Friday open thread: not your cat

[dolorosa_12]

Today's open thread is sparked by the return of this cat, which has been roaming all over our garden (and all the gardens in this row, and along the roof of our house) these past few days. On Tuesday, a delivery driver knocked on our front door, and the cat, which had evidently been lying in the sun on the front garden's paving stones, dashed into the house, alternating between snuggling around my legs and refusing to leave.

In honour of this incorrigible cat, talk to me about neighbourhood animals who have adopted you as their own.

Comments

[peaked]

The Cat Distribution System is at work!

I've never really experienced anything like that because we don't have a lot of roaming animals anymore (we used to a bit back when I was young, but it's frowned upon now). One of my grandparents' last cats followed my mum home from the train station, so she kept her and would walk the street with this cat tucked into her shirt.

When we had an outdoor cat over a decade ago, he would travel the drain system to see his girlfriend, who lived kind of behind us but with a street between the house behind and them. I've been told that he was ill one day, so he was curled up in his basket on our porch. His girlfriend travelled through the drain system to see him, and I think she may have given him a kiss.

[dolorosa_12]

Yes, it's a big contrast between the UK and Australia in terms of how much outdoor cats are tolerated.