【Esther Studer】 -

Look,Esther Studer we all have an identity crisis at some point in our lives, but this New Zealand tabby cat called Steve seems to have adorably kooked it.

Steve was eight months old when his owners Amanda Whitlock and her partner Ben took in a small flock of orphan lambs. From there, things got weird.

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The pair told NZ Herald that the normally-inside cat acclimatised to his new lamb friends after they were kept indoors the first few nights to keep warm. "He'd just sort of get used to them and spend time with them inside and then the lambs moved outside and we started noticing Steve wasn't inside any more and we're like 'where's Steve?'"

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Steve was in fact out and about in the yard with his new friends -- charging about with feline authority.

His owners told the Kiwi newspaper that Steve has not only been accepted by the flock of baby sheep, he's sort of their leader, walking them around the yard as they mimic his every move.

"Steve will just be walking around the yard and they'll be following him. Or he'll be playing in the bushes and they'll be inquisitive, looking to see what he's doing and following him through the bushes," said Whitlock.