other peoples pets.... what would you do?

[Ed62]

Is it possible they don't use the door you put the note on? I'd try putting one on the other door, and see what happens. If no response, keep it.

Ed

 

[Dar]

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there is the front door and a sliding door in their fenced yard... I think they use the garage door though.. i think they use the opener int he car and walk in that way... how else could they have missed a note.. I will leave one on the car windshield tomorrow if there is still no response

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

I wouldn't bother with notes. They obviously don't care about the cat. Keep him and IF they ever ask if you've seen him say no. He'll have a far happier/ better home with you anyways.

 

[redhen]

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Ditto

 

[HeatherLynn]

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My cat did the same thing. He would go to the neighbors in the morning to eat and then come back after lunch which is when I would do my feeding. The neighbor eventually caught me outside one day ( I am forever running about) and asked if he was mine. She saw him run over here every day. I said yep, had him since he was a kitten. Apparently she had been feeding him for almost a year. No wonder that diet cat food was not slimming him down. Man he got fat. He is now out on our farm and can only get food from us so he is back to his normal weight but he was getting pretty huge there for a while. I was getting worried.

 

[TLWR]

Go over when they are there or post a note on the door they may use or even stick something in the mail - tell them you think their cat has been at your house, you don't mind at all, but if they are looking for him, you'd be happy to bring him back over. If not, you'd be happy to keep him.

 

[debilorrah]

My dear, cats pick their people, people do not pick their cats. You may bring one home thinking it is for you and next thing you know, the animal prefers someone else in the family.

 

[Imapsychowhoa]

My neighbors are like that with every animal they get.First they got a puppy and left it go without a leash and it was always in my yard chasing my chickens and my family would take it back but they would never take it inside.Once i was outside and it stayed in the yard following me around and my neighbors were in their yard and didn't call the dog or say anything they just went back into their house.Eventually their dog disappeared and a week later i saw 4 kittens running around their yard which was worse than the dog since the cat's wouldn't come to me, got big and started killing all the birds at my bird feeder or ending up in the road dead in front of my drive way.Luckily they moved out and took the cat's that were left with them.Also around 3am one night i heard a car and someone on my porch so i looked and someone shoved a kitten between my screen door and my front door and my family took it to the vet then kept it.

 

[Orchid]

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I agree. Some of us are just irresistible to cats (and dogs), apparently.

 

[Beekissed]

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I can just see the OP saying this and the neighbor looks over into the living room window and there sits their cat!

Honesty is always the best policy. The people have been informed via the notes, if they wanted to assert their claims on this cat, they would do so. If and when they do, you can tell them they are welcome to him~and the considerable cat food bill you've incurred.