Kitty meowed a couple times, Simba stood and wagged his tail. They had a meeting of minds for a couple minutes and then kitty disappeared to the right. Simba immediately went outside, I presume to see if kitty would visit through the fence. Don't know if he did or not, but I heard no barking. A little fuzzy-wuzzy moment. PS Look how green the grass is!!!! That is unheard of this early in spring. Plus 24C today....
Molly would have been throwing herself against the glass. Well done to Simba! And your weather certainly goes from one extreme to another, doesn't it? We're hoping for a high of 14 here today.
Juno thinks every cat is a friend and wants to say hello, a downside of living with 2 cats particularly the worst either of them has done is hiss at her for being in their face
Ah Simba made a friend ,good for him x No cats darken our door ,they have more sense! Our Mercury is rising too Lisa x
Well that's a good question. It was hanging around a bit last night, when we went for a walk later I saw it scampering into the bushes by the neighbour's house but I highly doubt it belongs to them as they have two very noisy dogs, one of which barks at anything that moves. I heard it later meowing by our window. I dunno, people let their cats roam all over the place which really bugs me. First of all, I don't want them using my flower beds and vegetable garden as a litter box, and secondly, we have so few songbirds around here as it is, between the outdoor cats and the crows/ravens/magpies the poor things don't stand a chance.
In Canada, is it common for cats to be indoors-only? I read an American article from PETA which was saying how horribly irresponsible it was to allow cats to ever go outside. It implied that your cat would almost certainly end up shot or set on fire - if it didn't succumb to feline AIDS or be stolen for use in dogfighting. Coming from the UK, where the overwhelming majority of cat owners let them outside, this just seemed bizarre.
Canada is a big place, I think it depends where you live. Rural areas are more likely to have outside cats as pets but the feral cat population is large in urban and rural areas. We have long, cold winters in most of Canada too, cats not provided with shelter, food and water probably don't live long. I've heard an average is two years for a feral. Mine (all live trapped as ferals) have always been inside/outside till this current five. One is 19 and deaf, she stays in now but used to go out. One took a long time to social up and I figure we'd never see him again if we let him out. The other 3, Mum and her now 2 year old babies, stay in and I feel badly that they are getting shortchanged in life. Mum was live trapped in our backyard and we found the babies, 9 days old, in her nest. PETA can be pretty extreme in their outlook. I don't doubt those concerns are valid some places but here our greater worry would be hit by cars or eaten by fox, coyote or fisher. However the two ferals who have taken up residence in our backyard seem to do all right but we feed, water and shelter them. REally, I think the best way to keep other people's cats out of your garden to have your own cat outside. We have never had a problem when our own went outside. Our own never have used any area we use and they keep the strays away, even when ours came in at night.
Ya, but if you don't have a cat? Sorry, but I do have a problem with people thinking they can let their cats roam all over with no condsideration of those who don't want their gardens being used as a litter box, who get woken up at night by yowling cats, and who really don't appreciate the devastation of the local songbird population brought about by those roaming cats. Cats can survive just fine indoors, and indeed the vast majority of indoor cats will live a lot longer than the "outdoor" ones. Rant over.
Well...I always wanted a dog as a kid, but I was never able to persuade my parents. They did relent and get me a cat, however, although I didn't know I was allergic. I spent the next few years in misery on and off...nope I won't do that again!
I'm a cat owner/lover and I'm with you on that. My cats are indoor cats and are only allowed outside in their enclosure in the garden. New enclosure currently on order for delivery in June following our return to the UK. That's such a shame but at least you're not allergic to dogs
