[RKDinOKC]

Friend and his wife have 5 cats. At on time on another they just show up because they put dry food outside all the time. It also feeds local raccoons and opossum but they try to not leave food out at night. They let the cats come and go as they please so they are not "keeping" them. The cats basically hang a their house. The cats all show up at dinner time when they break out the canned cat food. Bet someone somewhere thinks they are missing a cat or two. Everyone in their neighborhood knows they are the cat people.

When a stray starts hanging around their house they do make sure it is fixed.

That would be weird. Your cat doesn't come home for a few days. When it does it's been fixed.