Since our four day break a few weeks ago, we seem to have become Pippa's second home. She pops in a couple of times a day for food and a play with the other cats, but where she used to always sleep with us and generally mooch around the house and garden, she just disappears.
I am considering options.
1) Put a collar on her, although I don't even like the snap collars as I have heard too many stories about strangled cats.
2) A paper collar, saying that she is owned, under care of a vet, please do not feed. (Although I suspect it wouldn't survive the wriggle through the bushes at the end of the garden.)
3) Next time she visits, put her in the Cat Hotel bedroom, and try to get her to accept that this is her home. The downside to this being that she won't get to play with Pirate, Bob and Emo.
Just keeping her in via the microchip cat flap isn't an option unfortunately, OH's short term memory loss means that he nearly always leaves the back door open. He just doesn't remember to close it - or turn off taps etc.
What do you guys think? I do officially own her as she is microchipped to me and this address.