Strange Cat

concerned43

Has anyone ever came across this before.
I was at my local shop this morning (half mile from home) and this lovely young cat was there and I gave it a clap.
I collected my son from school tonight and walked home only to find same cat following us. It followed us home and when I opened my front door it ran into the house - into one of the bedrooms and lay on the bed!
I have two dogs who went nuts - they hate cats.
Could not get the cat out of the house, every time I tried to catch it, it went into another room.
Anyway I left it for about an hour then decided to walk it back to the shop (it followed me all the way back) - and then it was gone!
Bit spooked out by it to be honest - do cats normally do this?

Mrs_P_Pincher

Sounds like the sort of thing one of mine would do.

We have a visitor as well who comes in for his breakfast, has a walk round the house, asks to go out the front door and strolls off down the road. We had another one who used us as a hotel, turned up out of the blue had dinner, bed and breakfast for three days and then was never seen again.

I think that's just cats.

Mrs P P

bitemebankers

It's the kind of thing my cat (or his brother) would have done a few years ago, when they were a bit younger. They're less social now they've become middle-aged and a bit lardy. But in their prime they used to go house-breaking, winding up dogs, stealing other cats' food and making friends with other humans.

concerned43

Thank God for that - I was getting really spooked out by it

cjmumto2

What does I gave it a Clap mean? Am I being thick?

concerned43

clap - means I stroked the cat

Raksha

Yes, my sister and I used to under strict instructions not to stroke any cat we saw on the way home incase it followed us - we had more than enough animals at home....

mozzyc

Our new neighbors found buddy asleep on their bed about 2 days after they went out for the first time in our new house. Very embarrassing, haha, but they were very good about it!

colli

I made a fuss of a cat on the street who then followed me for a bit until I shooed it away. I got home and went out the back to get the washing in and he was sat at the back door waiting for me to open it, we live in a long terrace so he must have gone around the back, through several gardens until he got to my back door!

KiKi

As much as I always want to stroke and pet cats I see on the street, I don't, and I don't look back at them as I walk away, either, as many will follow you! It's perfectly normal, OP!

Although I have to say when you said you gave it a 'clap' I thought you meant you were clapping loudly to frighten it away!!

KiKi

mozzyc

I was also a bit worried! giving someone a 'clap' in south africa is slang for hitting someone haha