Newcomer Finds A Letter Left By Previous Home Owners, Decides To Do What It Says

Kindness expressed by adopting this cat is what makes me believe that not everyone is an @$$hole..... BP is my go to site, especially when I'm feeling beat down by bs...

Had the same situation when I bought my home...except it was 3 cats that the previous owners left behind. In my case the owners just didn't want them anymore, & I didn't have the heart to take them to the shelter. What made it worse was the previous owners bragging about how great they were to their pets several months later.

Here in PHX AZ stray and feral cats are common. They live together in colonies. I began humane-trapping them ten years ago with help from Animal Defense League Arizona. One of their vets provided very low cost neutering. I return the kitties to my yard where our "core 4" continue to live peacefully. Feeding them and providing water costs very little and I have their companionship when I garden. A pregnant female appeared once during brutally hot weather. We brought her & kittens in and kept her and 2 kittens where they stay as forever family along with 4 previous rescues. The other three kittens were found homes through a no-kill shelter. As I sit and read I usually have a purring cat or two on my lap. Life is good and kindness costs little enough. Raz and others of his kind are excellent companions/family.

I'm sure the previous owners miss him, but the kitty is most likely happier staying where he's been for so long. Kitties do not like change (I know this, cuz I'm a kitty lol)

Thank goodness the new tenants will continue to feed him. Hopefully he isn't as feral as thought and will have some years as a comfy cozy house kitty.

Why didn't the previous house owners leave the cat's name in this letter? He must have had one given by them.

Holy c**p is he ever cute!!

so glad you are feeding him and looking after him if he wants you to fuss him he will let you do so. keep up the good work and hope he lives peacefully with you

Thank you for doing it. ❤

Heh. And first thing they do is pull out the nip I think that cat will be just fine.

Wonderful! I've done the same thing with a beautiful stray that has lived here for at least 11-12 years. My maintenance man (who has been here just as long) told me a few days ago that he has never seen anyone be able to get close to her, let alone touch or hold her. He told me he is glad she comes to me, and the property manager encouraged me to take her with me. I will. I've lived here for less than two years. She chose me as her mama, and that is a gift I will never ignore.

I appreciate the fact that they are taking care of the cat, but be warned that one feral cat can quickly develop into many feral cats if they find a stray mate. My sister took care of a couple of feral cats. 18 months later and several incidents of cross breeding and 2 developed into 25. Her generosity was stretched to the limit when the cats were literally climbing the screens on the doors and windows demanding food and her friends stopped coming around because the cats would swarm any vehicle that came into the lot..resulting in some cats getting run over. She set traps and rounded them all up, took them to the shelter..and got the two original cats fixed before taking them back home. Be wary of taking care of strays....

Please take care of Raz until his dying breath. He's beautiful and he will make your lives richer beyond belief.

I always left my sadly deceased pets in the garden - well buried