Man Steals His Cat Back From Neighbors' House: Reddit Storytime

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Ellie Dunn
Feb 20, 2022 4:00 PM EST

Ah neighbors, so many people have horror stories about not-so-nice neighbors. Such as the local Karen who tried to ban a new neighbor's dog from the neighborhood after her husband hit on the new girl.  Sometimes when it comes to owning a home, you can't afford to live in an area without them, but can't quite afford to live nearby them either. Whether your neighbors act pretty creepy or try to steal your cat or dog, either way its definitely not a pretty sight. But imagine if you found out that your pet had gone missing, and your neighbors had taken in the pet and didn't want to give it back. Here at I Can Has Cheezburger, that sounds like our worst nightmare. 

Our pets are so important to us, we'd be devastated if something like this happened and we had to ""cat-nap" them in order to get them back in our arms safe and sound. But that's exactly what happened to this Reddit user when he decided to leave his cat alone with his grandparents. The cat, who is adorably named  Fluffbut, really got itself into a pickle after, in OP's words, "Our apartment had to have a new kitchen done, so we temporarily relocated Fluffbutt to my grandparents so he won't stress out or escape. My grandparents loved him and really enjoyed his company. Two days ago, Fluffbutt sneaked out from my grandparents' flat into the apartment building". Take a look:

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  • 01
    Font - AITA for "stealing" my famipy cat back from neighbours at 3am?
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    Awww, cats are the cutest. Also, Fluffbut sounds like a pretty awwdorable name for a young cat. We're happy this duo found their way back to one another, even if a little bit of theft was involved in one way or another. We wonder where this suburban neighborhood is where all of this drama started in the first place. Perhaps now that the story is going viral we'll find out…

  • 02
    Font - My family has a cat(5m), for anonymity I will call him Fluffbutt. He was with our family since he was 2 month old and is a beautiful cat in general.
    via u/mvoleksy

    Oh no, this is starting to sound like a scary story, we wonder how exactly this will end up going for everybody involved…


     

  • 03
    Font - He is very affectionate with the people he knows but is terrified of strangers. He is an indoor only cat as we live in a large industrial city, and the chances of him getting stolen are very high. It's also worth
    via u/mvoleksy
  • 04
    Smile - high. It's also worth noting that Fluffbutt has a cereal and corn allergy, so he is on a special diet of a good quality grain free cat food.
    via u/mvoleksy
  • 05
    Font - Our apartment had to have a new kitchen done, so we temporarily relocated Fluffbutt to my grandparents so he won't stress out or escape. My grandparents loved him and really enjoyed his company. Two days ago, Fluffbutt sneaked out from my grandparents' flat into the apartment building. My
    via u/mvoleksy
  • 06
    Font - building. My grandparents spent over 2 hours trying to find him, but couldn't, so they called me and asked to come over and help. When I came over, it was about 7 pm. I checked
    via u/mvoleksy
  • 07
    Font - with the neighbours if anyone saw him, but they all declined. One of the neighbours didn't open the door, but I heard Fluffbutt meowing from their flat. I have tried knocking and ringing and could hear the neighbours talking
    via u/mvoleksy
  • 08
    Font - behind the door and their lights were on, but they wouldn't open and just pretended nobody was home, when Fluffbutt would keep meowing as he was really scared.
    via u/mvoleksy
  • 09
    Font - I knew the neighbours had my Fluffbutt. He has very specific meow, and not a lot of people in the apartment building had cats. So I waited till after midnight and went back downstairs and started ringing and knocking on the neighbours door to get my cat. The
    via u/mvoleksy
  • 10
    Font - neighbour has finally opened the door and was about to have a go at me for waking them up that late at night, when Fluffbutt run out of the door at the full speed nearly knocking the neighbour over. I left as soon as my cat was free,
    via u/mvoleksy
  • 11
    Smile - found him next to my grandparents' door, and let him in. I have given him plenty of scratches and food with treats as he was clearly very stressed.
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  • 12
    Font - I've also checked him to make sure he wasn't injured and found a lot of scratches on him (he scratches himself badly when he eats food with corn/cereal) and gave him some medication against his allergy.
    via u/mvoleksy
  • 13
    Font - Early in the morning, the neighbours knocked on my grandparents' door, demanding "their" cat back as their child (f 10- 12) was crying since she "found" him. I've told them to leave since Fluffbutt is our family cat,
    via u/mvoleksy
  • 14
    Font - and not only did they try to steal him, but they also kept him against his will and caused an allergy to return. The neighbours said I had no right to ring them late at night and wake them up. I got too tired of this and closed the door in front of them as they wouldn't shut up.
    via u/mvoleksy
  • 15
    Font - I'm now staying with my grandparents for a few days to make sure Fluffbutt is OK and the neighbours won't try to steal him again, however some of my grandparents neighbours called me an asshole for what I did.
    via u/mvoleksy
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    Font - Edit: Fluffbutt has been microchipped for as long as he was with us, and we make sure the details are up to date. As per advice, I will also be contacting the police about the incident to make sure it is documented in case the neighbours try anything stupid again.
    via u/mvoleksy

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