This has happened to me 3 times. One stayed permanently. One who was particularly shameless had his owner come and collect him and then start using a leash! The third happened just 3 days ago for a 24-hour period!
We have 5 cats already —a very young Mom and her 4 kittens who are now young adults... all of whom delight and aggravate us with their shenanigans. We would not give them up for anything even though they cost a fortune to feed.
all was going well and...then...a singlet young not mature catlet showed up on our porch in a rain storm...of course we allowed it to stay and then we fed it...then...
several weeks later a close relative showed up...clearly a relative as they rubbed cheeks and slid up and down against each other...then...
the second inhabitant of the human house proposed that we get them both cleaned up, flea free and get them neutered and release then back to their feral origins...then...
another cat arrived and snuggled in immediately with the two already here...now we have
A Problem. Sigh.
My daughter had a cat named Eddie. He would wander up the road every now and again. Finally, he quitting coming back. A lady up the street had “adopted” him and was spoiling him rotten. She knew it was my daughter’s cat and even hired her to pet sit him when they went out of town. Luckily, they paid her really well.
Adulterous little bastage