it turns out, cats are not so horrible....

ok, so did i mention that i am kitty cat sitting? i am. i am also a dog person; heart and soul.  but this is what i learned in the last few days...

cats aren't half bad.

and this one?  she is almost care free.  if i let her out before work, she will hunt birds and mice {ok, rats} and i end up not having to worry about putting any food out for her at all.  and then, because she is out, i don't have to worry about the cat box either. totally taken care of.  she has a little fountain of water, but i have a bird bath outside and that seems to have kept her pretty busy and quenched, so i am good there too.

i have had to lock her inside overnight though, the first night with all the kitty screams from the alley i had a terrible night's sleep, so she is in for evenings...  that big tom cat she met the first night will just have to come around during the daylight hours... and, soon enough he can come by to visit his offspring - because it turns out - this little kitty is a bit of a slut.

she looks so unassuming, doesn't she?

or does she?

she did tell me that issaquah is a kind of quite and, while she can, she would like to see a bit of the big city.... who am i to deny her that?

Comments

[stefan (the cat lover...)]

My baby is so beautiful! And she is not a slut... she can't help it, it's in her genes. Sounds like you are having fun together. Hope you have a nice few days off... or did I mess up the schedule for that too? Lol
I'll call you soon.
Stefano

[debra]

How can we keep them down on the farm once they've seen Paree?

[bitterbetty]

I AM a cat person. but a dog finally got me. You must be very busy but he has his pics on my Flickr.
Oh.. and I even can get him to mind me sometimes. That is something a cat will hardly ever do.

But his schedule ....wow. I won't ever complain about letting the cats out again!

[Natasha]

I am not sure which was more amusing this post or the one after it!! Thanks for the laughs, who knew so many different planes saunter around in the skys.

Poor Tom he needs to learn when its okay to come courtin'.

[Elizabeth Mackey]

That last picture is so pretty! Sounds like you have your hands full with this one!!!

[Rose Campion]

Oh, please, do not let your cats run loose outside. For all the mice and rats they catch, they catch as many songbirds. Cats can decimate native songbird populations. Each year cats kill hundreds of millions of migratory songbirds.

Okay, taking care of a cat box can be a little onerous, but how hard is it really to toss down a little dry food?

And then there's the danger to the cats, from traffic, other roaming animals, etc.

I love cats so this is a hot topic for me. My cats have always lived exclusively indoors.