Why?????????

Because they are strays and I feel sorry for them and try to give them a treat or
something special that I know they really like each day AFTER they get their regular cat
food such as chicken patties, fish stick, various lunch meats, meat based baby foods, ETC.
and now lactose free milk.

Do you just drink water and nothing else??  Why not when it is good for you??

The one stray I have been trying to catch for a little over 2 years with no luck.  He has
gotten to know me and comes to be fed when he sees me but lets me get just close enough
where I can not get him.  Not asking for advice on how to get him.  I know all the ways.
Over the last few years I would say that I have gotten about 10 / 15 cats (Mostly kittens
and one declawed cat) off the streets and found homes for myself or the local Humane
Society has taken them in.

The only bad thing is that this one is a male and he sprays everything so if I did get him
and take him to shelter he most likely would be put down.  But would that really be worse
then spending Michigan winters on the streets fending for himself??  What about when I am
not able to care for him seeing as how I am in my 60s now??  Hypothetical question there.

Anyway thanks for the answer to the lactose free milk question.

Two of our cats **love** a few laps of milk now and then, and has no
adverse reactions.  We have fat free milk, and while it may not have
any nutritive value for them, small amounts don't seem to harm them and
they love it so much.  Most of the others don't seem interested at all,
but some of them enjoy Cat Milk,.  We also give them all  "Feline
Rebound" too, a milky like substance in a carton, with lots of extra
vitamins, minerals, including taurine... great for baby cats, old cats,
cats recovering from illness, rescued cats in poor shape etc... and
cats in good health too!
Catgirl