What a fine cat! One reason I don't let cats outside is that they can completely devastate the songbird population. I found, when we had a lot of strays in the neighborhood, that feeding them -- which I was doing for other reasons -- reduced their depredations, though it did not eliminate them. He probably gets enough to eat at home, though.
Kate kept indoor cats--the last of them died of old age last summer.
I once lived next door to a birding cat, a black cat with a red collar that had a bell tied to it.
He was such a fuzzy, bristle-furred cat, with a round little head! I liked to rub his hard head, and his bell would jingle.
His owner said the bell was to warn the birds, but he was very good at lurking.
Skunk Cat eats very well--even his tail looks fat!
(I totally shocked him two days ago by tossing him a bit of chicken while he was hiding under the birdbath. He waited and waited, then waddled over to the chicken.)
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(we name our neighborhood animals, too)
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He was hiding under the birdbath, fooling neither me nor the birds.
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He also looks like a Maine Coon mix, like Nanook and Petey. A most excellent type of cat!
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Kate's beloved Maine Coon cat (at least he LOOKED like a Maine Coon) died about a year or so ago. I loved Vincent. Maine Coons are the best.
He had the tiniest mew.
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I once lived next door to a birding cat, a black cat with a red collar that had a bell tied to it.
He was such a fuzzy, bristle-furred cat, with a round little head! I liked to rub his hard head, and his bell would jingle.
His owner said the bell was to warn the birds, but he was very good at lurking.
Skunk Cat eats very well--even his tail looks fat!
(I totally shocked him two days ago by tossing him a bit of chicken while he was hiding under the birdbath. He waited and waited, then waddled over to the chicken.)
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I don't think he tries to catch the birds; it's more like watching TV to him.
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