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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While I'm still not giving up on the possibility of Czarny coming home, a friend reached out. Her neighbor has dementia and after 10 years of loving her cat, suddenly no longer recognizes him. She thinks he's an interloper bothering her two long-dead cats that preceded him, so she keeps chasing him outside. Husband is still feeding and caring for the cat, but cat is grieving over his human no longer loving him. We discussed it, and if the cat seems to accept us, we'll take him in, knowing he'll be grieving for a long time.
If Czarny comes home, he might throw a fit, too, but it appears this cat doesn't mind other cats and will just ignore him. When he visits neighbor, her cat Millie throws a fit through the glass, and he just sits there calmly, looking at Millie.
We are trying to not bring a cat onboard before the end of September, as by then we should know if SU needs to be in rehab hospital or assisted living, and the possible upheaval wouldn't be good for an already grieving cat. But if necessary, we'll bring him home sooner, if he allows us to.
A huge black-headed vulture swooped low over the pool just now, then rode the currents over to the next hill. They are amazingly graceful in flight. The three red-headed vultures that landed on the ground next to our livestock water trough was quite a sight, too. They actually sniffed the stale trail mix I'd tossed out there for whatever critter(s) might want it, then got a drink and flew on.
All the baby birds have fully fledged and moved away from the house. We only hear/see them occasionally during the day, and a little as they settle in for the night. All survived this hatching; none got pushed out of the nest. They all look quite healthy.
It rained 1.44" this week. Pool's full, water trough is full. Lots of rain upriver, but it won't really raise the lake level much. We'll need much, much more rain upriver -- hopefully not all at once...
Time to gather materials for our writers' group this afternoon. Later, y'all.
