why do I get other cats visitng my home?

Why do I get other cats visitng my home?
Its happened twice. The first time, the cat eventually disappeared. It was a bit sad because I got a bit attached to him, I managed to pet him after a while.
Now its another one. But I don't want to form a bond with him this time, I might be moving places and I have to many cats.

My cats are neutered. I'm not free feeding. So I'm a bit curious why this other cat would try to come to my place?

I have never seen him try to "grab" one of my female cats.

He usually just comes here, walks around.. I have even seen him sleeping on a chair once. I make him leave by coming close to him, he doesn't like strangers.

He looks like he definately belongs to someone because he's not thin, very beautiful and well cared, he can't be a lost cat because he's been visiting for almost a year now so he'ld be skinny by now.

My other cats don't do ANYTHING. Is this a normal behaviour? they just watch him. is this because they are neutured? are neutured cats less territorial?

any other similar stories like mine?
I'm not trying to look for a solution right now, because I might be moving soon, I'm just really curious about this behaviour since its happened twice.

I'll be interested in other people's reactions to this one. I've only had my girl for a year and haven't seen her with any strange cats, as most of that time I've kept her inside. But my boys are allowed out, and though neutered, any other male cat (and probably female, too, at least with Purdy) would be chased from the neighborhood or a big fight would ensue. The same was true of my first cat, also a neutered male. I didn't call him Guard Cat for nothing! I have no idea if female cats are as territorial.

Don't count on the idea that a cat would necessarily be thin if left to fend for himself. Many are, but if the area has a lot of rodents (like if people in the area are feeding birds, which also attract rodents), a good mouser can support himself. Purdy was ten pounds when I adopted him, and I'd seen him wandering around the area for at least six months before I finally took him in one November.

We have a few visitor cats at our apartment building. One I call Sox, he's very friendly although he's a tough looking tom. I like him 'cos he beats up on Binky, the pesky neighbour's cat who comes round late at night and provokes my boys. My cats have a window that they sit at a night with the blind up. So Binky comes round sometimes and launches himself at the window! Very annoying at 3 am! He used to follow us when we walked the boys outside on a leash, but now he runs away 'cos he knows we'll chase him away otherwise.
If we see Sox however, our cats will get excited, but he'll just ignore them. It's as if they're beneath his manly attention! He won't even react when Pushy runs up acting tough. Puts Pushkin right back in his place!
The other cat is a beautiful white fluffy scaredy-cat we call Snowflake. She's too pretty to talk to our boys though, and doesn't cause anyone any trouble.
My main concern is that Binky & Sox both like sleeping under the many cars in the parking lot. And people drive in here pretty fast, so I worry about them getting hit.
Cats just like to roam, if they have the choice. They're visiting your house because it's in their territory and is a friendly place.

We used to have two female spayed barn cats. We never had a lot of cats come around, because one of the girls (Scout) was very territorial. But occasionally we would have a feral cat show up for a few months, willing to put up with Scout for the good food available. Eventually he would move on.

Now we have adopted ferals. At first, we had a string of cats show up to join us. The ferals stayed around, but they didn't "claim" the place. (All neutered/spayed). Now, tomcat Will has claimed us, and he does not allow newcomers. In fact, he and a feral tom (Tommy) had some very loud fights. Thankfully both are now neutered, but Will is still our kingpin, and runs off anyone new.

If your new cat is not a threat to your current kitties, and they don't mind him, don't worry about it. You are probably right not to try to get attached or to feed this boy, since you can't commit to caring for him. Maybe you could at least trap him and get him neutered though. It would prolong his life by decreasing the fights he is involved in.

I'm betting that they can sense that it is a safe place. I've got a one-eyed grey cat that I'm now feeding daily. I'm not sure whether he belongs to anyone, but I know I'm not the only one feeding him, since I ran into one of my neighbors (another cat owner) who feeds him too. I must say that I brought this kitty on myself (I gave him some Pounce a couple of times), but I never expected him to start scratching on my door every night for food. Now I come prepared with cans of cat food in my trunk.

When we lived in a house with a big in-ground pool, there would be up to a dozen cats in the yard sometimes at night, like they were having pool parties while we were asleep. Fred was still an indoor/outdoor cat at the time, but stayed mostly inside the fence. He would lay on the diving board and sun his belly. It was a little creepy to look out and see every cat in the neighborhood playing around my pool. Some of them would climb on the slide, slide down, and jump off before they hit the water.
There was only one that came around during the day, and she was the neighborhood cat. She had been left because she would not leave her litter of kitten that she had hidden when her people were being transferred out. She was a little chunky thing, because the whole neighborhood fed her. Someone even had her spayed. That was several years ago, and last time I was in that neighborhood, she was still there.

I'm betting that they can sense that it is a safe place

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yeah maybe thats the reason.

When we lived in a house with a big in-ground pool, there would be up to a dozen cats in the yard sometimes at night, like they were having pool parties while we were asleep. Fred was still an indoor/outdoor cat at the time, but stayed mostly inside the fence. He would lay on the diving board and sun his belly. It was a little creepy to look out and see every cat in the neighborhood playing around my pool. Some of them would climb on the slide, slide down, and jump off before they hit the water.

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LOL!!!

My neighborhood has several outdoor cats (collared & neutered/spayed). They belong to people, we know who they belong to, and the cats are relatively safe (except for the awful speeders driving down my street).

One of the cats looks alot like my Jessie, and it's confusing!!! I see her standing on my deck, looking inward, gazing at my pretty kitties. My cats have grown used to her --- they used to growl. Now, they seem to 'like' her visits!

Also we have a solid black boy-cat who visits regularly... he's sooo loving & sweet. I am pretty sure he belongs to someone cuz he looks so healthy & cared for. He greets my daughter every morning while she's waiting for her bus. He also jumped up on my OUTER windowsill while Snickers was sitting on the INNER windowsill! Snicky kinda freaked but didn't seem to mind.

I guess as long as your indoor cats aren't scared of the outdoor 'visitors', then everything will be fine. My cats are territorial only inside the house (strictly indoor) but they seem to be curious & cool with the visitors.