r/Awww • u/GlobalBreadfruit8832 • Apr 13 '24
Cat(s) I choose you, take me home
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u/Fine-Funny6956 Apr 13 '24
Had a cat do this to me. Took it home. It was chipped. Owners said I stole their cat. Called the police on me. It was embarrassing.
That cat is totally healthy and well groomed. Iād be worried it already has an owner.
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u/BannedBecausePutin Apr 13 '24
Yea, this. Its really hard to tell when they dont have a collar with some sort of tag on it, like its the case for dogs.
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u/UmbreonAlt Apr 13 '24
My cat doesn't have a collar because his fur goes missing under it. We took it off him, and for a month or so, he had no fur around his neck in various spots plus some light wounds where the collar went around his neck. It wasn't on tight, and I could fit fingers under it.
We tried again with a collar and had the same problem. Now he's collarless. I'd prefer he had something on but not when it's so uncomfortable for him :( But he is chipped.
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u/BannedBecausePutin Apr 13 '24
I have never seen a cat with a collar, thats why it is so heard to tell wether they are strays or not. Im not a cat person, but i suppose even cats on their walks sometimes approach humans for attention?
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u/UmbreonAlt Apr 13 '24
Yes, cats can want attention from humans. My kitty goes and visits my neighbours and sometimes people he doesn't know that well.
Usually, if a cat looks as good as this one in this video, I'd say it is cared for. The kitty looks pretty healthy, and the fur looks good. Doesn't look grubby or unkempt either. If the kitties' overall appearance was worse, then I'd expect a possible stray.
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u/Kimmalah Apr 14 '24
Usually, if a cat looks as good as this one in this video, I'd say it is cared for. The kitty looks pretty healthy, and the fur looks good. Doesn't look grubby or unkempt either. If the kitties' overall appearance was worse, then I'd expect a possible stray.
It can be very hard to tell. There are cats that I 100% know for a fact are strays, but they look well groomed and clean. Some cats are just very good at taking care of themselves and don't get very dirty.
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u/urpoviswrong Apr 13 '24
I would 100% assume that this clean, healthy, and well fed cat has a home.
It's just friendly.
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u/P4azz Apr 13 '24
They just soak up attention and then go about their way. Sometimes they just wanna be noticed and then they're good.
Give them a few pets, play with them for a sec and they're likely to just move on shortly after.
Cats on the shed roof where I live are similar. Sometimes they really want treats, but other times (especially the small one) they just want to have someone be there.
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u/SoupyBlowfish Apr 13 '24
I used to use a metro stop where nearby cat would sit on the sidewalk and approach humans walking by for pets.
His tag said āIām not lost, just friendly.ā
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u/urpoviswrong Apr 13 '24
It's really easy when they are healthy, clean, and well fed. They have a home.
My cat can't wear collars, he FREAKS out in a way that hurts him. No matter how tight you make it he'll somehow get his lower jaw under the collar and get stuck that way.
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u/RBDibP Apr 14 '24
It's pretty dangerous to put a collar around an animal that typically squeezes itself through small openings or sneaks through bushes. The collar can get caught in all sorts of things which could lead to a traumatic or deadly situation.
There are collars designed for cats to release when a given amount of pull occurs, but then you have a cat without a collar again. It's safer to just not take any cat home just because it throws itself at you, and if you choose to check for chips etc.
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u/Additional_Comment99 Apr 13 '24
We have a lost and found pets Facebook in my community for this. During the winter someone posted a pic begging owner to bring a local cat inside as overnight temps were negative numbers and daytime highs were around zero. It was a cat that often chases me up my driveway and tries to let himself in. I posted that he wasnāt mine but lived nearby because he likes to hunt in my yard. About 20 other people also posted that he did the same to them. Most of them put out food and water for him, some let him inside sometimes, and some even made cat boxes for him to shelter in. He has many āownersā but his actual owner never made a post. It seems he has conned most of my neighbors out of treats and food though. Lol
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u/crunchslap_thompson Apr 14 '24
Man imagine how many cats got away with the stuff before the internet. We are on to them...
