[ fat orange gintendo has plopped down outside the door. he's given up scratching, but he will stand sentry until a way is provided for him. or someone picks him up and rubs his belly. if there are no belly rubs, he will lose interest and return to his post. ]

I don't see why anyone else would. They were cats owned by people we knew, and others who befriended them are no longer around, for the most part.