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How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by LemuelIrabor: 6:38am On Jan 20, 2018
Hey there, feline aficionados!
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I've got a wee issue I'd like to get your advice on. Please take the time to read this.

Let's get right down to brass tacks.

I'm still a student. I do not have the available resources (time to be with it constantly, space for it to live & sleep in, money to buy food & supplies, etc) to get my own kitten. Besides, my folks are pet-resistant (as long as it's not livestock, don't bring it into the house, son!).

Anyway, there's a cat (I'm guessing its a ''teenage'' kitten from its shrill voice, am I even making sense? ''Teenage kitten.'') that saunters the streets of the neighbourhood mostly in the dead of the night. Some evenings, it can easily be seen in the brush or lithely crossing the sidewalk, doing whatever cats do at that time o' day.

It's white-and-black and seems to have green eyes, with the surrounding exposed flesh a light pink, same as its mouth and paws (I've caught only glimpses). Once I walked down the street very close to the cat, but as I stopped to get a proper look, it BOLTed (I think I'll name it Usain, ha!).

OK, my plan is this: Lure it to my home, befriend it, feed it some leftover food or cat food if I can get it, talk to it, stay with it then let it go at its own volition. And when it comes again, befriend it some more, feed it some more, talk to it, stay with it. Then let it go again..and on and on. Until, at least, circumstances allow me to adopt it.

Weird plan, I know. But it's that or let it starve to death outside.
It's the dry season so the population of its natural prey, esp. rats are at an all time low. AND I DON'T WANT IT EATING COCKROACHES!
Two nights ago, it cried for almost 20mins. I dunno why, but I'm guessing it was due to the pangs of hunger. And later in the morning, I found a pool of thick blood on fallen banana leaves by the path it normally takes to the bushes. Don't know what this means but it can't be good. The blood was too much to be from a lizard or chicken.

But, ah..I deviate..

So the question is: How do I lure Usain in, and at least take proper care of it till the rains (and rats) return?


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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by LemuelIrabor: 6:42am On Jan 20, 2018
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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by Nobody: 6:44am On Jan 20, 2018
I can't give you answer to this cuz I am here to know also

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by Tjohnnay: 6:52am On Jan 20, 2018
Ok





Make dm pus*y niggas wake up
Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by 2shure: 6:52am On Jan 20, 2018
u on drugs
and watched too many hollywood comedy movies.

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by Authoreety: 6:53am On Jan 20, 2018
Fellow comment readers, holla at ur guy

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by Donbigi2(m): 6:53am On Jan 20, 2018
That could be someone grandmother
Authoreety:
Fellow comment readers, holla at ur guy
holla

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by Fynestboi: 6:53am On Jan 20, 2018
Noted grin
Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by AdolfHitlerxXx: 6:53am On Jan 20, 2018
Keep it well fed. Even humans bow for you when you feed them

That's how domestication started

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by boolet: 6:53am On Jan 20, 2018
Fish... Feed it fish constantly. You already have the plan.

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by stevesleeky: 6:53am On Jan 20, 2018
Nah so you go invite winch come your house. Kontinue

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by youna: 6:53am On Jan 20, 2018
hmm

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by Amirullaha(m): 6:53am On Jan 20, 2018
You can lure it using a rat as a bait...
Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by kayjasper(f): 6:55am On Jan 20, 2018
Why do you want to befriend a wild cat?


It is what it is. It can't be domesticated anymore.

Just leave some good food on its part, that's the best you can do.

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by ryd3(m): 6:55am On Jan 20, 2018
First, this is an interesting read,witty and quite descriptive. But on a more serious thought, domestication of a stray cat is risky. U don't know if it lives in the sewers or has been enjoying dinners of lassa fever infected rats. Best thing u guys can be is friends with benefits... Fish for temporary company. Btw... I'm a fellow of the league of comment readers!�

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by Manson1(m): 6:56am On Jan 20, 2018
grin

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by benzene00: 6:56am On Jan 20, 2018
Kk
Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by Nobody: 6:56am On Jan 20, 2018
Normally it can take care of itself, hunger don't kill cats, human factors do like those that brand cats evil or moving vehicles. Your plans to lure it won't do any good as you know cats hate to be restrained especially one that has tasted ferality. Another mistake is that cats can't survive on human food, though they may thrive but they are obligate carnivores.
Cats are best trained with so much love when they are kittens so that they will live all their life thinking you are their mother, mine will be two years by April this year and when I don't have cat food or meat, I don't feed him at all with human food, it will gladly go to the bush and hunt and still come back to my chest cos of my heartbeat. I'll advise you to forget the cat as u don't have the resources to take care of it.

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by AerialMapper: 6:57am On Jan 20, 2018
That cat is a nairalander! So that it will come into your house then next thing we will see is “ what bush meat is this?”

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by modath(f): 6:57am On Jan 20, 2018
Hahahah
Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by Sweetcollins: 6:58am On Jan 20, 2018
Use yeloba jazz

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by gratiaeo(m): 6:59am On Jan 20, 2018
Op they are selling cat in the market go and buy one

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by Luukasz(m): 6:59am On Jan 20, 2018
Ehn Ehn you be winch abi una wan dey disappear enta cat for midnight, e fit be say na you be black cat wey I see yesternite chai!
Holy ghost fire destroy you!!!!!!

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by spyg1(m): 7:00am On Jan 20, 2018
Is your village people that are scouting you. Nothing else

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by Nobody: 7:00am On Jan 20, 2018
LemuelIrabor:
Cc MsTeefah, ademoladeji, signature2012, Mckandre ademoladeji fratermathy GogetterMD Boleandfish immorttal rookidmart jerrykho blasiangurl85 cedar3 DeLionCourt smartcet Johniewalker12 lemmings yasolan


Town crier.

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by symbianDON(m): 7:00am On Jan 20, 2018
cats are extremely selfish. even if you give that cat one bag of Thailand rice to eat everyday, it won't still like you...it's the free food that will make it stick around.

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by Factfinder1(m): 7:01am On Jan 20, 2018
In which country.....no Nigerian will open his door to and unknown cat and feed it with their food this hard time they will rather chase it away kill and burn it or call it a witch

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by Masterclass32: 7:02am On Jan 20, 2018
Threaten it with a gun. undecided

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by mycare(m): 7:02am On Jan 20, 2018
Wait ooo is this a novel or what
Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by Homeboiy: 7:02am On Jan 20, 2018
Na witch oo
Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by mycare(m): 7:03am On Jan 20, 2018
Factfinder1:
In which country?

Lol...am wondering too
The power of copy and paste posts smiley

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Re: How Do I Lure This Cat Into Our Apartment? by kenzysmith: 7:03am On Jan 20, 2018
Gud moni may favour locate us today

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