Not really an Aibu but more of a wwyd. I’ve noticed over the past week my cat has been playing with another cat in our street (unusual for him, normally hates other cats).
However in the past few days I’m becoming concerned that this cat is a stray. My cat gets let out early in the morning (approx 6am) and everyday this cat has been sat outside our door waiting for him to come out. We let our cat in and out throughout the day and most of the time he is with this cat, until he gets let back in at 10 at night where he leaves the other cat sitting outside our door. There’ll be times during the day where my cat is inside and I’ll see this cat sat waiting for him aswell. There was also a night where I heard the cat meowing outside around midnight.
Is there any way for me to tell if this cat is a stray? There’s no collar but my cat doesn’t wear a collar either as he kept losing all his breakaway collars. The cat doesn’t seem skinny but it always looks quite dirty, though it is white. If the cat was a stray I would definitely consider taking it in, but equally don’t want to take it in if they have a home. Just getting worried as the weathers been so bad recently and I hate the thought of it being left outside overnight.