We’re experiencing a quiet day in May. Cats are lounging. Rossie got up and played for a couple of minutes then returned to her rocking chair. Sapphire and Daphne played earlier, but now, Sapphire is back in her usual lounging place on the tower, three feet from me. For a … Continue reading →
Happy Saturday. Time for an indoor-outdoor cat update. Let’s start with the outdoor cats. We haven’t made a holder for the feeder with the timer yet, so I’m putting out a bowl of food in the morning. Walter is usually around between 2 am and 9 am. The long-haired gray … Continue reading →
Negotiating household peace with nine cats is a feline balancing act. Until I began adopting the ferals, I never had feline territorial war problems. All my cats just got along. If you’ve been following along for the last couple of years, you know that hasn’t been the case. First, we … Continue reading →
The outside buffet has been quite active lately. In the most recent Kitty Kam chip reading, I counted six cats at various times. Boomer and Walter are still visiting regularly. I’m troubled to note Walter has an injury, but he doesn’t appear to be limping, so hope it’s just a … Continue reading →
What’s new with the game camera? We’ve been out of town for a week, so I swapped game camera chips and took a look. The dynamics outside are completely different without our dynamic duo of Junior and Sneaky out there running the show. Boomer and Walter are regulars and the … Continue reading →
Bringing Sneaky into the house has produced some interesting dynamics. Surprise #1: Lady is wary around Sneaky. Surprise #2: Ajax has been very aggressive toward Sneaky. (Not too surprising, since both were in charge of their respective domains.) Surprise #3: Delta, who defers to Lady, stands up to Sneaky. There … Continue reading →
The game camera is so quiet without Junior and Sneaky prowling the porch. I get barely 200 photos over a two day period, where before I’d get nearly a thousand. That speaks volumes to how quiet our outdoor kitty world has become with the loss of Junior and the subsequent … Continue reading →
We have to go to San Antonio next week, so I moved Sapphire’s spay appointment to last Wednesday. Our girl is doing well after surgery. The other thing we did every day last week was spend some time snuggled. After the initial approach where gloves were necessary, I only used … Continue reading →
I’ve written about Junior numerous times. He’s been a delightful feral cat whose game camera antics are well-documented. He seemed healthy and happy if more skittish than he needed to be. I caught him this morning and took him in to be checked out and neutered if he was healthy. … Continue reading →
Six months (approximately) after we decided to put Rossie in the cage instead of Lady and Daphne, we’re seeing results. Rossie spends the night in the cage. In the morning, she watches for one of us to close the parlor door, then she runs to the door of the cage … Continue reading →