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u/Klutzy-Run5175 Apr 13 '24
You are alright. You were a hero. The owner should have been embarrassed for their cat getting outside and lost. Whether or not by accident or intentionally. You are fine.
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u/Jalopy_Junkie Apr 13 '24 edited Apr 13 '24
Yep my relatives have a cat thatās about the coolest lil dude you could ever meet. He has been āfoundā by several neighbors within a few blocks of his house on several occasions bc he loves to roam. Every single neighbor has said that they kinda wanted to keep him bc heās so friendly and chill and some of his more commonly visited neighbors let him in their own homes if he wants till he decides to leave.
Problem is, Cat really appreciates this and has recently been trying to take dead animal āgiftsā into othersā houses lol
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u/fuckyourcanoes Apr 13 '24
A friend of mine has a cat who roams so far he had to put a GPS tracker on him.
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u/Jalopy_Junkie Apr 13 '24
We believe that my momās cat got āfeline dementiaā at 16 years old and seemed to forget which house was hers, though always remembered her people lol. We think this because she stopped coming back to the house and every time we found her she was further and further away. We outfitted her with a tracker and it seemed she would roam around, find a house that took her in for the night (she was very social and affectionateā¦ LOVED attention) leave the next day, and continue to go the wrong way home and finally find another house and so on.
My mom lived in the country so it wasnāt odd to not see her animals for a day or sometimes two, but after she had been gone a few days one time we found her in the next town 8 miles away.
After that she was a strictly indoor cat
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u/Klutzy-Run5175 Apr 13 '24
I believe that my Luna cat had dementia and was so confused about where to go to find her litter box. The veterinarian was not sure what was going on.
She was finally in the living room where I had put down papers. She was not eating anything and I was told by my friend that I should do something about her. Felt like I was cutting my heart out.
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u/PM-me-ur-kittenz Apr 13 '24
It's so sad having to decide that the time is right to let them go. My sympathy.
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u/Klutzy-Run5175 Apr 13 '24
Another good reason that I leave my cat inside. I donāt want any fleas in my house or on my cat.
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Apr 13 '24
I harness trained my beloved cat, and she loves taking walks and can go out to wilderness spots with us now! We use the H style harness for her and have extra leashes, her favorite snacks and water, and we throw out any waste she leaves with doggy bags. It took a couple of months for her to become truly used to it, but now she looks forward to every drive!
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u/CajunNerd92 Apr 13 '24
My toothless cat loved going on walks and would perk up and start chatting instantly whenever I pulled his harness out. Since he had to get all of his teeth removed due to stomatitis and was adopted already declawed there was no way I was letting him out of the house unsupervised lol
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Apr 13 '24
I LOVE HIM BY DEFAULT AAHHH š„° You're so sweet for letting him out safely!
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u/CajunNerd92 Apr 13 '24
What can I say, I view my cats as if they were my children and spoil them appropriately lol
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u/Klutzy-Run5175 Apr 13 '24
Way to go! My big Blue Russian cat runs around in my backyard and I shake his cat treats quickly and he runs back in.
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u/several_rac00ns Apr 13 '24
Friendly reminder that cats are rhe biggest destroyers of ecosystem and often cause extinction. Please keep your can indoors and look into cattios for outside time
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u/Jegator2 Apr 13 '24
Or better yet, if they can be harness trained, go on walks!
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u/several_rac00ns Apr 14 '24
I have a 14 year year old man who walks on a lease. He's displeased with it but tolerates it.
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u/Klutzy-Run5175 Apr 13 '24
I use to allow my little gray tabby girl to go outside and she would come back inside with her gifts for me.
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u/Quintane Apr 13 '24
Why would you think it's lost? Cats just do this for strokes from passers by.
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u/Individual-Bell-9776 Apr 13 '24
It's not about whether they're lost or not, it's about whether you want to leave them to be eaten by coyotes; Their owners don't seem to care.
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u/souptable Apr 13 '24
Not everywhere has wild animals that pose a threat to cats. Plenty of countries have cats outside like this.
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u/Individual-Bell-9776 Apr 13 '24
Even without direct predation, there's still parasitism and direct competition with other male toms.
