Stray(?) cat meows at our door every night
So recently my dad bought a motion sensor camera for the back door, and we found out that we have a cat visiting our door almost every night. It’ll usually meow at the glass door a bit, and then leave. I left out some wet cat food for it, but it didn’t eat it. I tried again cutting it up and putting it on a plate to make it easier to eat and I put out water too, but all it does is sniff the food and then walk over to the door. I left a little cardboard box out there too because… I mean, cats like boxes, but it took no interest.
There was one time where I heard the cat meowing outside during the day and saw it running near our house, but it was gone when I went out to check. Every time I’ve gone out there after seeing it on the camera, it runs away.
At this point we assume it’s a stray, but it doesn’t really look skinny or malnourished and it won’t eat the food I set out for it. As much as I’d love to let it inside our house, even if we were able to get it to come, we already have three cats and my dad is allergic to most cats (the ones we have are a hypoallergenic breed)
I’d like to befriend this cat and try to find out where it came from, any advice?