I was driving home from work and as I was about to pull into my driveway I saw a cat run out in front of my car and immediately stopped because duh. I got out to see if it was friendly or had a collar, it didn't have a collar but it wasn't skittish. I keep wet food in my car for my cat when we go on road trips so naturally I gave this cat some, it ate over half a can SUPER fast (cans are 6oz). I still live with my parents so I called my dad and asked if I could take it in for the night, he said no since we have 3 cats and this new one could possibly carry diseases. I walked over to my neighbors and asked if they've seen it before, three of my neighbors have seen it regularly and it seems friendly, they also saw some kids who had caught it in a box showing it off (wtf). My dad has also said he saw the cat walking around a few days ago.
When I got back from talking to my neighbors I left another wet food can out incase it came back for more but it had left by then. When I got inside I looked online for 30 minutes to check if there's any lost cats near me but I couldn't find any cat that looked like this one. Basically I'm wondering what I should do, it could be a stray but it seems too friendly to be a stray, it could be a lost cat but I haven't heard of any lost cats near me and it could be a indoor/outdoor cat and in that case what the hell.
In the morning I'm planning on calling my local animal shelters to see if they've had any calls about a lost pet, if they haven't had any calls, I'm most likely going to bring it in to check if it's microchipped. I'm also planning on printing some fliers out to see if someone owns it.
I'm moving out in a month and if the cat is still around by then and doesn't have an owner I'm completely willing to take it in, I just want suggestions on ways to figure out the cats origin.
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