Should I feed a neighbours cat?

Like I said she seems frightened of noises and sudden movement. My ex says that a happy cat raises its tail and hooks the end of its tail to show its content. Is this true as I don't know much about cats.

She brushes up against my legs whilst meowing as I'm trying to feed her. Sometimes she seems so ravenous she won't give me time to put it on the as she's trying to nose it.

I feed he's the assortment of seafood sachets from Aldi, sometimes twice a day. Also give her dried food which she isn't keen on.

Is this ok, am I giving her too much? She looks a lot healthier nowadays, bright eyed and shiny fur so I guess she's happy enough. Although I am concerned she'd still suffering some form of cruelty though.

Next doors does that, leaves it contents all over my fucking lawn and the dogs love it...
 
If you know who it belongs to, I'd suggest going and having a polite word with them. Just let them know that it's regularly round yours looking for food. There could be various reasons and you'll never know til you pop round and mention it. The owner may be delighted for you to officially adopt it and take it off their hands.

Or they will become angry/offended/etc and hurt/kill the cat.
 
Elderly neighbour of ours was feeding our cat, unfortunately for everyone they didn't know that kitty had a urinary crystal blockage op done years before and has to have a specific kind of food as a result. He'd lost his own pet not long before and quite liked the routine and company i think.

Honestly, the crap they put in some cat food is frightening. Ash. Iron oxide (yep, rust), BHA (potential carcinogen), sodium tripolyphosphste (a rancid meat preservative and also a neuro toxin, probably well familiar to a certain previous chairmen of our nearby rivals). Many of these can be found in your go Kat and whiskers 'off the shelf' stuff.

He's a greedy bugger though so isn't about to turn down a free meal even if it was killing him, plus I suspect the expensive but necessary dietary food isn't especially tasty.

Ended up with facing a £600 bill for emergency surgery to save the cat, 40% chance of survival, or say our goodbyes there and then.

Whilst there are plenty of mistreated animals out there who deserve some attention, your missus is right also and it's not straightforward. If you know the owners then have a word if you can, they may not realise even that they're underfeeding it. Or they may not care, in which case good luck doing the right thing.
 

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