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good morning dramneurodivergents. i call upon you to decide the fate of my cat.
so about a year ago this feral cat showed up on my porch during a snowstorm. i started putting out food and fresh water for him and he made my porch his home for the winter. after about 6 months, sometime this spring, he let me pet him. about a month after that he started letting me pick him up. i then trapped his butt and got him fixed, chipped, and vaxxed. after that i started bringing him inside my house and taught him how to use a litter box. i still remember the first time he ever played with a toy it was so sweet 
because he is still half feral i let him out every day and he disappears for up to two days at a time. this last time, he was gone for a week. this morning he came back wearing SOMEONE ELSE'S COLLAR! 
there is a phone number written on the collar in sharpie but it is smudged and i can't read it.
here is where the dilemma comes in. i recently bought a new house and am moving across the county and into town literally tomorrow. i have been worried about moving him already, since he's lived his whole life running wild where my current house is and he is like barely domesticated lol. i'm afraid that moving into town and into a house where he will be inside 24/7 will be very upsetting to him.
what should i do?
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I say keep him. If he was truly feral he wouldn't keep coming and returning to your house. He likes you and will definitely be happier and much safer and taken care of with you. I also used to have a former feral, and as she aged she stayed inside more and more often until she became a housecat. He will get used to the easy life quickly.
Oh also you can move this post to personal just by reporting it with "/h/personal"
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