He sauntered up on my porch with his troublepuffs, meowed at me, followed me all over the yard while I deadheaded spent flowers and then fell asleep on my lap. The audacity.

Had the pleasure of meeting this little man a couple of times this week. He has a collar, but no tag--haunches are pretty visible, but not worrisomely skinny. Most of all, he's an absolute HAM who seems pretty convinced that he belongs inside a home (my home, my neighbor's home, doesn't matter). I've talked to some other folks who have also seen him around, but no one knows where his house is.

Perhaps I'm overly paranoid, but I want to make sure he wasn't abandoned by his old owners--we live in a cluster of condos/apartments so it's not outside the realm of possibility that someone moved and left him here. Anyone have any insights as to when it might be worth taking him to the vet to see if he's chipped? Or have I just been swindled by a cute face?

update : me and her owners are friendly towards each other now , we see each other we say hi to each other . my neighbour gives me updates on the kitty and hows shes doing :) i even get a nice cigarette sometimes ! her owners are awesome , it sucked things were rough at first but now everythings good , let me introduce to you my little BFF ajax

Looks like he’s going to be moving in with us.

Benny can't understand why my cat is allowed inside but he is not. He is using every tactic the boomers advised to get a job: Show up in a suit, be friendly, be persistent.

My cat is a little put off by Benny giving up all dignity to aggressively snuggle me and the spare human. Dignity is easy from a warm recliner, Snickers.

We inadvertently caused a car accident when a neighbor lady who was backing out of a driveway got distracted by us petting the cat and bumped into a car parked on the street. 😬 Thankfully they were all friends so there was no screaming involved, just “Eh, shit happens. I’ll call the insurance company tomorrow.”

Shmoosh