I will upload the picture later of our two "other" children getting along just peachy now. As some of you may know, we have a 1 year old female, black, bob-tail cat named Panther. As you may also know, we were adopted by an approximately 2 year old, white and orange spotted, fuzzy male cat whom Olivia named Pumpkin. We found out that Pumpkin may have previously lived in our house and that the former owners just left him and moved out. We have several bird feeders in our yard because it's nice to be outside and listen to nature basically.....instead of the hum of a freeway and if you've never seen a Cardinal in person; wow! One gorgeous bird. We even have a Woodpecker that comes around. Well as cats are want to do, Pumpkin likes to hunt birds. Loves to hunt birds, a lot. He plays with them, doesn't really kill and eat them. Our bird feeders have become a Kitty Buffet if you will. We had been planning on bringing Pumpkin in the house, but weren't sure how Miss Thang would react (Panther can be a grumpy cat at times). The last straw was the other day when Olivia and I were in the house and we heard this God awful screaming sound.....we ran outside to see Pumpkin with a Mockingbird in his maw and it squirming. Olivia ran to the bird's rescue. It lived and Pumpkin was denied a toy. So much for that Animal Planet documentary I was going to film called "He Who Stalks the Yard!!". Miss Panther was sitting on her little play gym when we decided to let Mr.. Pumpkin in. He wandered into the house and Panther leapt off of the gym to sprint across the house to see this new "intruder". Now mind you, for the past several months Pumpkin has been hanging around outside the house. Sleeping on the back porch, etc. Panther is used to seeing him outside. The two of them stood nose to nose, sniffing each other. He took a swat at her, she swatted back and grabbed him and rolled him over. That was it. They backed off from each other, and were kind of leery but were generally okay with each other's presence in the house. Now they constantly play and engage in the running of the 1rst Annual Feline 500 whose course goes from our bedroom to the living room, dining room and through the kitchen. Little 2-5 pound animals make a lot of noise running across the floor. They also like to use the long crinkle tunnel we bought Panther as part of the track. There is the sound of muted paws on carpet running (kind of a dull thump thump thump) and then the sound of aluminum foil being crinkled as they shoot through the tunnel. It scares the crap out of you when you aren't expecting it. Little shits. On Saturday night we had the "bed controversy". Panther may be Olivia's cat, but she loves Cathy. Oh my God does she love Cathy. She absolutely insists on Cathy picking her up, and putting her over her shoulder like a small child. Panther will then rub her head in Cathy's hair. She's such a big baby. Whenever she gets a chance to sleep wherever (Liv likes to take her to her room with her) she will climb up in our bed and go under the covers and cuddle against Cath's legs. Well Saturday night Pumpkin decided he liked the big bed and hopped up there to sleep. Oh Panther was annoyed. She kept running in, jumping on top of our headboard and glaring down at Pumpkin. They ended up working it out. He can share the bed apparently as long as he doesn't cuddle up with Panther's Human. He doesn't care as he usually sleeps at the foot of the bed centrally located away from our feet. It helps that we have a King Size bed. Two humans and two cats, one small and one medium sized. The picture I will be uploading shows the two of them sleeping on the rug by the back door right next to each other. Heck on Sunday morning they ate with their bowls a few inches apart. Cats, gotta love 'em.
Ciao for now.
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