[header] How to find a home for a cat [title] Verify that the cat is actually a stray. [step] Of course it might be you are followed home by a stray and the cat really needs a home. However, you may have been followed home by a cat that is simply lost and needs to find its way home. 
If is important to determine which is the case before you move forward. [title] Take the cat to the local vet to be scanned for a microchip.