Another cat conundrom
Discussion
But a nice one!
Although I don't have a cat, my neighbours do. My next door neighbour has 2 lovely little cats; one is a long-haired ginger queen and the other is a long-haired tabby queen, with a hint of ginger in her colouring. The 100% ginger is very timid, but the tabby is rather more adventurous - I first made friends with her when I saw her wobbling along the top of the fence between our gardens.
A couple of months ago, I was awoken by plaintive meowing in the garden at 0-dark-00 amidst other odd noises, including sutto voce encouragement. My neighbours had draped a towel over the fence and were trying to get their little fluffy tabby to climb it - but she was having none of that! So I got up, opened the kitchen door and was greeted like a long lost friend. I scooped up the little cat and handed her over the fence to my apologetic neighbours...
So I decided that it would be a good idea to make sure that the little thing couldn't get stuck in the garden again, as I'm away now and again. After moving a wheelie-bin against the fence, I taught her that my garden was a friendly place and that she could always hop from wheelie bin to fence and into her garden.
To encourage the learning process, I rewarded her with 'Dreamies'.
WHAT DO THEY PUT IN THOSE THINGS?? Ever since then, the little poppet appears every night at 17:45 on my windowsill. So she gets a few Dreamies, then hops onto the paving and goes into a session of grovelling and purring - and invites me to tickle her tummy. When I do so, there are no teeth or claws, just loud purring. I've never known such a friendly, affection little cat.
But she has one unfortunate habit. Another neighbour has 2 cats, both rescues. One is quite old, but the other is an adorable little black and white cat, who looks as though she's wearing a tuxedo. A timid little thing, she potters daintily about, annoying no-one. However, if the long-haired tabby happens to spot her, it's like an Incredible Hulk moment. A deep growl and a tabby tornado launches itself in attack mode. Much posturing, hissing and growling - but neither teeth nor claws.... The poor little B&W cat then races home as if her tail is on fire.
Why?
Both cats are very friendly towards people and never expose their claws - so why do they have such an aggressive attitude towards each other.
And what the HELL is in Dreamies? I've just paid £2 for 2 packets in Waitrose; when I looked out into the garden this evening, there the little tabby was, sitting on the fence giving me an "About bl**dy time too!" expression.... Then did her purring and grovelling thing after I'd given her a few Dreamies.
It's true - cats don't have owners, they have staff!
But WHY do they love Dreamies so much?
Although I don't have a cat, my neighbours do. My next door neighbour has 2 lovely little cats; one is a long-haired ginger queen and the other is a long-haired tabby queen, with a hint of ginger in her colouring. The 100% ginger is very timid, but the tabby is rather more adventurous - I first made friends with her when I saw her wobbling along the top of the fence between our gardens.
A couple of months ago, I was awoken by plaintive meowing in the garden at 0-dark-00 amidst other odd noises, including sutto voce encouragement. My neighbours had draped a towel over the fence and were trying to get their little fluffy tabby to climb it - but she was having none of that! So I got up, opened the kitchen door and was greeted like a long lost friend. I scooped up the little cat and handed her over the fence to my apologetic neighbours...
So I decided that it would be a good idea to make sure that the little thing couldn't get stuck in the garden again, as I'm away now and again. After moving a wheelie-bin against the fence, I taught her that my garden was a friendly place and that she could always hop from wheelie bin to fence and into her garden.
To encourage the learning process, I rewarded her with 'Dreamies'.
WHAT DO THEY PUT IN THOSE THINGS?? Ever since then, the little poppet appears every night at 17:45 on my windowsill. So she gets a few Dreamies, then hops onto the paving and goes into a session of grovelling and purring - and invites me to tickle her tummy. When I do so, there are no teeth or claws, just loud purring. I've never known such a friendly, affection little cat.
But she has one unfortunate habit. Another neighbour has 2 cats, both rescues. One is quite old, but the other is an adorable little black and white cat, who looks as though she's wearing a tuxedo. A timid little thing, she potters daintily about, annoying no-one. However, if the long-haired tabby happens to spot her, it's like an Incredible Hulk moment. A deep growl and a tabby tornado launches itself in attack mode. Much posturing, hissing and growling - but neither teeth nor claws.... The poor little B&W cat then races home as if her tail is on fire.
Why?
Both cats are very friendly towards people and never expose their claws - so why do they have such an aggressive attitude towards each other.
And what the HELL is in Dreamies? I've just paid £2 for 2 packets in Waitrose; when I looked out into the garden this evening, there the little tabby was, sitting on the fence giving me an "About bl**dy time too!" expression.... Then did her purring and grovelling thing after I'd given her a few Dreamies.
It's true - cats don't have owners, they have staff!
But WHY do they love Dreamies so much?
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