YW Jill!

Pi and Eddy's ages are just estimates from the rescue.

I remember Buffy's story from when you got her. I was very happy for you.
It's too bad Buffy was so intimidated by the other cat, but now she's in a
home where she can be herself.

When I open the door, usually there's three running to the door expecting to
go outside. Eddy, Pi and the two middle cats, Bebe and EJ all get to go
outside on long leashes when I have the time. They always want to go out,
but unfortunately my time is limited and I can't take them out when I do
yardwork, because they need to be watched as they can tangle the leashes
around flowers and shrubs. But once they settle down they love to watch the
birds and goings on in the neighborhood.

Pirate never had any interest in going out. He's comfortable just sitting in
the window. And our newest, Lady, won't allow a collar or harness put on
her, so she stays in also. Fortunately she doesn't seem to want to go out.
She almost died of illness and exposure when we found her, weighed only 3
pounds. Vet said she should weigh 7. Maybe she remembers her former life
and would rather be comfortable indoors.

One of these days I'm going to d/l Thunderbird to participate more, but time
is limited with the cats and other things I do. Years ago I spent more time
on Usenet, and Outlook was useful, but now just makes a mess of posts.

Later,
--

bill n

"jmcquown" wrote in message ...

On 6/7/2019 12:19 PM, Bill Nak wrote:
Happy adoption day to Buffy!

Thank you, Bill!

Coincidentally, my Pirate and Eddy were also adopted on June 2nd, but in
2017 at ages 7 and 8.

I'm not sure how old Buffy is. The guestimate at the time was 6 years
old. I adopted her after someone in the neighborhood died. I asked but
there were no veterinary records. I do know Buffy was one of the ferals
from the TNR colony. This woman apparently scooped her up as a
youngster after she'd been vaccinated, spayed, had her ear notched and
released. Gave her a home. Too bad it was a home with a couple of
other cats, one of which was a dominant male Tonkinese.

Cats are funny. Most of the time my cats (all 5) don't care about rain or
thunder. Some will sit in the window against the screen and watch the
rain. My former two, Mooch and Smoochie, would hide at the first drop of
rain.

As for the doorbell, it rings so very seldom nobody likes it, especially
me, LOL.

I never expect the doorbell to ring. People know to call first before
just ringing the bell or knocking. Sometimes there's a delivery but I
know when to expect those.

But if I see the mail lady coming and wait at the door, 2 of my youngest
always want scritches form her :-)

Your cats are more adventurous than Buffy. She never goes that far.
She'll head towards the door but when I open it she backs off.

Letting strangers pet her is purely subjective. A couple of years ago I
had an HVAC maintenance man inside and he sat down with me in the living
room to enter the invoice in his tablet. Buffy did something completely
out of character. She started rubbing against his feet and his legs.
(Shedding all over his nice blue uniform pants!) She acted like she
wanted to jump up in his lap. Whoa. I'd never seen her behave like
that with a stranger before. Or since. It was weird.

Jill