Entitled cat owner dumps cat on her ex-coworker after getting evicted, doesn't pay for the cat or show interest in it, now the coworker considers stealing the cat she's "cat-sitting": 'She may threaten to call the police on us if we don't return the cat'

Life is hard. Sometimes things happen. And when you have a cat and these things happen, somehow, it's even worse, because you know that, no matter what, the cat is your responsibility and you have to make sure that it is okay. Sometimes, vet bills are high, and it's difficult to deal with that, and sometimes, even the basics are expensive. We're not upset with the person in this story for trying to find a better home for their cat while they are struggling, we're mad at them for pretty much everything else.

If you ask a friend to cat-sit, then that is exactly what you are asking of them. It is still your responsibility to do whatever you can to provide for the cat, and even more than that, your most basic responsibility is continuing to call and check in on the cat, see how they're doing. None of that was done here, and apparently, the cat owner didn't take care of the cat much before giving it away either.

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"[Would I be wrong] if I kept the cat I am cat-sitting?"

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It is very clear to us that this owner does not deserve this cat. If we had any doubts about that throughout reading this story, they vanished the second we read that the cat has not been to the vet once in two years. Whether you will keep the cat or not, it has no business being with an owner who doesn't care about it.
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What matters here more than anything is the safety of the cat, and it sounds like you are right to be worried about it. You can't have a house cat if you don't have a house, you cannot be responsible for it this way.
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