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My mum does think he has a another home somewhere, one that feeds him like us, rather than a perminate resident, its a shame he cant speak and tell us. When he first appeared in the garden about three years ago he did once appear wearing a collar with a disc, so thats how we know his name is sam, no address just a phone number which mum did write down and them promptly lost, he then we assume lost his collar, which was never replaced.
Then we didnt see him for a couple of months, and we just assumed he'd been passing by or owners had moved away. But he reappeared and has been hanging round ever since, i could do with a minature camera to attach to him and see where he goes at night time, see if he does have a home or many feeding stations.We've never once encouraged him to stay in the porch, but then big ginge was the same, turned up, hung about, won us round, then moved in, we've even put a notice in the local shop in case someone was missing a ginger tom to no avail. Such indepedent animals, make their own choices.