u/Atlas00900

I have a young and friendly cat, and am unsure of the next steps, I could use advice!

Cat is 1-3 years or younger per the vet, classic tabby cat. The vet said she’s not the technical definition of feral due to her approachable nature and ear tip.

Context:

I run along a trail near my apartment and at one section (especially this past winter) I’ve notice a few cats hanging around there. As of the last 2 weeks running by, there’s this young juvenile cat that lays on the trail or alongside the trail and people-watches, and would come up to me for pets. Super people friendly and not very skittish compared to the other cats I’ve seen in the parking lot.

I decided to take this one in Tuesday, because of how friendly and bold she was for being an outside cat; so on a whim and without a plan I lured her to my car with food and kept her in the bathroom and scheduled a vet aptt. to see if she’s microchipped.

Just got the vet appt. done and she’s not microchipped, she has ear-tipping and is spayed. Now I just decide if I can keep her or re-home her?

The other layer to this is—I’m pretty sure a lady from a mobile home behind the parking lot is feeding a colony of TNR cats. There’s a small crusty shed aways from the lot where it looks like the cats may live. I can’t 100% confirm this, but that’s what I’ve gathered from running along the trail this past year.

Do I go around knocking on doors to find the lady who feeds the feral cats and ask if I can keep this one?? I’m not sure if she would be looking for this cat or not.

So I asked the vet about the protocol or how to go about the next steps, doctor said to just think about it and there’s no rush.

The vet also said in his bias he wouldn’t re-release her out in the wild but to re-home or keep her...Due to the chances of other things happening. The even nurse said “you’re too friendly to be outside” which I agree with.

The last 24 hours she’s adapted absurdly fast to being indoors and loves being pet by anyone and everyone. What steps do I take??

I like cats but don’t have experience owning one.

Any advice is appreciate!

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