Update on a thread I mad a month ago or so about the cat that comes to my door and begs for food. I nicknamed him Morris because he looks like Morris the cat from the old 9 lives commercial.
For awhile I didn’t see Morris. We fed him from the uneaten cat food that our four cats left. I was sure he had an owner at the time because the first time I saw him (almost a year ago) he had a flea collar on and looked well kept. He’s friendly enough. He won’t run from people and as long as you don’t scare him won’t hiss or anything. Morris would be waiting in my driveway when I got home from PT because he knew that is when I fed our cats (and thus put the old food out). He would be there in the evening because he knew I would come home to fed our cats again. But for days, maybe just under 2 weeks I didn’t see him at all. I figured his owners were keeping him indoors or something, though he no longer had a flea collar when I last saw him.
However, there are other roaming cats that come around. We nicknamed them, of course. Theres:
**PJ: **A female that is very scared around people. She won’t come near anyone, but she has been less frightened of me in the last few weeks. Still, she’ll come eat the food we put out, but if you open the door she bolts. My wife thinks she is pregnant (and indeed, I caught her and another cat in the act one night. I thought it was Morris, but it was dark and I can’t be sure). I’m not so sure if she’s pregnant. How long do cat pregnancies last? (our cats are all fixed)
**Cow: **I named him or her (probably a her) Cow because it has the black and white spots of a cow. Cow is firghtened of people too. She’ll run as soon as she sees you. Cow wouldn’t come near the house when Morris was around, but began appearing more lately. One of the reasons I thought Morris was gone. I see Cow around the neighborhood but until recently she stayed away from the house.
Sasquatch: Now, Sasquatch has to have an owner. He has a collar on, and he’s a big fluffy cat. He only appears at night and he stares into the windows from outside…but only every so often. Sasquatch loves to stare into the window of our bathroom from the ledge, because *Jet Jaguar *and Patches sit there on the inside at night. They just sit there and stare. There have been a few times when he’s scared me…because I’ll go use the can at 3 AM and see him in the dark sitting there. Sasquatch doesn’t seem afraid of people, but since I’ve never seen him other than night I’ve never been in a position to come too close to him. (I have seen him around dawn walking down the street with PJ and Cow following him!) Sasquatch is Banshee’s arch enemy though. Sometimes he’ll stare into the pation glass door and Banshee likes to sleep there. She goes ballistic when he does that.
But back to Morris. He showed up this weekend. As always he wants to come into the house, but I can’t let him in. But he looks a lot scruffier and dirty. I looked him over and he has a few scratches as if he’s been in a fight or two, also. I’m certain someone abandoned him. I feel so awful for him. He is a friendly cat, and pretty too. But I can’t afford another pet. I think I may need to start looking into finding a place that won’t euthanize him, but help find hom a home.
