Another Furry child

Stripes the Cat has lived in our neighborhood for roughly seven years. He is the sweetest & friendliest cat you will ever meet. About 18 months ago, he started coming to our house and hanging out. At first we weren't sure who he belonged to, but then we asked around and found out he belonged to neighbors about 8 houses away. They would come get him and bring him home and he would instantly come back to our house. After several tries, they gave up.

When it was evident he didn't want to live at his house anymore, we started feeding him and I decided I didn't like the name Stripes and I renamed him Francesco. Then winter came. We already have 4 house cats, so the last thing we needed was another. Our garage is insulated so we gave him a nice bed in the garage and made sure he was in their each night for a warm kitty sleep.

Then it happened, it was too hard to look at him sitting at the glass door or on the window sill staring at us so we would invite him in and our cats loved him too. He didn't stay in for long periods of time, he would just take a quick nap and be on his way back outside.

Here he is napping with Sandie.

Around Christmas John spoke with Francesco's family and they informed him that the were going to be moving to CA and would be taking him with them. I had my doubts........

A month ago they put their house up for sale, and this past week there was a SOLD sign on it. Last night they called and asked if we wanted "Stripes", if not they would bring him to the shelter. Of course we said YES! He has pretty much been our cat anyway, I don't think he has been back to their house for at least a year.

Now what makes a cat that has lived happily with someone for 6 or 7 years want to move out and adopt a new family?????? TWO EVIL CHIHUAHUAS!