For all the grand-meowmys! Did a strange cat hang around your house after the kittens were born? I'm sure I've heard something about dad cats coming back to visit their kittens but I don't know if this is an old wives tales or what!
I ask because I found a stray girl at six months, she just followed me home and moved in and she looks so similar to a big cat (tuxedo markings and squishy pink noses) which lives near me (same street, different block of houses) and this cat is always hanging around her.
The first week I took her in, this cat came right up to my dining room window and stared at the kitten (she didn't notice or recognise him) and at the time I didn't think anything of it but she now looks more and more like him (only say him cos he's big and thought she'd remember her mum). He's very shy, compared to my fearless tiger, so I can't pick him up and see if he's a boy or a girl.
He does have a very distinctive face and nose so I'm pretty sure they're related. She also doesn't swat at him like she does at other cats but then again she just ignores him. Once she got out when she was small and I found her being very friendly under a car with a similar sized white kitty which I assumed was her littermate so she can't have come far.
I'm so curious about this, has it happened to anyone else? I'm also wondering, because this guy doesn't wear a collar but looks well fed, should I catch him and have him neutered? My cat has also has food intolences to grain and she was very messy till I worked this out - maybe others aren't so kind - and turn stinky kitties onto the street and never claim them (like mine) - I wouldn't want that to happen to another litter.
I ask because I found a stray girl at six months, she just followed me home and moved in and she looks so similar to a big cat (tuxedo markings and squishy pink noses) which lives near me (same street, different block of houses) and this cat is always hanging around her.
The first week I took her in, this cat came right up to my dining room window and stared at the kitten (she didn't notice or recognise him) and at the time I didn't think anything of it but she now looks more and more like him (only say him cos he's big and thought she'd remember her mum). He's very shy, compared to my fearless tiger, so I can't pick him up and see if he's a boy or a girl.
He does have a very distinctive face and nose so I'm pretty sure they're related. She also doesn't swat at him like she does at other cats but then again she just ignores him. Once she got out when she was small and I found her being very friendly under a car with a similar sized white kitty which I assumed was her littermate so she can't have come far.
I'm so curious about this, has it happened to anyone else? I'm also wondering, because this guy doesn't wear a collar but looks well fed, should I catch him and have him neutered? My cat has also has food intolences to grain and she was very messy till I worked this out - maybe others aren't so kind - and turn stinky kitties onto the street and never claim them (like mine) - I wouldn't want that to happen to another litter.