The cat distribution system provided my aunt with a pregnant momma who now permanently lives with her (fully vetted and spayed after). She had 3 beautiful babies who all now have loving homes, which one is mine. Walter has never touched grass in his life, he knows he’s not meant for the streets - wet food and a fresh water fountain is all he knows! 😆 He just turned 1 last month!
I genuinely had no idea how I was going to explain this one.
So I rent a furnished apartment, and the couch came with the place. Nothing fancy, but it was in decent condition when I moved in. My cat had other plans.
At first it was just a few little scratches on the arm. I figured I'd keep an eye on it and redirect her whenever I caught her doing it. Then one day I noticed the fabric had started splitting.
Fast forward a couple weeks and there's now an actual HOLE in the side of the couch arm. Not a tiny snag either. You can see the stuffing.
The worst part is that she has multiple scratching posts, a cat tree, and one of those cardboard scratchers she absolutely loves. Apparently none of those compare to the landlord's couch.
My landlord messaged asking if everything was alright with the furniture, and I just sat there staring at my phone trying to come up with a response that didn't sound like I'd been running an underground upholstery demolition business.
I ended up being honest and sending a photo. Still waiting to hear back, so that's fun.
I've since put a thick cover over the arm and moved a scratcher right beside it. Should've probably done that before the couch reached its current condition 😭
Anyone else had to explain cat-related property damage to a landlord? Please tell me I'm not the only one.
TLDR; A freshly adopted cat got out of his carrier at train transfers and hid in a nearby park in a bush. Is he likely to roam far away or stay in that area for the few days at least?
Story
My sister adopted a cat and he managed to escape when she was changing from train to bus on their way home. Before then they spent about a day together at my parents' house. The cat ran into a large dense bush I hate with body and soul now. We last saw him at 2am and maybe spotted him transfering to another bush at 4 am, but weren't able to catch him as he's quite spooked.
The cat is btw. 10 years old, lived 6 years as a feral and was then caught by the shelter, where he spent the last 3 years. He's been neutered. He gave lazy couch cat vibes, but maybe he's also enjoying the wild again.
We already set up two humane traps in the area and have local forces helping out.
I'm just worried the cat is no longer in that area as we didn't get any signs from the cat afterwards. He might be hiding in the bushes as we cannot see through them. I'm trying to attain a heat-camera to see if we can spot him.
My question
How far around should we look? Is he likely to stay in the area?