How would/do you feel about your cat going into other peoples houses?

[spookyastronauts]

How would you feel if you knew your cat was visiting and spending time at other peoples houses? Would you mind?

When I was 7 my cat Bongo used to go into Mrs W house and she secretly fed him.
Bongo was completely black.
Mr W came home from work went into his bedroom and saw something in the bed.
He came running downstairs and got the yard brush, went back upstairs and started to thrash the bed shouting it's a rat.
Mrs W started to scream it's a rat in our bed.
Mum and dad went around to see what was going on.
Bongo after a while poked his head out of the eiderdown. He wasn't hurt but didn't go in their bed again. But still went around for the food.

I have name-changed for this one.

My neighbour’s cat constantly breaks into our house. We have a chipped cat flap, but one of our cats holds the door open with his tail until his little mate is safely inside. Unfortunately, our other cat does not like the visitor, and scraps with him.

I do not feed the neighbour’s cat and do not encourage him (even though he is absolutely adorable 😻), but he likes playing with his friend and enjoys his company.

I remove him from the house regularly, but have no idea how I will keep him out when it warms up and we have the doors open.

I would be so grateful. We have too many cats. I would love to reduce the number.

My sisters cat visits one of her neighbours and she feeds him, lets him sleep there, he leads a real double life! I’m not sure I’d put up with it, but my sister finds it funny and says she feels sorry for the old lady who is obviously lonely and she says she is super nice. She sends my sister pictures of him having roast dinners there and he likes to have peace from his sister who torments him mercilessly. Bonkers.

I’d be jealous. Not even joking. 🙃

My cat drew the line at my third child so struck up a very close bond with the next door neighbours and their lovely cat. The older he got the more time he spent with them, he would come for cuddles every day with me I think he just wanted a quieter life with his cat wife. The neighbour is a beautiful human so I was happy that he was happy and loved and they supported me with medications etc too. When it was his time we both went to the vet together and said our goodbyes, then had a bloody good cry together. The vet commented that we had a brilliant co-cat parenting relationship and it was a first for him. We both adored him despite him being a grumpy, noisy, passive aggressive arsehole.

Fast forward, my new cat visits them and both her cats visit me too. It makes all of our lives so much easier when going on holidays and things too! I think all of the cats just feel they have two homes and all the love they could ever want

My cat is an indoor cat who thinks that he is human. If he was an outdoor cat he would take every opportunity to sneak into other homes for cuddles and food and would no doubt share his fur there too. He would most likely disappear for a day or two, only to return with his usual demands. I dont think that I would mind too much as long as he was treated well at the place he chose to visit.

It's up to him. I have seen him sitting in my opposite neighbour's window. He comes back smelling of perfume or laundry detergent different to mine. I know he used to go in a previous neighbours cat flap and curl up with his cats. I don't mind as long as his hosts don't!

This is a lovely story. Cats do like a quiet home and it's good when people recognize the behaviour properly rather than get angry about a cat belonging to them or some such.

You sound like a great cat custodian. No one really owns these creatures, it's a relationship