Reddit users are cracking up over a recent post about a cat who decided to reside in the neighbor's house over his own.

Elle Mackesey lives in an old farmhouse in the Illinois countryside where feral and stray cats commonly roam. About 10 years ago, her neighbors, whom she rents from, stepped in to help a few stray cats that came to their house, she told Newsweek.

The first kitten who came, Henry, happily went inside their house, but the others, Clyde and Mama, hesitated. Her neighbors set up a heat lamp, food and water in the garage and looked out for them every day since.

"I got to know Henry really well just from my visits over to their house," she said. "He was extremely talkative and affectionate. I hardly ever saw Mama or Clyde as they were usually out in the fields hunting or sleeping on the shelves in the garage."

Mackesey's relationship with Clyde started after Henry and Mama passed last winter and spring. She heard a cat meowing from a shed across from her house, went to investigate and spotted Clyde. She sat and petted him, making him comfortable.

Their friendship solidified when she brought him a bowl of wet food, quickly becoming the two's morning routine. Then, Clyde seemed to come to her house over his owner's place.

"Clyde would sit outside the shed, meow for wet food and attention, then run back through the fields to his other house," Mackesey said. "He would also come back in the evenings when he would see me get home."

Clyde eventually started sleeping in her car after she left the windows down one day. Her cats also accepted him after seeing how calm and unbothered he was about their "dramatic and hissy" nature.

"Throughout all of this, I was updating his other family because I didn't want them to worry, and I also thought it was hilarious," Mackesey said. "They found the fact that he was sleeping in my car the funniest thing ever."

The friendship progressed further, and the orange cat moved to the cat bed she had gotten for him and left in her entryway. He eventually ventured inside while she was there and became "pretty comfortable right away." Before long, he would cry at the door to be let in; the rest was history.

Luckily, his family, who had been looking after him for the last decade, didn't mind he finally found a home to be comfortable in. Mackesey shared how her "neighbor's outside cat moved in" to her home on December 4 in a Reddit post on r/CatDistributionSystem, which quickly gathered over 11,000 upvotes.

The family was thankful to know Clyde was safe. They've tried multiple times to get him inside, but he would never take more than a step into their home without turning and running out.

They were especially grateful after hearing Clyde had an incident with an animal one night. All they cared about was protecting him from getting attacked again.

"He's getting to be an older cat at this point, too, so it makes me happy that he's found a place he likes to be inside as he gets older," she said. "He's been a perfect addition, and I love him very much."

Clyde now sleeps on a couch in Mackesey's room every night. She lets him and her other cats outside in the mornings, but now that it's winter, they stay inside all day, which Clyde doesn't seem to mind. He's "fully adapted to indoor cat life."

She said he recently enjoyed his first catnip mouse. He also loves chasing toys around the house.

"I am in pretty much constant contact with his other family and send them pictures of him all of the time," she said. "They've gotten me big cases of wet food to give him and my other cats. It's very kind."

Redditors fell in love with Clyde and how comfortable he looked inside Mackesey's house. They also applauded the neighbors for letting Clyde stay with her.

"So your neighbours and you are co-parenting! This is so great," said one person.

"That sounds like a good arrangement and good neighbors," another commenter said.

"Best outcome yet! He has the best of both worlds," a Redditor commented.