Money Moral Dilemma: Should my housemate repay me for looking after her cat?

EmmaBadgeParry

Please will you take a picture when your flat mate laughs in your face.  

Aranyani

Catsacor said:

crmism said:

I'm not quite sure why you accepted responsibility for somebody else's cat which, from what you say, you didn't like when you first saw it, and don't like now.
I suggest your first step is to deposit the creature with your housemate at the earliest opportunity and hope it never finds its way back to you, otherwise you'll be stuck with it forever. Cats are independent creatures and can fend for themselves without your help, but some of them seem to have the same abilities as homing pigeons.
Your second step should be to hand your housemate a list of your expenses, and tell her to settle up in full. 
Your third step, an extreme one, might be to move to another address if there's any danger of the cat returning to where you are now. 

A cat's mental age is that of a toddler, i was told by the vet i use.
Applying human logic onto a cat and saying they're all able to fend for themselves is equivalent to saying a toddler could - so in turn, would you send a toddler out at night and let it fend for itself ?😣

I've never seen a toddler catch and kill its own meat. 

I think that is more about problem solving abilities rather than ability to cope independently.  Most animals cope just fine without human help, in fact we are usually more of a hindrance.