Homeless Cat -- Now Spotacus' Legacy
On 18 Dec, a very large cat showed up at our house. It was late and cold, and he looked in the door and made it clear he wanted inside. Well, since we have two cats already and he was a stranger, we...
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Looks like it will be cloudy and somewhat rainy all week. That's good for the plant life and the lake level, and might even keep the tourons from hauling their germy carcasses up here....
Leoghaire and her two older fawns (does, from the look of them) were just over the fence when I got up this morning. They were focused on something I couldn't see, then dashed away.
Yesterday, Rudy scared the snot out of me. Our resident fox trotted across the new deck, and Rudy decided to stalk it. Luckily for us all, the fox just kept going, only stopping to look back at me when it realized I was out there, too (we're well acquainted). I said hello, and it headed off on its evening rounds. Rudy had taken cover under the new deck and Czarny stood beside me, all fuzzed out but silent. We knew the deck would be right across the fox' to/from path, but did not realize the route would get altered to travel the entire length of old and new deck now. We'll have ample opportunity for close up fox watching, and hopefully Rudy will leave it alone.
They're about the same size, maybe the cats are a pound or so heavier, but I just don't see these two becoming playmates with it like Spotacus was. We never saw Spotacus and the fox actually touch each other, beyond nose sniffing. But they played chase and keep away fairly often. It was the keep away game that was so cute. One of them would pick up something, usually a stick or leaf, then the other would make like it was going to grab it, and off they'd go. Czarny and Rudy just don't seem that calm -- Spotacus was really laid back about life in general (except for dogs).
Czarny was so proud of himself. He caught a lizard, durn it. Lizards are the good guys, and I'd really prefer the cats not catch, kill or eat them. When I saw Czarny, it was already too late for that lizard. Will have to keep an eye out to rescue future catches. I'm not sure Czarny has well-developed taste buds -- he ate a daddy longlegs. Every other cat we've had tried one, spit it out, and hacked for a while. Czarny ate it and looked for more.
Mom's hungry. Time to feed her. Later, y'all.
Leoghaire and her two older fawns (does, from the look of them) were just over the fence when I got up this morning. They were focused on something I couldn't see, then dashed away.
Yesterday, Rudy scared the snot out of me. Our resident fox trotted across the new deck, and Rudy decided to stalk it. Luckily for us all, the fox just kept going, only stopping to look back at me when it realized I was out there, too (we're well acquainted). I said hello, and it headed off on its evening rounds. Rudy had taken cover under the new deck and Czarny stood beside me, all fuzzed out but silent. We knew the deck would be right across the fox' to/from path, but did not realize the route would get altered to travel the entire length of old and new deck now. We'll have ample opportunity for close up fox watching, and hopefully Rudy will leave it alone.
They're about the same size, maybe the cats are a pound or so heavier, but I just don't see these two becoming playmates with it like Spotacus was. We never saw Spotacus and the fox actually touch each other, beyond nose sniffing. But they played chase and keep away fairly often. It was the keep away game that was so cute. One of them would pick up something, usually a stick or leaf, then the other would make like it was going to grab it, and off they'd go. Czarny and Rudy just don't seem that calm -- Spotacus was really laid back about life in general (except for dogs).
Czarny was so proud of himself. He caught a lizard, durn it. Lizards are the good guys, and I'd really prefer the cats not catch, kill or eat them. When I saw Czarny, it was already too late for that lizard. Will have to keep an eye out to rescue future catches. I'm not sure Czarny has well-developed taste buds -- he ate a daddy longlegs. Every other cat we've had tried one, spit it out, and hacked for a while. Czarny ate it and looked for more.
Mom's hungry. Time to feed her. Later, y'all.
