God, all this cat-love is sickening! Get rid of the leech. Don’t feed him, pet him or let him come into your house. If he’s persistent, take him to a shelter. Who gives a sh!t if it’s “no kill”…
Kidding! Just trying diversify the response pool.
It seems as though you’re coming to terms with your new status of Cat Owner. Congratulations! However, I think that BadBaby had the right idea, if it’s disappearing for days at a time. Still, it sounds lovable, so you should claim it as your own.
A sweet orange tabby kitten tried to adopt me this summer, and he was the cutest little bundle of fluff I’d seen in a while, but he already had a collar (with no info). Plus, he was seriously upsetting the current King of the Yard, my male gray tabby Bob. The lil’ cutie wanted to play with Bob, but Bob would have none of it and would often hiss and scratch at Little One. Don’t get me wrong, Bob’s a sweetie as well, but it’s been firmly established for many years that it’s His Yard and he is not willing to share (I’ve tried). After a week of meowing at the door, we finally threw a shoe in Little One’s general direction, and he took off, hopefully back to his original home. Poor guy.
So consider yourself lucky. 
Not Your Cat adopted you, and you were adoptable!
If this were a game of Tag you’d be it, buddy. The cat has used it’s Feline Jedi Mind Trick on you and made you put out food and a makeshift shelter. Soon you’ll be buying it clothes on eBay and watching hours upon hours of Animal Planet as he/she sits contentedly on your lap.
The cat should not be named Not My Cat, but Obiwan Cat-obi.
Er… You’re not going to marry the cat, right?
A tortoiseshell with stripes is called a torbie. My sister’s got one and I’ve seen a few at my shelter.
Hows about a picture? Then we can figure this out once and for all.
Male torties are rare. Are you sure you’re not seeing just some lumps of fluff down there??
Okay. Cat pics.
Keep. The. Cat. He’s gorgeous.
He’s gorgeous!
Please, please adopt the kitty if you can! The two of you seem to get on pretty well already, from what I’m reading. I saw the pics and he really is a doll. Every time I hear about strays I get terribly sad. There are just so many. (I’d most likely have multiple cats myself if I didn’t have such horrible allergies and asthma.)
Thanks for being kind to him and feeding him and petting him at any rate!
He’s adorable! And besides, how can you turn him out when you’re being buried under millimeters of snow?
What a handsome kitty!
He’s a handsome fellow. Such unique coloring.
Where I come from tortoiseshells are called money cats, purportedly because a male one is worth money.
Are you positive that this cat is a boy? Because he looks like a torbie and they are almost always girls. Good for you if he is a boy, because they’re rare.
So what’s the verdict, Johnny? Are you keeping this cutie or what?
Look at the way he’s looking at you.
He intends to keep you. All you have to do is purr.
Geez, Johnny, what a beauty he is! You’re a lucky owned-by-cat!
Okay, I was going to stay out of the he/she talk, but I do want to register my strong suspicion that he is a she. It can be hard to tell without a real close look, or better yet, a feel. NMC may not appreciate that close an inspection this early in your relationship.
Whatever NMC’s gender, those are some gorgeous eyes going on, and a really interesting mix of coat patterns.
I’m pretty sure I saw a shrivelled scrotum, but I’ll admit that I didn’t to the “flip it over and spread the legs” thing. I suppose I could be mistaken, and The Cat is actually female.
Erm…
If he shows up again, I’ll consider letting him in. After all, there’s 10cm of snow outside. I’ll bet that the teenaged girls talked their dad into letting them keep it though.
Still, I have a bag of catfood here for it.
BTW, I had three racoons the other night. Man, am I stuffed! And I got a great hat. Just kidding. My roommate feeds them, which is not a good idea; but he bought food for them and asked me to feed them while he’s gone. They’re huge. The biggest one is three or four times as big as the cat. They don’t come every night.
Feeding raccoons? That is a SERIOUSLY bad idea. I hope NMC doesn’t have a run-in with them.
Yes, racoons can be vicious. And rabid. Very Bad Idea to feed racoons.