So one of my neighbors has a thing for rescuing cats, last count put the number of cats at about 7 but one of the cats has "left" home a number of months ago and according to the cat lady, it no longer goes to her house to eat because of all the other cats she has.

Over the past few months its been seen fairly regularly in our front yard(rocks with a lot of bushes and shrubs) but as of about the last week or so, it has been hanging out here far more consistently and it meows incessantly at me and family members whenever we step out front.

Behaviorally, it's just like any other outdoor cat except that it'll now routinely let us pet it until its been fed. Like he'll walk up to us if we sit down on our walkway and start rubbing its sides against our legs and headbutting our hands so we'll pet it, purring occasionally. This usually carries on until we offer it food(chicken and/or tuna mostly) and once it eats, it'll run off for a better part of the day and come back in the evening. Also, it hasn't really tried following us inside or anything. If we do get up and walk away, it'll just sit there until we go inside/leave or sit back down and call to it.

I'm just looking for tips and some advice on what to do with the cat because its clear its not getting its needs met by its owner but I'm still a little apprehensive about feeding it because the cat technically doesn't belong to me and there's the matter of ownership and all the legal issues that might arise.
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Someone else's rescue cat isn't getting it's needs met and has been looking to me
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So one of my neighbors has a thing for rescuing cats, last count put the number of cats at about 7 but one of the cats has "left" home a number of months ago and according to the cat lady, it no longer goes to her house to eat because of all the other cats she has.

Over the past few months its been seen fairly regularly in our front yard(rocks with a lot of bushes and shrubs) but as of about the last week or so, it has been hanging out here far more consistently and it meows incessantly at me and family members whenever we step out front.

Behaviorally, it's just like any other outdoor cat except that it'll now routinely let us pet it until its been fed. Like he'll walk up to us if we sit down on our walkway and start rubbing its sides against our legs and headbutting our hands so we'll pet it, purring occasionally. This usually carries on until we offer it food(chicken and/or tuna mostly) and once it eats, it'll run off for a better part of the day and come back in the evening. Also, it hasn't really tried following us inside or anything. If we do get up and walk away, it'll just sit there until we go inside/leave or sit back down and call to it.

I'm just looking for tips and some advice on what to do with the cat because its clear its not getting its needs met by its owner but I'm still a little apprehensive about feeding it because the cat technically doesn't belong to me and there's the matter of ownership and all the legal issues that might arise.
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Neighbor has a cat whom I'm not sure is getting what it needs from its
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