• melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    The black cat is coming back in my backyard again. He’s trilling, giving me tail hugs, caught a mouse and brought it over to show me (before eating it) and is trying to come inside 😬 He also ate grass and vomited, has a really snuffly nose, and I see little bald spots still.

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    Crying over Melbcat while patting this one. The poses are similar but so different. I can almost hear the old lady groan she would make as he flops down. He’s a distraction from losing her but the pain is still there.

    There’s an update though. He has owners! I was going to ask the one neighbour I don’t avoid but they were with one I do… finally I just put my big enby pants on and approached both. He lives around the corner and belongs to a couple who has another cat. One neighbour feeds him also sometimes.

    I feel relief that I’m not solely responsible for him and he doesn’t need to be trapped. Unfortunately now I can’t really sort out his fungal jungle and will have to run the mushroom gauntlet every time I go out. And he still seems really neglected.

    And I’ve broken the ice with a zero boundaries neighbour who I was trying to dodge 😬

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        1 month ago

        It is! I was so worried what would happen if I moved away or got too sick to look out for him.

        Still I don’t think he’s getting proper care 💔 I hate it when people get pets and ignore them.