Hi everyone
I've been wondering about something. Even though I know cats don't really have "owners" as such (well, not in the way a dog does), I was wondering if they could get attached to two completely different sets of people?
To explain, I don't have any pets of my own, but for several years now, there's been this lovely cat hanging around my place. He lets me stroke him and crashes at the house whenever he feels like it. He comes and goes as he pleases.
The cat already has an owner (so I don't feed him) who lives a few streets away and has three other cats and a family with two children.
I also have two children, who are quite calm.
Sometimes, several weeks go by without me seeing him, and then he'll come back to see me, meow, have a stroke, sleep at the house for a bit, and then head off again...
Is he just being an opportunist, or has he actually grown a bit attached to us?
What are your thoughts?