Red Flags Your Cat Might Have a Secret Second Family

You feed her, clean her litter, and pay her vet bills—but she’s been spending her nights on someone else’s windowsill.

A growing number of cat owners have discovered that when their pets disappear for any length of time, they may be visiting other households. For some, it’s as innocent as a second breakfast from a lonely neighbor. For others, the betrayal runs to heartbreak. If you suspect your cat, or even if you don’t, here’s a checklist of common red flags that your cat may, in fact, have a secret second family:

When your cat wakes up at 5am to be fed, she accidentally calls you by the wrong name.

Your cat returns home one night and “casually” asks why you never serve her foie gras like other families do.

You ask if he wants to watch ‘Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties’, and he says he saw it a few weeks ago, and you realize that was during the month when you had all those wanted posters up after he went missing.

Your emergency credit card has been maxed out by twice-monthly flights to Des Moines.

Your cat purchases three hundred Christmas cards with his face on it, and you don’t get one.

He’s suddenly wear…