This little guy has been visiting me at work almost every day for the last few weeks. He lives across the street and he comes running as soon as I pull up in the morning.

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[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 day ago

Looks like you've been adopted.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

I mean.....you're being rude. The least you could do is take him home, pay all his bills, assume hismedical care, feed him, clean his poop, and generally be his slave for life!

It's the least you could do.

[–] Canadian_anarchist@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago

You have an excellent new supervisor.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Uh, that's your supervisor.

[+] Manjushri@piefed.social -7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Take him home. His current owners are idiots since they let him run across the street to visit you. If you don't, you may very well have the misfortune of finding him dead in the road one day.

[–] islandcoda42@lemmy.zip 0 points 7 hours ago

Dumb shit to say

[–] IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

As much as I agree, trying to keep indoor, a cat that's used to life outside, it's really hard, and may stress them out a lot.

Several years ago at my (then) house, we had a regular visitor that I called Neighbor. There was one winter in particular that was especially cold, so when he came to visit, I tried bringing him in to help him warm up, and he practically fought and cried the whole time. Of course after a few minutes of getting toasty, I let him go on about his routine.

I imagine doing that for an extended period of time would greatly stress the cat out in an unhealthy way.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Outdoor cat houses with heated cushions are a thing! Now.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Ya, I adopted an outside kitty, tried to make her an inside kitty. She would paw at the windows for 12 hrs a day, sleep, then go back to pawing at the windows. Wouldn't eat or groom herself.

I did however train her out of going after birds outside. I'd go out with her, and spray her with a water bottle whenever she got interested in a bird. It worked! She only ever brought rodent corpses home!