opinions needed ?
this is fluffy (yes so original, a 3 year old named it) I started seeing fluffy a few months ago id say. we’d see him every now and again, but recently we’ve REALLY started seeing him. he’s always in our neighborhood at someone’s back porch of front porch. he’s very dirty, had small booboos on his skin, very dirty ears, and isn’t spayed. we haven’t found an owner, and think he may have been dumped by someone for whatever horrible reason. I’ve slowly bonded with it, it sleeps in our yard quite often, bought it food, and has clean water. i want to take the cat in, I had an inside cat growing up, and I’d like to make him one too, he’s so sweet, seems to be older, but im not sure how I’d go about it or if it’s even a good idea! I let him walk thru our house just to see, he’s pranced around, sprayed on our wall, then I let him out. my biggest concern is him spraying in our house ( im taking him to get neutered soon. ) I know he wont be able to stay inside if he still sprays. need advice on this whole situation, with the end goal being him coming inside being a full inside cat ! ( he’s the sweetest cat ever, even let me pick him up, didn’t scratch me, fully clawed, gently let me know he wanted down )
update : we found my baby a home ! got him all his shots, and they found out he has FIV :( poor baby. but, thru networking, found his ORIGINAL owner, who had to move into a pet free home, gave it away, never knew he was on the streets. the sweet baby is living a happy life now :) 300 dollars later, but worth every penny
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You could give it a shot. I have tons of experience with cats. Mine is neutered (neutered is boys. spayed is girls) and he doesn't spray but he pees on the very edge of his box so I have to have a piddle pad there lol.