My neighbour asked me to watch her cat while she went to see an aunt overseas for 10 days. The deal was that I would go into her apartment in the morning, give the cat fresh food, water and milk from her fridge, and just let the cat know that someone was caring for it. She has a special cat door to her ground floor patio, so the cat can come and go as it pleases.
She also asked me to check on the cat before I went to bed for the night, no matter what time, again just to let the cat know someone was around. Everything was fine for the first five days. On the sixth morning, the cat wasn’t home when I went to check on her.
I put out fresh food and water, called her name, but had to get to work. I went straight over after work and noticed that the food hadn’t been touched and the cat was still missing. I sent my neighbour a message via WhatsApp, but she didn’t reply.
The same thing happened on day seven — still no cat and no word from the neighbour. The next morning, when I went into the apartment, I found the cat in a terrible state, barely conscious and bleeding from several wounds. I took it straight to the emergency vet care and explained the situation.
They kept the cat overnight, but now want me to come get her and pay a large sum of money. My neighbour still hasn’t responded and won’t be home until tomorrow. But the vet is insisting I pick up the cat today.
What do I do? I wasn’t able to respond to this person in time, though she did what I would have suggest.
