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Touchstone feline news (long)
No major news with the crew here, just a couple items of interest.
First off, Rocky spent his first night outside since the beginning of the winter this week. Kind of funny, though, the weather had been pretty nice lately. The night he decided to stay out and wasn't around when I went to call him in it rained. A front came through and our temperatures dropped 20 degrees. He spent the next two days inside with only the ocassional foray out (I've still never seen him use the box, he insists that the only proper place is outside). Maybe it was enough to convince him to stay in at night, though I kind of doubt it. I'd really prefer he stayed in, but as long as he keeps to his old range and doesn't stray towards any of the busy streets I guess I'll let him have his way. He spent's most of his time outside either sleeping in the lawn chair under the tree, or under the pecan tree (which of course drives the squirrels crazy, but he ignores them). He's content to stay in when I'm here, but gets nervous when it's just him and the girls at home. Perhaps it's all those years being on his own - by TED's estimate 6-8 years as a feral, pretty old for that kind of life which has a pretty short life expectancy. Sammy and Little Bit are being their normal precious selves. This morning I once again found the cupboard under the bathroom sink open and a couple q-tips - one in the toilet and the other in the bathroom sink. I'm sure was Sam showing me that I didn't find and throw away all of them when she got into a closed drawer and found a box that had been there since I moved here. Big news on the current neighborhood cat population. For the longest time I thought there was one gray tabby, probably just over a year old now, who I called Ring-a-ding because of the rings on his/her tail. A couple weeks back I saw Ring-a-ding and a twin on the patio at the same time, so there's two of them. I found out that they officially belong to the neighbor across the street (no, not the dimwits who owned Black Tom and let him wander even when told he regularly crossed the busy 4 lane road two blocks away). They're brother and sister, and have been coming here to eat for quite a while. Anyway, they're pretty skittish, but the neighbor has vetted/neutered them and they live in his workshop (he also has a tuxedo Sammy look-alike housecat which I already knew about). For the longest time all I saw of them was them running away, but this morning one was in Rocky's old shelter when I went out, and he stayed put instead of running away. When I went to the food container and started to fill up the bowl he came over, staying just out of reach. Who knows, maybe he/she will let me pet them someday. Maybe not, though, since Sammy and Little Bit hate them and they have hissy fights through the windows, which may explain why they're so nervous when they come to visit. The really good news is that I know that all the cats who visit my outside eatery have owners - no ferals here, at least for now. -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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On Sat, 15 May 2004 11:58:15 -0500, Steve Touchstone
yodeled: (snip) Sammy and Little Bit are being their normal precious selves. This morning I once again found the cupboard under the bathroom sink open and a couple q-tips - one in the toilet and the other in the bathroom sink. I'm sure was Sam showing me that I didn't find and throw away all of them when she got into a closed drawer and found a box that had been there since I moved here. Q-tips! Oh wow, what a great toy~ Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ |
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On Sat, 15 May 2004 11:58:15 -0500, Steve Touchstone
yodeled: (snip) Sammy and Little Bit are being their normal precious selves. This morning I once again found the cupboard under the bathroom sink open and a couple q-tips - one in the toilet and the other in the bathroom sink. I'm sure was Sam showing me that I didn't find and throw away all of them when she got into a closed drawer and found a box that had been there since I moved here. Q-tips! Oh wow, what a great toy~ Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ |
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A front came through and our
temperatures dropped 20 degrees. He spent the next two days inside with only the ocassional foray out (I've still never seen him use the This crew refused to go out during that weird cold snap, just stayed under my feet and acted all mad, like it was my fault. Sherry |
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A front came through and our
temperatures dropped 20 degrees. He spent the next two days inside with only the ocassional foray out (I've still never seen him use the This crew refused to go out during that weird cold snap, just stayed under my feet and acted all mad, like it was my fault. Sherry |
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Kreisleriana wrote:
On Sat, 15 May 2004 11:58:15 -0500, Steve Touchstone yodeled: (snip) Sammy and Little Bit are being their normal precious selves. This morning I once again found the cupboard under the bathroom sink open and a couple q-tips - one in the toilet and the other in the bathroom sink. I'm sure was Sam showing me that I didn't find and throw away all of them when she got into a closed drawer and found a box that had been there since I moved here. Q-tips! Oh wow, what a great toy~ Theresa ROFL I have to keep the Q-tips in the bathroom on a high shelf and the used ones in the wastebasket well hidden from Persia. She loves to play with them and I'm afraid she'll choke on one. She also loves to play with the cardboard tubes the toilet paper was on. They roll! They can be batted around! Thank goodness she never discovered the "Look mom, I can unroll the paper all by myself!" trick Jill |
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Kreisleriana wrote:
On Sat, 15 May 2004 11:58:15 -0500, Steve Touchstone yodeled: (snip) Sammy and Little Bit are being their normal precious selves. This morning I once again found the cupboard under the bathroom sink open and a couple q-tips - one in the toilet and the other in the bathroom sink. I'm sure was Sam showing me that I didn't find and throw away all of them when she got into a closed drawer and found a box that had been there since I moved here. Q-tips! Oh wow, what a great toy~ Theresa ROFL I have to keep the Q-tips in the bathroom on a high shelf and the used ones in the wastebasket well hidden from Persia. She loves to play with them and I'm afraid she'll choke on one. She also loves to play with the cardboard tubes the toilet paper was on. They roll! They can be batted around! Thank goodness she never discovered the "Look mom, I can unroll the paper all by myself!" trick Jill |
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Sherry wrote:
A front came through and our temperatures dropped 20 degrees. He spent the next two days inside with only the ocassional foray out (I've still never seen him use the This crew refused to go out during that weird cold snap, just stayed under my feet and acted all mad, like it was my fault. Sherry It *was* your fault. Everything is your fault. Have you not realized this yet? Jill |
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Sherry wrote:
A front came through and our temperatures dropped 20 degrees. He spent the next two days inside with only the ocassional foray out (I've still never seen him use the This crew refused to go out during that weird cold snap, just stayed under my feet and acted all mad, like it was my fault. Sherry It *was* your fault. Everything is your fault. Have you not realized this yet? Jill |
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Steve Touchstone dumped this in
on 15 May 2004: No major news with the crew here, just a couple items of interest. No news is good news Thanks for sharing and maybe some day Rocky will be content to stay in. If not, well, as long as he's happy, and it doesn't seem he's the type to roam. -- Cheryl |
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