My neighbor brought home a little kitty a couple days ago cuz it was a stray at the school she works at. He got beat up by a tomcat I guess so she decided to bring him home. Well, she leaves the little guy in her backyard and I found him in our SUV engine compartment. I was gonna take the dogs to the trails when I heard him meowing. Good thing I didn't start the car. I came to work, and later when my husband got home the neighbor came over and lured the cat out. Today...repeat of yesterday except I called my DH to tell him the cat was in the engine again and thank goodness he meowed before I started the car. He said when he left for work this morning, the neighbor was outside calling the cat and he heard it meowing in his engine compartment. I lured the cat out today only to find this cat in poor shape. In my opinion poor shape. He had dirty ears or ear mites, his back leg and a good little cut on it and his front leg had open wounds and he is limping. I called my husband back fearing that the cat might have been attacked by a dog or worse yet....our dogs! He said no, that was from the fight with the tomcat days ago.
Now, I love my neighbors...we all get along great but I hardly see her because she works til 4pm and I go to work at 2pm. I see and talk to her husband almost everyday. I will talk to him tomorrow but I know he doesn't want or like the cat. I think the cat needs to see a vet and i also think they need to do something with the car before it gets killed. I don't want to start the car one day and be responsible if I hurt the kitty. How does one say this to a neighbor?