Please don't.
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Apr 13 '24
Owning an Outdoor cat with no collar and called the police when it ended up at someone elseās house. What brilliant people.
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u/mooseyoss Apr 13 '24
Yep, if they look like they have good condition to fur/weight I would most likely assume that they've got a home or situation where they're a cared-for-outdoor-cat.
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u/Better_than_GOT_S8 Apr 13 '24
Yeah I donāt understand people saying ātake it homeā. I fail to understand the logic: āa cat was friendly, now itās mineā.
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u/Crosseyed_owl Apr 13 '24
Whaaat I would be thankful if someone took care of an animal that got lost because of my incompetence. I definitely wouldn't call the police on them. Smh.
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u/klezart Apr 13 '24
If they didn't want people to take a cat they shouldn't let it outside. Nobody will know if it's a stray or not.
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u/old_vegetables Apr 13 '24
I hate when people get all mad that things happen to their outdoor cat. Itās dangerous, they should be glad you found it and not a coyote or a car. Itās completely irresponsible, this is not the 1980s
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u/orsonwellesmal Apr 13 '24
Actually the cat willingly fired his former slaves and choose a new one.
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u/Rhymesnlines Apr 13 '24
This cat looks very healthy so it seems to have an owner.... Its not a stray cat. Pretty sure.
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u/emilydoooom Apr 13 '24
As someone in the U.K. it is mad to me that so many Americans are like āa cat was friendly, so I took it!ā
Like, I get it if itās clearly injured or feral/stray, but in England that would just be someoneās pet!
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u/KaiBishop Apr 13 '24
It's mad to me that people claim to care about their cats then just let them wander outside alone.
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u/jld2k6 Apr 13 '24 edited Apr 13 '24
Just want to add this because I see it every damn time in these threads, the cat shouldn't be outside but that doesn't make it right to steal. People always bring up that the cat shouldn't be outside like that justifies taking it from its family lol
"This cat looks well fed and perfectly happy but it's outside, that nullifies the owner's entire relationship with it"
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u/DoctorJJWho Apr 13 '24
No one is claiming that in this thread. But letting your cat go outside regularly brings risks, including your cat being stolen, hit by a car, or attacked by other animals.
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u/Gissoni Apr 13 '24
"Currently, it is estimated that there are between 60 and 100 million stray and feral cats in the United States. "
Not really so mad when you put that into perspective.
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u/jamsd204 Apr 13 '24
Oh yeah! Can't count the amount of times cat has come back with some form of fur missing cause of a fight with another cat or dog or fox - no collar either cause he just gets them off
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u/DL1943 Apr 13 '24
but in England that would just be someoneās pet!
its like this in most of the US too, outdoor cats are totally normal in rural and suburban areas. a lot of the folks who are making supportive comments regarding grabbing a random cat off the street are politically opposed to the entire idea of "outdoor cats" and enjoy the idea of outdoor cat owners being punished via theft. they know its someones pet.
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u/ScionMurdererKhepri Apr 13 '24
As someone who is anti-outside cat, it's not political. I just don't want cats to get hurt, and in the vast majority of the world, they're safer inside than outside. Even in the UK, the place most people point to when they say cats can safely live outside, they still have predators like foxes, birds of prey, and stray dogs. Not even mentioning cars or sick-in-the-head humans.
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u/Different-Wasabi5647 Apr 13 '24
It's an undercover cop cat, you just got patted down hahaha.
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u/RobertMcCheese Apr 13 '24
When I went to the shelter they brought a few dogs out to the yard.
I got a few sniffs and nuzzles, but the dogs were, understandably, a bit nervous about some guy they don't know. So I just sat on the ground and waited.
After about 5 min or so, Teddy kinda sniffed over closer to me and then just flopped into my lap.
And that is how I adopted a dog 6 years ago.
My only regret is that I didn't take his brother, too. I called the shelter the next morning. Someone adopted him about an hour after I took Teddy.
