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Input: So a week ago I took a cat in that was out in the cold. He was un-neutered and riddled with fighting scars (along with an infected wound about 2 inches long), but he was way too social to be a feral. Figured he may have been abandoned or lost, so I took him in for the night and posted a picture of him on the local lost pet group. Turns out he was a bit of a celebrity on the page having a post around the start of the month looking for an owner along with that same wound on his leg he still had, along with showing up on there a year ago. He seemed to be pretty well known along some the people in the group. Apparently when he was returned to his "owners" a year ago he was in similar condition, and many of the people who had helped him last time had tried to report them for neglect and abandonment. So I was on the assumption he was abandoned again considering the most recent post had no comments from his "owners". I was originally looking to keep him myself either long term or short term since the local shelter was full, but the vet visit meant I needed to change plans. Considering his body was covered in old scars not surprising he came back FIV+. While he could live a long happy life with my current cat he was a pretty big health risk while waiting to get him neutered and the two socialized. So I went forward in to looking for a new home for him since keeping him myself was a little more certain. He fortunately found his forever home that evening and he's doing quite well there. So bit of a whirlwind over four days.

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Fast forward to today, and the "owner" has come out of the wood work. I told them that with all the info I had, and how long his most recent posting had gone unanswered, I had assumed he was abandoned so I re-homed him. I told them I would pass the info on to the current owner, but there was nothing I can do since I don't own the cat. I also won't give them the name of the new owner since I've been getting nothing but harassment and an ever changing sob-story about how they need the cat back. How he'd tear the bandages off they put on him (He was perfectly fine with the bandage and the stitches he later got), how they took such good care of him (the vet on my visit and on the new owner's visit said he showed multiple signs of neglect), how its a new person I'm devastating by not returning the cat (gone from girlfriend, to son, to son and daughter). The new owner can see all of the old "owner" posts in the lost group, and I've sent them any messages I receive so I'm not leaving the new owner out of the loop. However its basically up to the new owner on whether or not the cat is returned now. The cat had no identification on them, and was not chipped when I took it to the vet so its mostly their word on ownership. I've seen older cats from feral colonies in better shape then this guy. I dunno, asshole or not, at least the cat is hopefully staying in a good home.

rehoming a neglected cat