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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsOur cat recently made a new "friend". They stared each other down for about 15 minutes!
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)that's a beautiful picture.
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)but over the course of two nights when I was stationed in Missouri. She spent two nights just sitting next to the screen door while this stray black cat just quietly sat on the other side of the screen door. It was so sweet to watch, but the cat didn't show up on the third day.
Karadeniz
(22,583 posts)qazplm135
(7,447 posts)but she was just sitting there, quietly, as was the other cat. No meows, no movement, no nothing...just two buds chilling.
sheshe2
(83,940 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....with just his head above the sill. This time he was sitting erect, seeming to be really enjoying himself, which is why I even noticed.
sheshe2
(83,940 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)erronis
(15,371 posts)They all got along after they figured out their "place".
Some of the cross-species actually became best buddies.
Not sure I liked cleaning up after the ferrets and rabbits.... Dogs and cats seemed to know where to go, usually.
NotANeocon
(423 posts)He used play with the feral rabbits in the garden - until he begged his way into the house.
After about 3 months inside he camethrough his cat door, proudly displayed his squealing grazer catch, as he ran to the basement with his trophy supper.
Thought of renaming him Drumph!
George II
(67,782 posts)For some reason black cats are the best behaved and have interesting personalities. I've really gotten attached to this one. I could do without the Siamese, but they came along with my wife, so overall it was a good "package deal"!
We got this one from a shelter as a kitten. The one before this one was a stray that was hanging outside our apartment building when I got home from work one night. It followed me from the parking lot to the front door. When I got upstairs I asked my wife, "do you think we should feed her?". She sheepishly answered, "I already did!" Shortly after that she was ours for good!
NotANeocon
(423 posts)You never own a cat. They remain feral and tolerate the bald human cats who feed them.
George II
(67,782 posts)...we had was less than a year old and had already been spayed and declawed (that was cruel dumping a declawed cat!), but it was only there that day, so we got it before it was harmed.