A man and his daughter came to the door the other night. The man said his daughter had been bitten by an orange cat and wondered if we knew the cat and where it belonged. We didn't, and said so. The man left us his number and asked that we call him if we see the cat. He said the cat needs to be checked for rabies.

We had never seen an orange cat around here until the following night. My cat Pumpkin was growling at it when it tried to come into our yard. Of course I'm not afraid of any domesticated animal, (I think I'm crazy ) so I went up to the kitty and started petting it. He was the sweetest thing! He rubbed up against me, let me pick him up and purred like crazy!

Being the only orangie we've ever seen around here, I was pretty sure this was the kitty the guy and his daughter were looking for. Knowing how sweet this cat was, even though I had just met him, I wondered what the little girl did to the cat to provoke him into biting her.

I decided against calling the guy, and wondered if I had made the right decision. If it were one of my kids that was bitten, I'd want to know about the cat, but I really think something was done to make the cat bite.

Did I make the right decision?