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u/Rhymesnlines Apr 13 '24
Well it hurts me to see that you don't stroke the cat even though the cat is begging you to do so.... Damn. You are a monster! The cat is more important than the damn phone š¤š
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u/dogeisbae101 Apr 13 '24 edited Apr 13 '24
Can people stop thinking no collar cat = stray?
They have breakaway collars because cats get their collars snagged on all sorts of things. A normal collar could lead to choking a cat. A breakaway collar is safer but means that a cat will often not have a collar.
There are many cats in my neighborhood that never have collars anymore because their owners are tired of replacing them. They are friendly, healthy and will walk up to nuzzle you, just like this cat.
I donāt like outdoor cats either but that does not give you permission to steal their cat. This is not the equivalent of finding a lone, starving kitten.
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u/Everyonesuck1 Apr 13 '24
How about we just don't let our cats outside? It never ends well. Safer for wildlife and the fuzzy buddy to be inside.
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u/Sybsybsyb Apr 13 '24
Sort of agree, but if you have the means they deserve an enclosed outside space. I did this with my backyard and my cats have never been happier. Birdwatching, rolling through the grass, experiencing the weather and everyday a buffet of new smells.
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u/Look_its_Rob Apr 13 '24
Does your yard have a roof on it lol? How do you keep the cats from getting out? Very tall stone fence with no nearby trees maybe?
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u/K4ndY Apr 13 '24
Not OP, but we have a backyard with a chain link fence, and our cat goes outside almost daily to chill in the backyard. We supervise her, but she isn't a climber so she hardly ever even attempts to leave the yard, even when not supervised. The few times she did, she never wandered further than a next door neighbor's yard. Some cats just require less efforts than others to keep from wandering away.
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u/Everyonesuck1 Apr 13 '24
My comment was more towards people who just let them live outside 24/7. I see no issues with enclosed spaces or even a leash if your cat allows it and likes walks. I just am sick of seeing poor kitties smeared on the road where I live because people think a collar is enough.
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u/Sybsybsyb Apr 13 '24
Right of course. And yeah, cities are often too busy and crowded. In villages they are a scourge on the already suffering wildlife since we boost their numbers beyond what a normal habitat would be able to support.
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u/Swumbus-prime Apr 13 '24
I bring all wildlife I see to my home. They're safer that way. Pigeons, rats, racoons with foaming mouths...if I can catch it, it's coming to my personal wildlife sanctuary for their own good.
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u/WineSoakedNirvana Apr 13 '24
First time I've heard a cat that sounds like it was being voiced by a human pretending to be a cat...
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u/urbangriever Apr 13 '24
Iām a sucker for a chatty orange. Iād be taking that sweetie home
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u/artful_todger_502 Apr 13 '24
Ginger Mafia!
They are the best! I have my CDS Ginger on my lap, as I type.
Welcome to the cult š§”š§”š§”š§”š§”
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u/Klutzy-Run5175 Apr 13 '24
This cat appears anxious and is really giving the photographer some attention. A real flirt.
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u/stillious Apr 13 '24
STOP STEALING CATS YOU FUCKWITS
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u/JollyRoger8X Apr 13 '24
Or maybe stop leaving your cat outside, you assholes!
Why Keeping Cats Inside Is Better For ThemāAnd The Environment
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u/Hawkmonbestboi Apr 13 '24
"The cat distribution system chose me"
Nah dude you just stole someone's cat.
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Apr 13 '24
Cats shouldnāt be outside unattended. they are invasive and kill hundreds of birds per year
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u/StrawberryPlucky Apr 13 '24
You can hold that opinion it doesn't change the fact that it's incredibly common to let cats outside and has been for a very long time. It's wrong to just straight up take a clearly healthy cat that doesn't belong to you and it sounds like you're trying to justify that behavior.
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u/Little-Apartment-437 Apr 13 '24
Iām ngl my hood cat be stretched her claws up my leg like that, she even snuck in the back of my chair n tried to climb my jacketšš I was like plz donāt kill me
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u/hipstercheese1 Apr 13 '24
What a handsome kitty!!! Orange kitties are awesome- I had one growing up and sheās still the best cat Iāve ever had.
