My husband is a subcontractor for a couple property maintenance companies and one of the things he does for them is to go into properties that are no longer occupied and fix what needs fixing so they can be rented out again. Sometimes people leave so much crap behind he has to rent a dumpster or make multiple trips to goodwill to donate if they actually leave anything of value behind. People do actually leave good stuff behind sometimes.
This morning my husband called me he sounded so sad. he says they left a cat in here, the litter box is overflowing,the food bowl is empty,and there is a tiny bit of water. He says this is such a sweet cat following him around rubbing up on him wanting to be loved.
We are in Phoenix AZ it is hotter than hell here right now I do not know if they left the AC on for this cat or not. If my husband had put this unit off until next week the cat likely would not have survived being trapped in there.with no food and possibly in very hot temperatures.
Who does this kind of thing? I know people have tough times but really? I have gone through tough times and I could never just leave my cat. I don't want to move to a new house because I don't want to leave the few strays I feed with no one and these people abandoned their own cat.I would not want to take my cat to shelter ever because i know the statistics and I know how scary it would be but to leave a cat locked up alone with no food and no chance to find any. I just can't imagine what i would do if I had to let my cat go,but I know I would not do this!
My husband wants to bring this cat home. I have 2 fixed male cats already. The older one is very mellow and good natured he has never had a problem accepting new cats and he does not bother with any of the cats that wander into our yard.The younger one however is very territorial and does not take kindly to cats that come into the yard, there is one in particular that he always tries to go after. He has tangled with this cat enough to have to go to the vet for an absess cause by a cat bite. Funnily he only goes after some cats, I wonder if maybe some of them are fixed and he only goes after the unfixed ones. I know the one he tangles with the most is unfixed.
Well I am a cat lover but I really do not like the stress of introducing a new cat into the household.Bringing kittens in is hard enough. But how do I say no to this poor baby who just got left behind all alone? Worst thing is he told me he looks just like the best cat I ever had that I had to put down 7 years ago because of cancer. He knows how to pull my heartstrings for sure.
He is taking the cat to the vet to have he/she checked out today. I am so sad for this kitty. I have a feeling we are about to have a 3rd cat if the vet says its healthy and hopefully already fixed. People can just be so awful :(