<< Was he all alone for the day? >>

No, he had plenty of company! I have several other cats and one d*g.  The
funny thing about Chet aka Chip and his brother Tyrell aka Trill, is that I
grabbed them from their hard stray mom when they were about 3 weeks old. She
had brought them to stay under my camper. I saw them asleep in the tall
grass nearby one day, snuck up on them and grabbed them. Man, did I have a
handful of screaming kittens! My husband came out of our house to see what
had happened - he said he could hear them in the house with all the doors
and windows shut! (The house was about 50 feet away). We brought them in and
kept them in a room till they calmed down, and then integrated them with the
rest of my crew. They are two of the most loving cats I have seen. When I
come home, they lay down on the floor and roll, so I can pet their bellies,
and then I pick them up so they can give me face scrubs.  Silly boys. <G