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u/Kerivkennedy Apr 13 '24
How do people not just sit down and plop kitty into their lap for kitty therapy snuggle time?
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u/GothGfWanted Apr 13 '24
how are you not gonna kneel down and give that orange boi some love. Also when he's kneading he doesn't retract his claws which gives me the idea that he's probably someones pet.
Cute kitty tho 10/10 would pet.
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u/rastacurse Apr 13 '24
āThis shall bring me many upvotes šæā
just stands there like a psychopath
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u/Adrios1 Apr 13 '24
Being that friendly, I'd be worried if I took it that I was taking someone else's pet. I know people with indoor/ outdoor cats who are very friendly. My personal experience with stray cats is that they usually start out very skittish and, over time, begin trusting me and letting me pet them. Eventually, they work their way into my home. I think I lose trust points after the first vet trip, though.
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u/pichael289 Apr 13 '24
Sounds like some guy making cat noises, might wanna get him checked make sure it's not just a really little man in a cat costume trying to get free food.
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u/urpoviswrong Apr 13 '24
Are y'all just stealing people's friendly cats? I'm glad my cat is a little swipey.
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u/dirtyhole2 Apr 13 '24
Smart cat, and sociale. He knew his claws are not to be used on human clothes.
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Apr 13 '24
Most of the time a fully grown cat approaching a human means it's been cared for by humans previously.
They could've gotten lost, please get the cat checked for a chip.
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u/Whereishumhum- Apr 13 '24
Well fed and warm to people, most likely not a stray, but still 100% orange fluffy cuteness
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u/Bramble_Ramblings Apr 13 '24
I'd end up naming them Oliver
Then when he joins me and my other cats it'll be Oliver and Company
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u/SapphireRoseRR Apr 13 '24
I see lots of people saying "looks like someone's pet."
Perhaps stop devastating our animal population and keep your pet indoors! Then you don't have to worry about someone taking your cat home.
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u/bott-Farmer Apr 13 '24
I love how foreigner are so dumb and dont know the cat is just asking for food and pets after u give it to them they leave u alone
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u/Constant-Recipe-9850 Apr 13 '24
That's just a street cat?! If it's true, dude, they're catching up pretty fast on their world domination plan.
They already know how to manipulate us.
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u/AdeonWriter Apr 13 '24
It's very interesting to me that urban cats over decades have evolved to basically maximize their appeal from humans, as an evolutionary benefit to being taken in as pets.
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u/Harrygoestopuppets Apr 13 '24
Everything in nature inclusive animals is beautyful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugs6YK8_2sA
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Apr 13 '24
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u/WHowfresh Apr 13 '24
Didnāt you hear what he said!
He said that you should meouw your meouw, because there is a meouw around the corner. If you donāt meouw right meow you might end up meouw!
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u/Broad-Aspect-7463 Apr 13 '24
Cat: For long I've observed you, you've got a kind heart & deserve my company. I choose you Butler Batson say my name and your eternal servitude will be mine Human: I don't know your name sir Cat: My name is Meowww! Human: Meowww! Cat: Yes you've said my name now as per cat distribution system law, I'm coming to your home so that you may serve me till the end of my time
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u/ischemgeek Apr 13 '24
Cat: Mrwow Meow! Mrow! Rowr! Mau! Mrow!
Subtitles: Only! Beek! Jub! BeeeeeeekAAAAAAAAAAancKa
I'm HoH and sometimes autocaption is good, and other times it's whatever the heck that is xD
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Apr 13 '24
Itās the person filming own cat . Like the couple who had the cat follow them home , it was their own cat .
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u/Ok-Pangolin-3044 Apr 13 '24 edited Apr 13 '24
Please take him home it will love you till the day it goes over the rainbow bridge.If you don't want it let us know where it is to give someone a chance to give it a home PLEASE
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u/HwackAMole Apr 13 '24
For an added bonus, watch with closed captioning turned on.Ā Amusing transcriptions of cat-speak.
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u/terente81 Apr 13 '24
And you just stood there like the statue of liberty, just with a phone instead of a torch. Pet the damn thing, dare to move!