Cats are pretty interesting creatures, if you think about it. They are known to be pretty independent — they don’t rely too much on people and they don’t always show a ton of affection. However, at the same time, there’s the old saying, “Don’t feed a stray cat.” So, they’re independent but also, they have a tendency to hang around?
On Facebook, there is a group called My House, Not My Cat. It was created by Stephanie Holcomb in 2016 as a way to create more of a community since she had been seeing these memes all over the internet.
“Cats would just let themselves in people’s houses via doggie doors or open windows, and these people didn’t have cats,” Stephanie explained. “They were hilarious, so I did a little search and found that there wasn’t a group made up specifically for that yet.”
“I have been feeding a cat for some time now. Of course I set out a little shelter and blanket also. I’ve grown to call them my phantom Kitty. I could never catch it during the day so I figured I would sneak out to take a peek tonight. Look at this ‘cat.'”
“Crumpet sits on my decking each and every morning and stares through the door awaiting his daily tribute. He’ll pretty much consume anything. Biscuits, leftovers, a small child, the soul of a loved one… whatever.”
This person who lives in Phoenix, AZ found this cat but couldn’t find its owner. Eventually, the owner was identified, but the cat still could not stay away from this family! So they named it Cinnamon and they realized that they were the chosen ones.
“I opened my front door today, and a flea-covered, cuddly, sweetheart came RUNNING in! I was in such shock that I first thought one of my own was getting out! She’s currently trapped in the bathroom being an adorable kitten, and tomorrow we go to the vet. My dog is already hoping we keep her.”
“Came home yesterday to find that Santa left this black kitty on my balcony… who then proceeded to give birth to 7 little beans. 7 black cats born on Christmas, that’s gotta be lucky,” Amanda Short said.
“Update: I was advised by a vet to leave the babies alone for a week so momma doesn’t abandon or move them. And I’m in Florida so it’s warm enough for them for a few days. Then I’m moving them inside until they are weaned. Already have adoptions lined up for most of them, and mamma is getting spayed and hopefully adopted too.”
“This is Swirl who was my cat, the kitten is not. He loved kittens and would steal people’s kittens and bring them home. He’s no longer with us so I miss those days of coming home to a random kitten in the house.”
“For more than 20 years we’d been a dogs-only family. One day about 4 1/2 years ago, Amelia decided it was time to change that. She randomly showed up at our house, super skinny but otherwise very healthy…and then never left.”
“So about 1:00 this morning, I went outside and this cat, that is not my cat, meows, so I call it, and it comes right to me. Now first, we have dogs, lots of dogs, and 2 are neighbors’ dogs that live outside, and yet somehow, this tiny cat just strolls right up and none of the dogs even move.”
“Second, we live in the country and we know all our neighbors and their cats, and this is not their cat. Third, when I pick her up, it’s apparent that she has had kittens recently…”
“This is Mr. Black. He is our neighbours cat who visits us every day. He is NOT ours but he thinks he is!! Here he is doing the biggest blep. He has a natural snaggletooth.”
“My house. My coffee table. Not my cat. This gorgeous boy ‘lives’ 3 houses down. He’s not allowed inside his house and is always outside roaming, day or night. So now ‘Carl’ enjoys the good life at ours. He will pop back to his house late afternoon, bring back a fresh chicken wing and put it in his bowl and eat it here. Absolute legend.”
“Two years ago, I was living in an apartment while going to college. I left the door open a moment too long when I got home one day and this little goob SPRINTED INSIDE, circled the living room, and plopped on the floor. The first pic is what I sent to my family asking what to do about a random cat in the apartment. I lured him back outside with a packet of salmon, and all he wanted was cuddles and to go back inside.”
“So about a week or so ago I had just gotten home from work when I hear a meow at my apartment door. Now I live on the second story, furthest from the stairs. I open the door to check out the noise and this orange baby comes walking in like ‘cool, I live here now.'”
“Mittens is a stray thats fixed in our neighborhood who always runs to me when I come home, I have two insulated shelters for her outside since its cold. She gets fed 6-7 times a day between me and the old lady next door! Very loving, always jumps up on my shoulders. She’s a part of my daily routine!”
“Remember the mama cat who had babies in my garden shed? She’s ultra friendly and her babies are thriving! We’ve got a few friends interested in adopting them, but I think we *might* keep them.”
“Soooo, this is my car, that is not my cat… He belonged to the neighbor, but she never let him in the house, so I created a place for him in my garage. I left the windows down one night, this is what I came to the next morning.”
“My gf ask me why did I put a White cat in our laundry room, dint know what she was talking a out, send me the pic. Felt in love with cat, cat is now part of the family.”
“I do have a cat,
he’s the cat on the left.
The cat on the right is not my cat.
He would very much like to be my cat.
I too would also like him to be my cat.
My actual cat disagrees with all of this, and so do his owners.”
“Last year we met this orange goofball while walking our dog, Justin. Justin is NOT a fan of cats and usually will chase or lunge at them when given the chance. Well to this little guy, it mattered not. He wouldn’t be intimidated and insisted that he and Justin would be friends. After a few weeks this was the case. Justin was won over.”
“THIS is Tux! His family moved in behind us late last year & he comes to watch us through our glass door multiple times a day, for hours at a time. He waits patiently for one of my two cats to come out OR for my youngest (arm pictured) to deliberately open the screen door to let him in.”
“Tigger, month six (lol). One day in summer we left our front door open and in came Tigger. We called the number on the tag, met his real parents (one street over), and we thought that was that. Wrong! Tigger comes over twice a day minimum, sleeps over, the whole bit. We are HIS pets.”
“Last year I had a visitor, some of you might remember buddy sneaking into my house and hanging out with us, well I’ve looked out my window and I’ve got a new visitor ahahaaa why do neighbourhood cats always come to my house.”
“This is Sharon. Sharon would sneak in the house on a daily basis and pretend to be asleep when we had to escort her out. Sharon is not our cat, nor do we know if she is actually called Sharon.”
“Kevin doin a heckin protest.
Kevin is not my cat, but I’m trying to convince him to be my cat.
We do this everyday. One day he’s gonna surrender to my love, damnit.
For now he just uses me for food, and I’ll take it. Lol.”
Cats are pretty interesting creatures, if you think about it. They are known to be pretty independent — they don’t rely too much on people and they don’t always show a ton of affection. However, at the same time, there’s the old saying, “Don’t feed a stray cat.” So, they’re independent but also, they have a tendency to hang around?
On Facebook, there is a group called My House, Not My Cat. It was created by Stephanie Holcomb in 2016 as a way to create more of a community since she had been seeing these memes all over the internet.
“Cats would just let themselves in people’s houses via doggie doors or open windows, and these people didn’t have cats,” Stephanie explained. “They were hilarious, so I did a little search and found that there wasn’t a group made up specifically for that yet.”
