The neighbor has a cat who she used to let run around. One night the cat had the balls to jump up on my window sill. Finn was having NOTHING to do with that. I’ve never seen him that angry over another cat before. He wouldn’t leave my side side for the rest of the night. Like he was protecting me
I complained to the building manager after this incident. Have not seen said cat be allowed outside in a while. Though it loves to smugly look at me from the front window onto our shared porch.
One of the local cats craps in our carport regularly. I'm not impressed.
A few nights ago there was a very loud and prolonged cat fight crashing around the side of the house right next to the office where I was sitting. Our two dogs were going absolutely nuts - even the big boy who rarely barks.
Updates: this one lives somewhere across the street. She is always up to *something* and climbs up on cars and balconies to spy on people. She also comes over at night with her new bestie to dig up my front garden 😂
Her new bestie is the tabby that moved in directly across from me...
They team up and try to hustle passers-by for pets and attention.
The tabby has his own game. When next-door neighbors on either side of his house come home, he hears them and comes running. Then he pretends he's ready to go inside with them, and does cute little cat prances (which never work).
He's gotten into the house to the right because they hesitate and he darts in. But the elderly couple in the house on the left suffer no cat fools. Sometimes I see him sitting right in front of their door waiting for it to open.
When his *actual* mum comes home, she has to shake a treat bag 😂
Update 1: neighbor on the right (where the tabby tries to get in) left for work this morning and this one heard the door, came running. Just missed getting in. Neighbor was delighted to be greeted then left confused as the cat sat and remained on her porch, staring at her. What a hustle.
Update 2: just now the tabby spotted two new marks and ran to catch up. The tabby acts like it knows them; it does not. They were very confused about being escorted half a block with the expectation of a tip. Good social engineering attempt though.
I didn't add that both cat troublemakers wear bells, which is how I know when they're on the move (I can hear them, and so do my cats, who usually hear the bells before me and run to watch).
Unfortunately it seems inevitable that migratory birds will bring H5N1 to Aotearoa - it's already hit Antarctica. They're trying to vaccinate some of the more critically endangered birds which they track and monitor, but obviously can't do it for all our endangered birds.
This made me think, if there's a vaccine available would it be feasible for poultry and mammal farmers to vaccinate their flocks and herds? They tag thousands of cattle, and shear and drench thousand of sheep, so there would be opportunities to do it when they already have them corralled.
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I complained to the building manager after this incident. Have not seen said cat be allowed outside in a while. Though it loves to smugly look at me from the front window onto our shared porch.
A few nights ago there was a very loud and prolonged cat fight crashing around the side of the house right next to the office where I was sitting. Our two dogs were going absolutely nuts - even the big boy who rarely barks.
Her new bestie is the tabby that moved in directly across from me...
The tabby has his own game. When next-door neighbors on either side of his house come home, he hears them and comes running. Then he pretends he's ready to go inside with them, and does cute little cat prances (which never work).
When his *actual* mum comes home, she has to shake a treat bag 😂
like the seagull I saw who’d figured out how to fake a broken wing for snacks: they have better understandings of humans than many humans do
I'm firmly in the "keep housecats in houses" set, just to avoid losing birds, and the cats living longer benefits.
I didn't add that both cat troublemakers wear bells, which is how I know when they're on the move (I can hear them, and so do my cats, who usually hear the bells before me and run to watch).
May the birds heed the bells and everyone's life be better!