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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2007Passing (?) stranger
This afternoon I came home early and took care of some chores that required slogging through the back yard mud. As I came back from burning the trash, I saw the handsomest strange cat (I'm pretty sure he's an intact tom) coming out from under the workshop. He walked across the compound and approached Avery - Avery was not amused but wasn't actually violent. Then he noticed Fleagor and realized if he wanted to get anywhere with this clowder, he needed to placate Fleagor (Alpha male). They met - Fleagor had his tail up, then Fleagor started showing - not aggression and not fear - perhaps best called wariness. As Fleagor started back toward the house, the stranger followed - Fleagor would stop; the stranger would stop; repeat several times. All the while, half the clowder is watching through the back windows or from the cat flap platform ... just watching. Eventually the stranger got right up to the back door area and I was able to take a few pictures through an opened kitchen window. When I checked later, he was fifty feet away, then over a hundred. I have no idea what happened to him. Pictures: <http://67.54.246.139:9000/tdavis/cats/0702/>  SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) Remove "gearbox.maem" to get real address - that one is dead > This afternoon I came home early and took care of some chores that > required slogging through the back yard mud. As I came back from [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Pictures: <http://67.54.246.139:9000/tdavis/cats/0702/> What a beauty! I wonder if he is lost? Does your newspaper list lost and found ads for animals? MLB >What a beauty! I wonder if he is lost? Does your newspaper list lost and >found ads for animals? MLB What newspaper? The nearest serious one is not even in the nearest town, and I'm miles outside the nearest town. There's a regional web site that has many cat classifieds, but the only 'lost' item is for a female gray tabby a long way from here. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) Remove "gearbox.maem" to get real address - that one is dead > This afternoon I came home early and took care of some chores that > required slogging through the back yard mud. As I came back from [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Pictures: <http://67.54.246.139:9000/tdavis/cats/0702/> Wow, he looks an awful lot like Jake, with a lot more jowl. Of course Jake is just a puddy tat, wouldn't hurt a fly. Jo > This afternoon I came home early and took care of some chores that > required slogging through the back yard mud. As I came back from > burning the trash, I saw the handsomest strange cat (I'm pretty sure > he's an intact tom) coming out from under the workshop. > Pictures: <http://67.54.246.139:9000/tdavis/cats/0702/> Absolutely gorgeous! And looks like a purebred chocolate point Siamese unless I miss my guess. He may have just been wandering around, although why someone would let a cat like that run loose (I know, I won't get started on that subject) is beyond me. Jill > > This afternoon I came home early and took care of some chores that > > required slogging through the back yard mud. As I came back from [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Jill He looks more like a seal point to me. But then, it's mid-winter so his points are naturally going to be darker. Could be an older cat too; they get darker with age. Sherry On Feb 26, 8:02?pm, "jmcquown" <jmcqu...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Ted Davis wrote: > > This afternoon I came home early and took care of some chores that [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Jill He looks more like a seal point to me. But then, it's mid-winter so his points are naturally going to be darker. Could be an older cat too; they get darker with age. Sherry There really is very little difference between a seal and a chocolate, unless you have one of each standing next to each other. I suspect they are both only slight variations of the same color. Jo > On Feb 26, 8:02?pm, "jmcquown" <jmcqu...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Jo I always thought a seal point was much darker than a chocolate point. I'm not well-versed on the subject by far, though. Frank gets so dark his mask is nearly black in the winter. I don't think I"ve ever seen a chocolate point though, only pictures. Sherry >> This afternoon I came home early and took care of some chores that >> required slogging through the back yard mud. As I came back from [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >why someone would let a cat like that run loose (I know, I won't get started >on that subject) is beyond me. I'm leaning toward the purebred idea myself. While random breeding does sometimes produce beautiful cats, it seldom comes that close to breed standard. I know the cats that live around here, and he isn't one of them. Since he isn't afraid of me, just wary, I suspect he's somebody's pet who escaped to look for females. If so, he's out of luck around here: all the females in my clowder and the one across the road are spayed. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) Remove "gearbox.maem" to get real address - that one is dead > This afternoon I came home early and took care of some chores that > required slogging through the back yard mud. As I came back from [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Pictures: <http://67.54.246.139:9000/tdavis/cats/0702/> Wow!!!! What a beautiful cat!! > This afternoon I came home early and took care of some chores that > required slogging through the back yard mud. As I came back from [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > -- > T.E.D. (tda...@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) Remove "gearbox.maem" to get real address - that one is dead Oh, what a handsome boy. He looks to be in pretty good shape from what I can tell from the pics. Not starved by any means. How close is your closest neighbor? Think he's just a ramblin' cat that belongs to someone? Either that, or someone *knows you* and dumped him out knowing you'd take him in. Even so, he's either a "recent dump" or he's a good hunter and has fed himself well. Geez. I wish the cats people dumped on me looked that good. Sherry >> This afternoon I came home early and took care of some chores that >> required slogging through the back yard mud. s I came back from >> burning the trash, I saw the handsomest strange cat (I'm pretty sure >> he's an intact tom) coming out from under the workshop. e walked [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> started showing - not aggression and not fear - perhaps best called >> wariness. s Fleagor started back toward the house, the stranger >> followed - Fleagor would stop; the stranger would stop; repeat several >> times. ll the while, half the clowder is watching through the back >> windows or from the cat flap platform ... just watching. >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >he's a good hunter and has fed himself well. >Geez. I wish the cats people dumped on me looked that good. For some reason, the dumped cats take up with the somewhat smaller clowder across the road. Otherwise, the nearest neighbors are at least a quarter mile away. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) Remove "gearbox.maem" to get real address - that one is dead > This afternoon I came home early and took care of some chores that > required slogging through the back yard mud. As I came back from [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Pictures: <http://67.54.246.139:9000/tdavis/cats/0702/> What a beautiful cat, he could be a purebread siamese maybe if he's intact he could be a stud male that was lost or even dumped. So sad to see him out on his own. :-( SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > This afternoon I came home early and took care of some chores that > required slogging through the back yard mud. As I came back from [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Pictures: <http://67.54.246.139:9000/tdavis/cats/0702/> He's very handsome! Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek |
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