‘Do I fight for her back?’: Pawrents find out that shady neighbors kept their “missing cat” indoors for years; they refuse to give her back, so pawrents consider getting the police involved

This story is one big furball of feelings, shady neighbors, and whiskered what-ifs. So picture this: a beloved cat vanishes in 2022. After months of searching, it comes out that a neighbor has basically cat-napped her. No permission, no adoption. Just feeding her, locking her inside, and claiming her like a lost sock. They even said she needed dental work and removed some teeth (???), all while ignoring her microchip and original family.

The cat used to be a happy little explorer, a purrfessional roamer who’d visit everyone but always came home for cuddles. That changed when the neighbors decided to make her an indoor cat and keep her from leaving at all. Talk about claws in the wrong place.

Now her original humans are moving. New home, fresh start. The big question is: do they try to get their cat back now that they’ll finally be away from the neighborhood nonsense? Or let her go and carry the weight of it forever?

They have proof and the microchip registered in their name, but the cat keeps returning to the neighbors, now stuck indoors. With questions about her happiness and safety, they’re tornhould they fight to bring her home or let her stay, tails dragging? This decision has more layers than a shedding season.