I feel like a total weirdo...

[BibiBlocksbergv2]

One of my cats started staying out later & later every day (since about end of March) so i walked around the neighbourhood at various times of the day until i found her 'hidey hole'

Turns out she much prefers life with a family about half a mile down the road from me, strolls in, sits on their sofa, purrs like mad & drools her head off (sign of extreme happiness for her)

The family are very nice about being converted into involuntary cat sitters & i'm very grateful to them being so nice to her.

Anyway, since i discovered where she goes i've been collecting her for her meals (after which she runs straigt back to them)

So, tonight i figured i may as well take her dinner with me & feed her round the corner from her new 'abode'

The family said 'come & see where she is' i walked in & her ladyship is sprawled out on their sofa, beckoning for me to put the bowl down :)

I feel like a giant weirdo now, turning up at their door every day & now feeding my cat in their garden & walking home without her.

She is fickle though, one minute she loves one environment & the next she comes back home, think she's part tortie :)

Anyway, i seem to be in the mood for self flagellation, pls come & agree & marvel at my weirdness on this sunny sunday evening

[BibiBlocksbergv2]

Yes, i agree cozie, smudge wants a home like the one she's chosen now & i would be happy to let her go. She's pulled these shenanigans for years, in & out of other peoples doors & windows.

She wants to be an only cat in a family (likes kids & especially men :))

It's not something i can give her, have thought about re-homing her before but with shelters so full i won't abandon her to an unknown fate.

It's going to come down to asking the family again if they would like to give her a full-time home or I will have to find her a similar environment somehow.

Have dropped note & food for now, will knock tomorrow to see what they think of this new 'tack'

S followed me home quite happily but is sitting on the pavement opposite our house refusing to come in....sigh, what a load of buggering about.

Thanks for advice again today, will no doubt be back....

[MedusaIsHavingaBadHairday]

I have one of these too !

After 12 years of devoted love from Morph it has come as a bit of a shock to find that Obie eats breakfast here then pitches up 3 doors down where he spends the say in my neighbours house!!! Obie is friends with their cat ..and them!

I was a little hurt at first tbh..but he's a cat and goes where it pleaseth him Their son did ask if they could keep him and we are calling it 'shared custody' now! On the other hand I know he's being loved and that's what counts. He always comes home to poo in his own litter tray though... sigh...

[WixingMords]

Heaven nowadays what time The Rotter (have renamed him) came in. Woke at 5 briefly, knew he wasn't there as he tends to lie on my feet. Woke again at 7 and he was in.

Like a good servant I lay out his breakfast and refresh his water, for him to use at his leisure.

Is this a common summer thing then?

[BibiBlocksbergv2]

:) WixingMords - yes, it is a summer thing in my experience, they are just so terribly BUSY this time of year (dontcha know) :)

Makes me laugh when they come in to eat & then demand to be let out again - they're still chewing on their last mouthful of dinner as well!

I can't get my lot in for love nor money atm then I get meaowed awake at anywhere between 2 & 4 am (windows open, no catflap though)

Some nights i'm just too darn tired to go back down & open the door again so they stay out.

Droping off smudges food went well, dropped some more in tonight & had another chat with 'chosen' family they say they are happy to feed & house her but will be moving soon & don't want her permanently.

Which is fair enough, thanked them for facilitating her holiday and said this episode has shown me what smudge really wants & needs so i will start looking for a similar environment to re-home her to now.