM
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It may be a neighbor's cat. Just keep it away from your own cat, they don't like it.

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pojr
04/14/21 3:45:41 AM
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BloodMoon7 posted...
It may be a neighbor's cat. Just keep it away from your own cat, they don't like it.

You're right, I'm going to prioritize trying to find the owner. It's almost 4:00 am right now so I'll probably have to wait until the morning
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SomeLikeItHoth
04/14/21 3:55:15 AM
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Wait for a reward flyer to get posted and earn some extra cash.

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pojr
04/14/21 4:13:08 AM
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This cat is not a nice cat when I first came into the window it was nice, but now it's hissing at me.
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BloodMoon7
04/14/21 4:16:47 AM
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Yeah that's why you should keep it away from your cat. Cats are bitches.

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pojr
04/14/21 4:31:18 AM
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I separated them right now. I have the window still open in case the new cat wants to get out
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SiO4
04/14/21 4:31:38 AM
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Kisai posted...
It's your cat now.

ThePrinceFish posted...
Congratulations on your new cat

pojr posted...



Oh shit, it's all over.

Kisai posted...
It's your cat now.

ThePrinceFish posted...
Congratulations on your new cat

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pojr
04/14/21 4:35:44 AM
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I have a bad feeling about this new cat. I've invited it out the window it came. I'm not necessarily kicking it out, but I have a bad feeling. It could be a female cat trying to mate with my male cat (who is neutered). Although I can't tell if this cat is a female or a male, because it hisses every time I try to go near it. I'm afraid it's trying to mate with him or It has a disease that could infect my cat
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jumi
04/14/21 4:39:08 AM
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Name it Window Charlie.

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ZevLoveDOOM
04/14/21 4:40:30 AM
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are you sure he's not a spy? >_>
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Number090684
04/14/21 4:46:47 AM
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pojr posted...
I have a bad feeling about this new cat. I've invited it out the window it came. I'm not necessarily kicking it out, but I have a bad feeling. It could be a female cat trying to mate with my male cat (who is neutered). Although I can't tell if this cat is a female or a male, because it hisses every time I try to go near it. I'm afraid it's trying to mate with him or It has a disease that could infect my cat

Geez. Set a trap for it using food. For example, toss it a little food it may like and then let it see you toss some more deep into a empty laundry sack. When it goes into the sack quickly trap it and take it downstairs outside and toss the sack away from you onto the ground and watch it bolt out of it.
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SiO4
04/14/21 4:48:26 AM
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pojr posted...
I have a bad feeling about this new cat. I've invited it out the window it came. I'm not necessarily kicking it out, but I have a bad feeling. It could be a female cat trying to mate with my male cat (who is neutered). Although I can't tell if this cat is a female or a male, because it hisses every time I try to go near it. I'm afraid it's trying to mate with him or It has a disease that could infect my cat


Which one is the intruder.
The lighter cat looks like a Tortie.
I only ask because that is the one that has the better defensive position.
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pojr
04/14/21 4:51:03 AM
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You guys are probably not going to like what I did, but when it went out the window, I closed the window

SiO4 posted...
pojr posted...
I have a bad feeling about this new cat. I've invited it out the window it came. I'm not necessarily kicking it out, but I have a bad feeling. It could be a female cat trying to mate with my male cat (who is neutered). Although I can't tell if this cat is a female or a male, because it hisses every time I try to go near it. I'm afraid it's trying to mate with him or It has a disease that could infect my cat


Which one is the intruder.
The lighter cat looks like a Tortie.
I only ask because that is the one that has the better defensive position.

The lighter cat is the intruder
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Guerrilla Soldier
04/14/21 4:51:43 AM
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good job on getting a new cat

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SiO4
04/14/21 4:51:53 AM
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pojr posted...
You guys are probably not going to like what I did, but when it went out the window, I closed the window

The lighter cat is the intruder


Oh, well I think it might be a girl.
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pojr
04/14/21 4:58:46 AM
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Guerrilla Soldier posted...
good job on getting a new cat

I let it go. Sorry but I don't trust it
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pojr
04/14/21 5:04:58 AM
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I feel really bad. I would have liked to have kept the cat. But I'm worried about my own cat safety. He could have easily caught fleas from this other cat. Like SiO4 said, it might have tried to attack my cat or something.

Edit: and now it's in front of my window again
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Aressar
04/14/21 5:06:00 AM
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Probably for the best that it left. I bet it really wanted to go home, and like you said, you're not quite sure what this cat is up to or how healthy it is, so it's better off like this.

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pojr
04/14/21 5:06:45 AM
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And now it's in front of my window again lol.
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Aressar
04/14/21 5:07:22 AM
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pojr posted...
I feel really bad. I would have liked to have kept the cat. But I'm worried about my own cat safety. He could have easily caught fleas from this other cat. Like SiO4 said, it might have tried to attack my cat or something.

Edit: and now it's in front of my window again

Might want to get some anti-flea droplets or something, just to be safe.

Hope you closed the window this time?

