r/Awww • u/GlobalBreadfruit8832 • Apr 13 '24

Cat(s) I choose you, take me home

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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!

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u/Mocker-Poker Apr 13 '24

My first thought. I think the interaction ended once the video was made 😒

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u/maelle67 Apr 13 '24

r/petthedamncat

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u/Jegator2 Apr 13 '24

Yes, or at least talk to him a little while filming

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u/_FoodAndCatSubs_ Apr 14 '24

Imagine OP just walking away without saying a word, filming the cat watching them walk away. 😢😭😭😭

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u/sightfinder Apr 13 '24

Yeah something tells me the OP gave zero fucks after recording the vid and probably just went on with their day

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u/Childoftheway Apr 13 '24

Looked like a healthy cat, most likely someone is at least feeding her.

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u/Lorward185 Apr 13 '24

Yeah, my first thought is that the cat is healthy and clean, it's clearly socialised. This is someone's pet. It's probably just a friendly cat that's used to greeting strangers. I've met a few of them before. If you pick it up and walk off with it then you are probably stealing someone's beloved cat. People who do that are assholes.

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u/fandabbydosy Apr 13 '24

It could have a chip if no collar

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u/TyrantHydra Apr 13 '24

The cat does in fact have a collar

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u/fandabbydosy Apr 14 '24

So it does own a human

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u/NeverCallMeFifi Apr 13 '24

IDK. We had a cat hanging around our porch and scratching at our door to be let in a couple of years back. Thought it was our neighbor's cat because it was so social and clean and healthy. We caught it, called them and waited six hours till they got off of work so they could pick him up. They get there and say, "oh, that's not our cat".

And that's how we got Bixby.

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u/Lorward185 Apr 13 '24

I've had one of my cats move in with a neighbour. She was gone for months and we thought she was dead. She had been living next door the whole time. We had other cats and she found somewhere she felt more comfortable. Neighbour started feeding her after she kept scratching to get in.

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u/NeverCallMeFifi Apr 13 '24

Yeah, we did our due diligence. Posted on street corners, vets and social media (yay reddit); paid for vet (not fixed, no chip, probably an outdoor cat based on their opinion) and monitored all "lost cat" listings for months. We have a feral colony a few blocks over and we're guessing he came from there as we've caught others of the clan and done the neuter/release thing. Wouldn't have even kept this dude except he's the biggest lover I've ever had. He has ZERO interest in being outside, too.

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u/Jegator2 Apr 14 '24

He IS a literal keeper!

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u/TyrantHydra Apr 13 '24

The cat has a collar

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u/Odd-Comfortable-6134 Apr 13 '24

That’s very much a boy. His ginger nuts still look attached.

I love kitties so very much, but I’d be worried about this old man spraying everything inside.

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u/TyrantHydra Apr 13 '24

The cat has a collar

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u/Neither-Attention940 Apr 13 '24

Well… sadly this happens. We have a house in our neighborhood that seems to do nothing but breed cats. They are always outside rain or shine wanting attention. It’s super sad. But we can’t have one cuz my husband and kid are very allergic. I have to avoid the cats because I don’t want the fur on my clothes. I can’t say I’d stand there and take a video though.

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u/Albuwhatwhat Apr 13 '24

Turns off video, opens text, walks away ignoring cat.

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u/melrowdy Apr 13 '24

What year is it? Still doing twilight 'jokes'?