My neighbors cat comes over around 1pm and naps with my barn kitties, eats dinner her and then goes home.
He’s very sweet and loves to get held which my kitties don’t so we enjoy and love on him.
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On New Year’s Day a lovely tortoiseshell cat came to up to the front window where I was inside, taking down Christmas decorations. She tapped on the glass for several minutes, looking straight at me with steady eye contact, clearly offering to come live in my house. Since I don’t have any pets right now.
Cat is well-fed, fluffy and well-brushed, and wearing a cute pink color. With tags. And a little bit of red Christmas trim.
I knew that if I so much as opened the door to read the tags, I would have a new cat. It didn’t seem like the best idea – to me. However the cat seemed to think that managing two households - the one that gave her the collar and tags, and mine - would not be a problem for her. It took her a while to decide that I wasn’t worth more effort before she left.
I wonder which house was next on her list.
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I read that a man once saw the for-sale sign down the street and looked up online to see what they were asking, not that he was interested in buying, just wondered how the neighborhood was described and what price range it was. He found the ad for the place down the street, and in looking through the pictures of the interior of the house, he saw his own cat.
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Can buy a tag on Etsy …
and …
Might edit that to: “No matter what I tell you, I have a home with nutritious regular meals, toys, and a sleeping spot in the homeowners’ bed.”
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This one: You can find out where your cat hangs out by the phone calls you get, telling you that you’re an irresponsible cat owner for letting your cat be a cat. 
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Feral cats are community cats, but if someone wants to keep their cat then they should create a catio and keep it home.
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my cat has a job she cannot do from a catio.
and I feel she sometimes goes out, complaining that I fed her the wrong flavor Sheba
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Barn cats are not overly productive in a Catio.
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My across-the-street neighbors seem to let their cat out every night. I know because it cuts across my backyard at about 11 pm to the great wooded area about a half-mile from its home. I have wondered if the neighbors have any idea of the range their cat is roaming at night – I’m guessing, no.
Their cat has been doing this for at least 5 years. So far so good. Decided not to concern myself about it.
That’s not even the same cat that visited the window to offer to help with Christmas decorations.
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This is true, I wonder how many of these traveling neighborhood cats are from barns. I think most are from houses. The birds and other little wildlife don’t need your cat as another predator. And the bad things that can happen to a cat outside are many. Would you be so tolerant of dogs doing the same? Or is it shoot, shovel, shovel and shut up for them?
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And what “job” does your house cat need to do outside? Poop in the neighbors flower bed? Kill the spring Robin?
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My barn cats have all been TNR cats that have found a job to do, with vet care and food, while they finish their feral cat life outside.
I do actively trap and neuter any feral cats that appear at my place that have not already been neutered.
I did not make the feral cat problem. I am helping deal with the feral cat problem. And yes, horrible things can happen to them, living outside. Been there, done that. It sucks.
I do not know of any similar placement options for feral dogs, or heck, of any feral dog packs.
My house cat is indoor only. My house cat is not the same thing as my barn cat.
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She never said it was a house cat. My guess is that the job is in the barn
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her job is to keep the squirrels honest
At least minimal destructive. The American Grey Squirrel is an incredible pest.
She also catches mice. Her dearly departed room mate brought the occasional rat to the table.
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My sister had a retired racing Greyhound that kept the squirrels honest, unfortunately it also killed quite a few. Didn’t seem fair that the neighbors had a feeding station full of nuts and and seeds then if they crossed the fence it was… the jaws of death.
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The sentence “sometimes goes out” didn’t seem like something attributed to a barn cat.
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Posts like this are inevitable. 
This is a thread where no one is going to change their opinion. It’s also unimportant, no visibility beyond the half-dozen or dozen people participating.
But a crusader has to have their say, too. So it is.
Participants have the option to ignore posts like this. 
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Squirrels have few serious threats in suburban neighborhoods. I have a hawk near by, but also a lot of dense trees. To me the dog did a great service to the animal kingdom, killing the careless.
Perhaps you need to look at this from the opposite direction. Your neighbours were the a-holes for interfering with wildlife by feeding them. The cats, coyotes, hawks, foxes, etc. are going to do what they need to do whether you describe them as “jaws of death” or nature.
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Good thing I’ve had a rabies shot, lots of biting here 
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