{"id":1850,"date":"2017-03-16T04:08:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T12:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1850"},"modified":"2017-03-16T04:08:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T12:08:16","slug":"thoughts-for-thursday-neighborhood-cats-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1850","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts for Thursday \u2013 Neighborhood Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/strong>I think just about every neighborhood has a collection of outdoor cats. Don\u2019t you enjoy seeing them doing their cat-like things\u2014going about their days in cat-fashion? I rather miss having my own indoor-outdoor cat. Our current cats stay safe inside all the time. We used to have a cat who insisted on having outside-time. Dinah would have it no other way and since she was in charge, we had to comply. She was always inside overnight, though. Sometimes we\u2019d be summoned to let her out at night, but we\u2019d always wait for her to come back in. She\u2019d even go out for a potty-break when it was raining\u2014very quickly, I might add.<\/p>\n

My Himalayan, Katy, yearned to go outside as she got older. I was doing a lot of gardening\"\" then, and she wanted to be out there with me. So I started allowing her out while I was in the yard. She would always dart back into the house with me when I motioned for her to do so. Those are good memories.<\/p>\n

Now I simply enjoy the neighborhood cats when I\u2019m in the yard and I watch them from the windows chasing butterflies, following ladybugs, checking out snails, rolling in the dirt in a sunny spot, etc.<\/p>\n

\"\"Not all cats are neighborhood-friendly, though. We had one terrorist cat living next door for about five years. Thankfully, his people moved and took him with them. Rocket, an ornery yellow tiger-striped cat, would attack our indoor cats through the windows, sometimes ripping claw holes in our screens. He killed birds. So I had to quit feeding birds for a good while. And he was not friendly to people, either. He\u2019d pretend to be sweet, then he\u2019d claw the heck out of your arm or hand or leg. One neighbor didn\u2019t have screens on her windows and when she\u2019d open them to let in fresh air, Rocket would sometimes sneak in and eat food left out or, worse, attack her older Abyssinian, Ruby. The cat was a psycho terrorist, I tell you! When you love cats, it\u2019s hard to dislike one, but Rocket made it easy.<\/p>\n

I think that Cats lend a warm, charming element to a neighborhood. When I\u2019m out walking and I see a cat on a roof, through a window, on a porch, or playing on a lawn, for example, I can\u2019t help but smile. Maybe some of the photos I\u2019ve taken of neighborhood cats will make you smile, too.<\/p>\n

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