I think my cat fired me

[TrogL]

I've been sharing him with a neighbour. He went missing for a week until the neighbour phoned and said he was camped out over there. I brought him back home and kept him inside for a week because it was -30 out. I let him out two days ago and haven't seen him since. The neighbour phoned last night. He's back over there again.

[Baitball Blogger]

1. Either the neighbor has another cat who is in heat, or the neighbor has rats.

[PoliticAverse]

2. What is the neighbor feeding him ? n/t

[HarveyDarkey]

3. I don't think you're his human anymore

[HipChick]

4. My neighbors cat does that to me...many times I find him waiting in my driveway

he follows me in the house,and acts like he lives there...he talks to me the whole time..

[In_The_Wind]

5. Sorry to hear that.

Cats are so darned independent.

[lastlib]

14. yeah--until they want something..........

[avebury]

6. That could be very true.

Before this started was your cat primarily an indoor or outdoor cat? Is you neighbor letting the cat come inside?

One of my front porch visitors actually lives two doors down but I think that she thinks that both yards are hers. I feed several neighborhood strays and one of them really wants to move inside but my two dogs would not tolerate it. I wish I could get her vetted and bring her indoors because she is such a sweet girl but I am afraid that the dogs might attack her. They accepted the one cat I have because she was already established before they came as puppies.

[TrogL]

7. The adoptions papers said "feral"

But that was years ago. He's fully house-trained to the point of where he's using the dogs' pee-pad (they've made him an honourary dog). Indoors he spends most of his time asleep on the cat castle. At 6 p.m. sharp he wants his dinner, one pouch of Walmart brand wet catfood plus whatever the other cat who likes wet food doesn't finish. There's always dry catfood available up where the dogs can't get at it.

She has been feeding him out on her porch and has let him in a few times. She also keeps food and cat beds out in her garage. That may be key to the whole situation. He prefers to be outdoors but would normally hang out in surrounding yards and come home for supper and a bit of indoor time. I don't feed him outside and while he can get into the garage through a broken window I intentionally haven't fixed (I knocked the rest of the glass out), he sleeps on a pile of tarps or on the truck hood. I don't have a problem putting a cat bed out there for him, but I'm not feeding every stray in the neighbourhood.

[lastlib]

15. That "Feral" guy owns WAY too many cats, IMHO...........

[applegrove]

8. My aunt has a gift of talking to pets. My dad too. Pets adore them. If your neighbour

is so gifted...your ownership of the cat does not stand a chance. My aunt ended up owning a neighbours cat after it just decided it wanted to be around her. A cat of mine my dad asked me if he could keep for a while, I was moving far away by plane so I said yes. Next time I saw Sam she was following my dad around the house from room to room - totally in love. I knew I had lost her.

[Enrique]

9. it's nice of you to share

why be possessive about a cat?

[TrogL]

11. The dogs miss him

He's part of the pack.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

10. I asked Business Cat and...

[TrogL]

12. I've decided to stay fired

Brought him back to the house and had him stay in during a cold snap. During the last day, I was sitting on my bed minding my own business and he jumped up, turned around and pissed all over my back.

Fine. Go live with the neighbours.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

18. Did you change or was around anything in the way of scent?

Soap, detergent, antiperspirant,shampoo,cologne,perfume, hair spray, even a change in a medication or vitamin that would change your scent? That could be the reason for the avoidance and make the cat want to mark you.

[TrogL]

21. I hadn't showered in awhile

[TrogL]

13. Apparently I'm unfired

I was unloading some gear from the truck and heard a bunch of meowing. Thought it was one of the other cats wanting in, but in knew she was inside, then Tyger pokes his head out from behind the barbeque (he likes to hide under there) and wanted in. His currently sitting on the back of my chair. If I lean back, he sits on my head.

[irisblue]

16. what did Tyger do to the neighbor? n/t

[mythology]

17. I have yet to meet a cat

that wasn't in some way, bat shit crazy.

I think the cat was giving you a chance to reflect upon your failures as a servant and is now giving you a chance to make amends.

[mgcgulfcoast]

19. my cat became best friends with a mean dog

one day i went around the neighborhood looking for him. i found him laying on the back porch where a vicious dog was fenced in. i tried to get my cat to come to me, but he just layed there. the dog came around and started barking and jumping at the fence at me. when i backed up the dog headed toward the porch and i thought my cat was done for. the dog just layed there next to him, lol

[Hawaiianlight]

20. Your cat sounds like a republican. nm

[tonekat]

22. I had a cat who would

have the run of the outside. His name was Alexander, and he was a black cat. We were looking for him one weekend, and didn't know where he was. We were in a duplex and the neighbor's back door led out onto a pit, as his landing and stairs had fallen down into the stairs leading to the basement. The person who lived there came to the door and said, "He's in here with me, watchin' TV and eatin' baloney!"

We moved twice after that, and our neighbor there had a mature cat named Rudy. One day he informs us that if they leave their sliding back door open, Alex will come in and eat Rudy's food.

It's not like we never fed him! Plus, he viewed food as fuel, very self-disciplined about eating as much as he needed and that was it.
He was elegant, and all muscle.

[actslikeacarrot]

23. I am also owned by a cat.

The indifference is.......intoxicating.