house for a little while at a

Same here. My Cody is almost 4 years old, lived indoors all of his life,
and was always an only cat.

We moved to a new home last year and a black stray started coming around.
He seemed completely wild at first, but I started feeding him as did some
of my other neighbors. Someone named him Midnight.

Eventually he started following me around and rubbing against my leg, but
for a long time he wouldn't let me pet him. Meanwhile, I was trying to
catch him to take him to the vet and have him neutered. He finally came
into my home a few times and I got him to the vet, had him neutered, got
his shots and gave him a checkup. He was perfectly healthy. The vet thought
he was at least a year old, although he was tiny. He's been living with me
since late July and he's now the sweetest, most affectionate cat ever. He
also nearly doubled in size since I took him in. He always jumps on my lap
and starts purring loudly. He's never scratched or bitten me (although he
sometimes gives me a nip if I ignore him when he wants me to pet him).

There were some problems between the two cats for a while and they still
fight once in a while. Cody also started pooping outside the litterbox,
even though I have two boxes. Midnight always makes a big show of using the
box to make sure I know it was Cody :)