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[quote=Anonymous]"I’m afraid to go to my vet as they will likely notify the owner. Is returning it to the owner even wise?"

Yes. You need to do your due diligence to return the cat to its owners. You can't just "finders keepers" someone's pet. And even if you can't find the owners, you should take the cat to a vet anyway for a basic wellness check (which is going to reveal the chip, and will make you look like a dirty thief if that's the first mention of "your" cat's origin story)

You may not see signs because cats travel. It could be from several neighborhoods over. Cats also escape. They're small, and quick, and can easily door dart out into the wild, get scared, and keep running.

Take the cat to your local vet and see if they can use the chip's info to make contact with the owner. Call animal control and see if anyone is looking for a cat of that description and give them the chip ID number. If you do all you can to get the cat safely home, and after several weeks you've not made contact, well, congrats on your new cat. But don't steal someone's pet just because you made up a story that they were a bad owner. There could be a heartbroken family looking for their pet.

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