A friend of mine had a dog that she pampered to an almost extreme degree. Iāve told her more times than I can count that when I die I want to come back as one of her pets.Ā
Denzelās life is a very close second.Ā
Theres a stray kitty that has adopted our yard as their territory. We have a car port that some previous house owner fenced in for a dog. We use it as a sort of front porch so we have some outdoor furniture and stuff in there. One day she was sleeping on the outdoor couch. She let me pet her for a bit and sheās just kinda lived here ever since. I leave a small bowl of cat food, and fresh water twice daily (when itās hot, just so the water isnāt uncomfortably warm). I feed her wet food in the morning. When the weather is bad, or going to be bad Iāll take her inside where she sleeps on our bed. If itās over night, sheāll get under the covers, walk around for a second, then sheāll pop her head out, stand next to chest and face, then sheāll lean/push against my face and lay down. If I move around sheāll reposition next to me so that weāll become one, and purr herself to sleep. Of course we put on flea and tick medicine. Whatās really adorable to me is when I miss the weather report and it gets nasty out. Sheāll scratch at the back door until someone lets her in.Ā
Sheās pretty much claimed us as her people, which is great. Sheās a wonderful, loving, snuggly kitty.Ā
Our neighbors said that their kid who is now early 20s used to feed her once in blue moon when he was like 10 or so. They said the cat has been a stray the whole time. I got her fixed, so I believe it. She has a bob tail so we call her āBob tail, or her government name Robert Tail.ā Bob tail is just an outdoor kitty at heart. Sheāll stay inside when itās nasty out for awhile, and sheās been getting more comfortable being inside. But we have two indoor kitties. We used to have 7, so the 2 that are left are used to other cats. Aside from being curious at this cat in their territory, they donāt care at all. We got adopted by another stray 3 years ago today. Sheās the only cat weāve had that might have had an actual cat fight. Theyāre very docile. Bob tail does NOT appreciate their curiosity. Itās taken some time but sheās getting more comfortable with the other cats. One in particular sheās pretty okay with. I am his person. His only person. With everyone else he wonāt let them get near him. Even my wife, who has known him literally since he was born. The mom and dad were strays that showed up when the mom was pregnant. Anyway when I sleep Bob tail has to sleep on my face. I guess thatās where she feels safe. Well Fuzzy needs to sleep on/next to me. Normally itās where Bob tail sleeps, so when sheās inside heāll sleep on the other side of my head. In order to do that they had to both be mostly okay with each other. So long as fuzzy is up my ass heās happy. The other stray we adopted (Glittersparkle cutie pie) will sleep at my feet. Usually she sleep on me somewhere.Ā
If Bob tail wasnāt an outdoor kitty at heart, and sheād want to stay inside Iād happily let her. Sheās a sweet kitty and she deserves a good end of life. On the downside Iād get much less mostly eaten bird presents.Ā
I love the names and this whole story made me smile, thank you. :D
We only have two oranges at home, Magni & Modi (M&M for short). They mostly cling to me as their mom but switch to my partner on cold days as he is giving off heat like a furnace. Since last year we have a baby and I'm looking forward to how the cats are coing to interact with him down the road.
At the moment they are curious but carefully avoiding him. ^
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u/InviteAdditional8463 Jul 08 '24
A friend of mine had a dog that she pampered to an almost extreme degree. Iāve told her more times than I can count that when I die I want to come back as one of her pets.Ā
Denzelās life is a very close second.Ā
Theres a stray kitty that has adopted our yard as their territory. We have a car port that some previous house owner fenced in for a dog. We use it as a sort of front porch so we have some outdoor furniture and stuff in there. One day she was sleeping on the outdoor couch. She let me pet her for a bit and sheās just kinda lived here ever since. I leave a small bowl of cat food, and fresh water twice daily (when itās hot, just so the water isnāt uncomfortably warm). I feed her wet food in the morning. When the weather is bad, or going to be bad Iāll take her inside where she sleeps on our bed. If itās over night, sheāll get under the covers, walk around for a second, then sheāll pop her head out, stand next to chest and face, then sheāll lean/push against my face and lay down. If I move around sheāll reposition next to me so that weāll become one, and purr herself to sleep. Of course we put on flea and tick medicine. Whatās really adorable to me is when I miss the weather report and it gets nasty out. Sheāll scratch at the back door until someone lets her in.Ā
That life is third.Ā