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Rude Awakening!
Five A.M., sound asleep, and suddenly all Hell breaks loose,
cats screaming hysterically! I was halfway to the source of the racket before I'd even opened my eyes. There were my two girls, tails bushed to full capacity, confronting a strange cat through the patio door! This really surprised me, because I had no idea they could display that kind of aggression! When I acquired Cendrillon, she and Melisande accepted each other with only cautious avoidance for the first day or two - no screams, no hisses, not even a warning growl between them. I live in a very large apartment complex (over 100 buildings, 1220 units). The terms of our leases require people to keep their pets confined, but of course not everyone complies. The patio walls are only four or five feet high - you can put a dog out there and it stays (although it may bark all day and night) - cats don't even regard a wall that high as a challenge! Unfortunately, however, I think most of the wandering cats on the property are "throw aways" - people move out (or get tired of the responsiblilty) and just leave them to fend for themselves. There are decorative pools and waterfalls to drink from all over the spacious grounds, plenty of nooks and crannies for creatures their size to find shade or shelter, and lots of birds and small prey to hunt.... A cat on its own could do a lot worse, so I'm sure we have quite a sizeable colony of ferals. Those I occasionally catch sight of appear reasonably well-fed, so either hunting is very good, or some of the tenants put food out for them. (Or they have homes, but are allowed outside, despite the rules.) Occasionally I've seen an Animal Control truck on the premises, but these cats are pretty wary of being approached, so I doubt they are often successfully captured. Judging from the episodes I've seen on Animal Planet, Phoenix has a fairly enlightened humane society - I'm not sure how they deal with colonies of feral cats on private property, but hopefully the strays that get picked up are the lucky ones. |
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Rude Awakening!
On 2007-05-25 11:34:10 -0500, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
said: Five A.M., sound asleep, and suddenly all Hell breaks loose, cats screaming hysterically! I was halfway to the source of the racket before I'd even opened my eyes. There were my two girls, tails bushed to full capacity, confronting a strange cat through the patio door! This really surprised me, because I had no idea they could display that kind of aggression! When I acquired Cendrillon, she and Melisande accepted each other with only cautious avoidance for the first day or two - no screams, no hisses, not even a warning growl between them. I live in a very large apartment complex (over 100 buildings, 1220 units). The terms of our leases require people to keep their pets confined, but of course not everyone complies. The patio walls are only four or five feet high - you can put a dog out there and it stays (although it may bark all day and night) - cats don't even regard a wall that high as a challenge! Unfortunately, however, I think most of the wandering cats on the property are "throw aways" - people move out (or get tired of the responsiblilty) and just leave them to fend for themselves. There are decorative pools and waterfalls to drink from all over the spacious grounds, plenty of nooks and crannies for creatures their size to find shade or shelter, and lots of birds and small prey to hunt.... A cat on its own could do a lot worse, so I'm sure we have quite a sizeable colony of ferals. Those I occasionally catch sight of appear reasonably well-fed, so either hunting is very good, or some of the tenants put food out for them. (Or they have homes, but are allowed outside, despite the rules.) Occasionally I've seen an Animal Control truck on the premises, but these cats are pretty wary of being approached, so I doubt they are often successfully captured. Judging from the episodes I've seen on Animal Planet, Phoenix has a fairly enlightened humane society - I'm not sure how they deal with colonies of feral cats on private property, but hopefully the strays that get picked up are the lucky ones. Did they calm down? I saw the little calico again this evening. Definitely someone lets her/him out on nice evenings. It is bird heaven right out here. |
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Rude Awakening!
Karen wrote: Did they calm down? Oh, yes - as soon as the stranger caught sight of me through the patio door, he/she started to leave, and I sped it on its way with a "scat!" through the door opened an inch for the purpose. Why did I feel guilty? There's no way I could have another cat here, even two is stretching things. (And judging by my girls' response to the mere sight of an intruder, they wouldn't stand for the addition, anyway!) |
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