Well, it’s mid-June and Mr. G and his brother Jacks are still here. Mom did a drive by of the house they belong to (kitty-corner behind us) and it does look like things are starting to be packed up. Our neighbors believe Jacks and Mr. G will be left behind and all we can do is think the best for the boys and believe their mom who said the cats will move with them. Whether or not they can find and catch Mr. G might be another story. She is of the understanding Mr. G is aloof and hides all day. Yeah, hides at our house out in the open!
While we may be losing two garden boys this year, we may have another visitor making rounds in a month or so. Another neighbor recently threw their indoor-only spayed girl outside after she was found inappropriately peeing inside. She’s staying in their backyard catio that had the door removed so she could come and go and understandably, she’s chosen not to go be an outdoor cat.
We’re told she’s a tabby with a ginger belly, that she’s spayed and chipped. It may be weeks or months, but neighborhood cats always find their way to our house. We’re sure we’ll see her sooner or later. Call it the cat grapevine. We’re happy to have been “notified” about her instead of seeing a new neighborhood cat and wondering who she is, who she belongs to, and what her story is. No photos yet.
We read a sad story a couple of weeks ago of a male lynx-point Siamese cat that had been hit about a mile from our house. Naturally, Mom thought it might have been Lloyd, who’s known for his wide traveling range, though a mile would be a little stretch. She went looking for him using the directions given in the NextDoor app story but couldn’t find him and wondered if someone else might have already picked him up.
Mom was down in the dumps for a couple of weeks over the potential loss of Lloyd, coming so close on the heels of hearing that Mr. G will be moving to Idaho very soon. And then, the very next weekend, Mom checked the feeding stations outside the garage door and there was Lloyd looking as he usually does and patiently waiting for a stritch and a dried catnip treat.
There will always be cats tempting us to adopt them but all we can do now is try to ease their lives by providing food, water, treats, and petting/brushing if they allow it. We cannot officially adopt any more cats; the current Colehaus Cats will be our last, but we’ll always lend a friendly hand and a safe outside haven for those who visit and perhaps, to stay a while.
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A Colehaus Cats flashback:
2023 – Almost Wordless Wednesday
2022 – No post
2021 – Developing Good Habits
2020 – No post
2019 – No post
2018 – No post
2017 – No post
2016 – No post
2015 – No post
2014 – No post
2013 – Gatekeeper
2012 – No post
