I spent a portion of today wandering around with a cat, trying to find out what house she belongs to. She looked very well fed and sleek and well-groomed and she was super friendly and even had a little collar (but no tag with information), only it was raining and she was doing that desperately-friendly, meowing-if-you-try-and-leave, trotting-alongside-for-blocks thing that says to me "unhappy kitty, expects humans to fix things" so I was worried she was lost or locked out.

I found neighbors of the cat who knew which house she belonged to and said they would shelter her until it stopped raining, so I left her with them but never actually found the owner(s).

Kind of like your neighbors, I guess! (Did your neighbors know who the kitten belonged to?)

Also I found out where someone I knew lived! I mean, I knew them from running into them at one of my jobs a lot, and we talk a lot every time we run into each other and stuff, but I didn't know her super well or anything, and it turns out she lives at one of the houses I knocked at while trying to find the cat's people.

Thanks, Moi. Sorry if I put you on the spot.

But I don't think that's supposed to be healthy, either.

Do you have to pay per visit? I found one that I can go to for free but I have to be on the wait-list every year and if I miss more than two weeks then I have to be put back on the wait-list. And also they're students.

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Aw, poor kitty. I did that a few weeks ago. I saw two coyotes crossing the street into the park nearby and then saw a kitten down the street so I tried figuring out which house she belongs to but they weren't answering the doors and then the cat got fed up with me and ran away under a car. Hopefully she got alert enough to evade the coyotes if they decided to return.

It's better for both nature and the cat for her to be indoor cat, anyway.

lol the kitten adopted them.

Oh, small world! I hope she doesn't turn up expecting you to do your job for her on your off time, though. I've read of things like that.

I think I'm safe -I know where she lives, now, but she still doesn't know where I live, after all.

Poor kitten! I hope she evaded the coyotes. (I should be worried about poor coyotes, too, shouldn't I? Since they don't have any humans feeding them and are entirely at the mercy of finding food on their own. But... kitten....)

Well, good, Akili!

If it's any consolation, the coyotes looked pretty plump.

Okay. I hope you get to see him soon, Moi.

lol derp until someone touches you and then full-on demon?

I mean, I'm in Canada. The most that'll happen is that people will ask them to leave.


Aw, she adopted you guys. Good decision on her part, apparently.

Aw, poor kittens. I hope they found a good home for them.

I didn't notice anything.

It actually does help that the coyotes looked plump! :D (They eat a lot of stone fruits, right? Do they ever do that stagger-around-drunk-from-fermented-fruits thing up your way?)

I'm impressed that the bears responded so well to him, but I guess it makes sense. He wasn't threatening so she didn't have to respond to that, but it was human, so retreat was in order.... it worked well.

And they're cute!






So your neighbors' kittens are still around, Moi? Maybe your family can learn on them about how to approach people and animals more gradually....