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pojr
04/14/21 5:08:32 AM
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Yeah the window is closed now. And good idea, I will pick some up right away
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ApherosyLove
04/14/21 5:12:20 AM
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Don't feel bad dude. It feels suckish but you definitely did the right thing. Without any information on the new one you absolutely cannot risk the safety of your own cat, as fucked as that might sound.

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spikethedevil
04/14/21 5:12:34 AM
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ITT: People condoning theft of someones pet.

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Number090684
04/14/21 5:14:43 AM
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If it was hissing at you and you were being nice to it and respecting it's space, etc. it is likely feral, and at that age I wouldn't bother trying to socialize it, unless you like a challenge or possibly want to occasionally deal with a obstinate cat with a wild side. Don't let it in again, especially for your other cat's sake.
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pojr
04/14/21 5:15:08 AM
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It was bad enough that I let the cat come in here. But I've rescued cats in danger in the past, so it was just natural for me to be nice to this. I shouldn't have let it in from the start. I already risked my own cat's health
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AceMos
04/14/21 5:16:16 AM
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yea you made the right call thoe you should still ask around to see if you can find its owner and let them know what happened

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SiO4
04/14/21 5:23:47 AM
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Number090684 posted...
If it was hissing at you and you were being nice to it and respecting it's space, etc. it is likely feral, and at that age I wouldn't bother trying to socialize it, unless you like a challenge or possibly want to occasionally deal with a obstinate cat with a wild side. Don't let it in again, especially for your other cat's sake.

pojr posted...
It was bad enough that I let the cat come in here. But I've rescued cats in danger in the past, so it was just natural for me to be nice to this. I shouldn't have let it in from the start. I already risked my own cat's health


Dumb question, but and kinda off-topic, but are we all up at 5:30'sh right now?
I think we are all in upstate, LOL
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spikethedevil
04/14/21 5:26:03 AM
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SiO4 posted...
Dumb question, but and kinda off-topic, but are we all up at 5:30'sh right now?
I think we are all in upstate, LOL

Its 10:25 here in the UK.

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Number090684
04/14/21 5:33:42 AM
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SiO4 posted...
Dumb question, but and kinda off-topic, but are we all up at 5:30'sh right now?
I think we are all in upstate, LOL

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pojr
04/14/21 5:38:15 AM
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I live in Rochester New York, so yeah I'm upstate
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SiO4
04/14/21 6:00:37 AM
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Number090684 posted...


How did you know?


I have both tagged.
You as Upstate speaks the truth.

pojr posted...
I live in Rochester New York, so yeah I'm upstate


And I have you as lives in Rochester.
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spikethedevil
04/14/21 6:09:01 AM
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There is also those of us outside the US.

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SiO4
04/14/21 6:18:32 AM
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spikethedevil posted...
There is also those of us outside the US.


LOL I totally get it.

I just noticed our three dumb asses were chripping away at an ungodly hour!! About cat stuff!! Heh! Sounds about right!
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spikethedevil
04/14/21 6:19:27 AM
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In the UK here and its 11:20am

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SiO4
04/14/21 6:21:34 AM
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spikethedevil posted...
In the UK here and its 11:20am


Ya 5+GMT here.
I was just referring to the two that I quoted.
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spikethedevil
04/14/21 6:23:13 AM
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Fair enough lol.

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pojr
04/14/21 11:39:30 AM
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SiO4 posted...


I have both tagged.
You as Upstate speaks the truth.

And I have you as lives in Rochester.
why though? you live far from rochester lol

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3PiesAndAFork
04/14/21 11:46:16 AM
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Kaldrenthebold
04/14/21 11:53:48 AM
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A few years ago my wife was smoking a cigarette on our balcony and saw a black cat going from door to door meowing like the dickens. She went down as it was walking by and the cat was just a huge mush. I brought a little plate of food down and it ate it all with gusto (then attempted to steal my bag of treats from my hand, even tore the bag). We didn't want to leave him outside in case it was a neighbors cat or something, but we also have an older cat that the shelter said is not good with other animals. So, we separated my cat into my bedroom and brought the other cat in. We let him roam around and play a bit but then locked him in the bathroom with litter and some food. We took turns heading in there to pet him and he was so so so affectionate, I felt really bad keeping him locked in the room. However, as other users have pointed out, it is always best to sequester strange animals from your own since you don't know what diseases they carry.

The next morning we called a no kill shelter to come and pick him up. They came and got him and we felt bad. A week or so later I was off work and got someone at the door, which turned out to be an older woman that was caring for a cat colony close to my apartments. Apparently, the black cat (we named Salem of course) was a part of a pair of male cats that some owner must have just let out of their house to fend for themselves. The brother got fucked up by some other animal and had to be put to sleep, but the one we had was happy, healthy, and (I hope) adopted to a nice family. She thanked me since she apparently was trying to catch him for a while now (which doesn't make sense, the guy literally just walked up to us and began laying on our feet and loving to be picked up, indicating he wasn't a feral).

I dunno why I wrote all that stuff. You always could have called animal control to come pick up the cat, and if the cat was chipped (as they properly should be) then they can contact the owner.

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