Dim Sim has spent most of the afternoon indoors here. When he’s awake he meows a lot, seeming to be hungry, but turned his nose up at fresh raw salmon, so I don’t think he can be that hungry.

He has now discovered the bed in my room, and is sleeping in the valley between the pillows. ETA: He’s awake and meowing again. I don’t know what he wants. A particular brand of tinned tuna? Sex? Catnip?

He’s so big and so clean that I’m sure he has a real home somewhere. He isn’t neutered after all, but he hasn’t sprayed, just rubbed his head on everything a lot.

He’s back on the bed, washing himself. I’ve read that tom cats often have several “homes”, so it isn’t strange for him to be hanging around here. I’ll get some cat food, but only for occasional treats, as someone is obviously feeding him and he shouldn’t learn to count on this as a place to eat regularly.

Right now he looks like he’s studying the books behind the bed, but actually he’s fast alseep Possibly absorbing literature by hypno-osmosis, or something.

ETA, hours later: He’s still here. We keep opening the door for him and he keeps taking a brief look outside and running straight back to the bed. I tried to gently push him out. He lay down on the floor.

If he has a home, why does he want to stay here where there’s no food? Maybe his owners have acquired a dog, or they’ve had a baby and now they’re putting him out at night?

Or he just knows a sucker when he sees one…?