A question to the cat-loving community
Okay, so here's my situation:
I live in a townhome complex. My downstairs neighbors have a couch on their patio, on which over the course of the past few months two small orange kitties have taken up residence.
I just got back from 10 days away, to find that there's a new cat here, orange, and probably weighs close to 18-20 lbs.
I'm not up during the daylight hours to see if the other two cats I knew are still there, and it's entirely possible that this cat is one of the two that used to be here, he's about the same color, but twice his size.
The original cats - one had long hair, and was more friendly - the second one has shorter, darker hair and always used to run from me.
Now, this cat is fat, has short dark orange hair - but he's coming RIGHT UP TO ME. I'm a little afraid of getting bitten, so I'm talking to him through a crack in the door, but he's walking up to my door and nudging it with his head, like he wants to come in; I actually had to hold the door in place because he was stepping forward and trying to get in. His talk is a little between a squeaky meow, with a couple of hisses at me, and his breath is foul and detectable from 3-4 ft away. His fur along his back (where I'm sure he can't reach due to his body size) is chunky, and while I don't see any patches of missing fur, he doesn't appear to be a healthy cat - just his body size alone. He gobbles up the food I put out, and he's drinking the milk without a problem.
What do I do?
I live in a townhome complex. My downstairs neighbors have a couch on their patio, on which over the course of the past few months two small orange kitties have taken up residence.
I just got back from 10 days away, to find that there's a new cat here, orange, and probably weighs close to 18-20 lbs.
I'm not up during the daylight hours to see if the other two cats I knew are still there, and it's entirely possible that this cat is one of the two that used to be here, he's about the same color, but twice his size.
The original cats - one had long hair, and was more friendly - the second one has shorter, darker hair and always used to run from me.
Now, this cat is fat, has short dark orange hair - but he's coming RIGHT UP TO ME. I'm a little afraid of getting bitten, so I'm talking to him through a crack in the door, but he's walking up to my door and nudging it with his head, like he wants to come in; I actually had to hold the door in place because he was stepping forward and trying to get in. His talk is a little between a squeaky meow, with a couple of hisses at me, and his breath is foul and detectable from 3-4 ft away. His fur along his back (where I'm sure he can't reach due to his body size) is chunky, and while I don't see any patches of missing fur, he doesn't appear to be a healthy cat - just his body size alone. He gobbles up the food I put out, and he's drinking the milk without a problem.
What do I do?