They came when some people she worked with had kittens, and my kids were really small. They played with them for a few days, then forgot they existed. I never was asked if they could come home, they just showed up.

I feel for ya on the birds. some people at the end of the street have them and they put the cage outside sometimes on a warm day. The lady next door called animal control on them because she thought the birds were freezing.. and so started a pissing match on our street. The lady next door tried to get me on her side a couple of times. I stay out of it and that pisses her off. This is the same lady that got all bent out of shape when the hot chick that used to live across the street would ride her riding lawn mower in a thong.