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Cat Forum / General Topics / July 2008Do "outdoor" cats have cat friends?
Hi, I have a cat who goes out for several hours a day, and who often gets into fights with other cats. The other day, I was shocked to find him in the garden with another cat, and they weren't fighting -- they were both sitting there, about two metres apart, looking quite relaxed. Could anyone speculate on what was going on there? Do cats ever make friends with other cats outdoors? Just in case it's releveant, the other cat looked very similar to mine, although a little bit smaller. yes they do it is called a clowder > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Just in case it's releveant, the other cat looked very similar to mine, > although a little bit smaller. > yes they do it is called a clowder > > Hi, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Just in case it's releveant, the other cat looked very similar to mine, > > although a little bit smaller. I was out one night and found our cat with a skunk. A friend, I dunno. No smell in the air so it might be a tame skunk.  SignatureIf guns are out-lawed. Only the Out-laws & politicians will have guns. Yes, I too believe that cats do make friends. Just the other day a at came into my house. How did I know? My cat was sitting there letting out really dainty mews. When I peeked around the corner they were kissing on the nose! Obviously the loose male cat was fixed. She didn't seem to mind him being there so I took care not to disturb them. Eventually he/she ate some of her food but I didn't mind. Any friend of my cat is a friend of mine. ________________ > yes they do it is called a clowder >> Hi, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> Just in case it's releveant, the other cat looked very similar to mine, >> although a little bit smaller. > Yes, I too believe that cats do make friends. Just the other day a at came > into my house. How did I know? My cat was sitting there letting out really > dainty mews. When I peeked around the corner they were kissing on the nose! > Obviously the loose male cat was fixed. She didn't seem to mind him being > there so I took care not to disturb them. Eventually he/she ate some of her > food but I didn't mind. Any friend of my cat is a friend of mine. Many years ago I went round the house of a mother of a friend of mine and admired her big ginger boy asleep by the fire only to be told he wasn't her cat but lived a few doors down but he was best friends with her clowder of 6 and they did everything together Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Just in case it's releveant, the other cat looked very similar to mine, > although a little bit smaller. There is a feral tom who hangs around on the fringes of my clowder (14 at the moment) and sometimes appears to join in their games and hunts with a few of them. Actually, there were two feral toms that got along well enough with each other and with my clowder, but I haven't seen the other one recently. Needless to say, my cats are all reasonably friendly with each other most of the time, but they all are free to come in or go out as they please, so they aren't, strictly speaking, outdoor cats, but the ferals don't come in so they are. My neighbor across the road has 8-10 strictly outdoor cats in his clowder and most working farms have entire populations of semi feral cats that form a large mostly peaceful clowder ... and barn cats are not usually neutered/spayed so they have territorial issues. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@mst.edu) MST (Missouri University of Science and Technology) used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla). > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Just in case it's releveant, the other cat looked very similar to mine, > although a little bit smaller. Our black Muezza.Glorio has been bringing by a black cat with white sock feet lately. And sometimes the Socks cat comes by on his own and has his own distinctive Prrrrrreow for when he is calling to M.G to come out and play. Been going on for a few months at least. I got a good look at him last week, and he seems a bit ragged and no collar, so I started putting food out for him. If it's a him, haven't had a good look yet. They hang out much of the night, and snooze in the grass about 5 ft. away from each other. --tension >> Hi, >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > --tension My neighbor's cat developed a friendship with a black and white cat. Well, not a cat really: a skunk! Stripes and his stinky friend would wander around the yard together. And we watched from a distance. > My neighbor's cat developed a friendship with a black and white cat. Well, > not a cat really: a skunk! Stripes and his stinky friend would wander > around the yard together. And we watched from a distance. All of my cats ignore, or avoid, skunks. When Pepita le Peu and her skunklings are around, the cats just watch. I watch from inside. Racky and Rocky Raccoon shy away and make it their business to be somewhere else. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@mst.edu) MST (Missouri University of Science and Technology) used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla). > >> Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Maybe they came to an arrangement. Hired the skunk as a bodyguard. --tension On Jul 22, 9:05 am, tjb <t...@invalid.invalid> wrote: > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Just in case it's releveant, the other cat looked very similar to mine, > although a little bit smaller. Yes....Cats have friends....Perhaps the other cat is a relative....A sibling or an offspring? Is your cat neutered? We have a feral cat that we domesticated, and he is "best friends" with another male we acquired a few years ago. (They are both neutered) We also have three females, but they are more territorial, and don't get along quite as well. >Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Just in case it's releveant, the other cat looked very similar to mine, >although a little bit smaller. I would point out many a cat owner has no clue what their cat does when it leaves the house. Dog law is very straight forward, cat law is not. So that you see in the neighborhood? Often it has several owners, and each owner doesn't even know about the other owner(s). The legal hassle comes when one of those owners moves and takes the cat with them. And yes your outdoor cat probably has numerous friends in the outdoors. And they may very well make baby kittens if they aren't spayed/nuetered. And yes they can get into fights too, not only with other cats, but also with other wild adnimals. In the above question you posed, maybe one cat was mistaken for the other by the occupants of the hous. |
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