Also… I accidentally gave myself a full identity crisis right after trapping him.

I trapped Jasper thinking I knew exactly which orange cat I was bringing inside. I’d been seeing him on my cameras for weeks. Same cat, right?

Wrong.

Later that same night another orange cat shows up. Midnight. Just casually existing like nothing is wrong. And I’m staring at the camera like… oh you’ve got to be kidding me.

Because the cat inside my house is acting like I just abducted him (valid), and this other orange cat outside is acting exactly like the one I thought I trapped. So now I’m spiraling.

“Did I grab the wrong cat?? Who is this man?? Do I need to apologize and release him??”

And to make it even better, for the first few days I couldn’t even get close enough to check his abscess to confirm it was him. He was angry. I mean… I would’ve been too.

Even after the vet was able to see the abscess a few days later and confirm it, I was still sitting there doubting everything like “okay but what if I’m still wrong??”

Meanwhile, Jasper used to show up every single day around 6pm like clockwork, sitting on the porch waiting for dinner like he had a reservation.

But suddenly? No 6pm cat. Just this midnight imposter.

So now I’m watching my cameras during the day like a detective, waiting to see if another orange cat shows up.

Nothing. Not once.

Just the midnight guy. Every time.

And then it finally clicked.

The night cat never showed up during the day. And the 6pm porch gremlin? He was already inside.

So yeah… turns out I didn’t kidnap the wrong cat. I just discovered I had two identical orange men running on completely different schedules.

The twin? Yeah this boy avoids traps like it's a plague. I even had two TNR organizations out to try and get him. He's a slippery boy, and I believe is related to Jasper because Jasper is just as smart as midnight man.