Our three cats are great
But what to do about the pair of moth-eaten black and white toms from along the terrace?
Something of a problem is looming and getting ever loomier.
Gossip has it locally that the owner of said pair has locked them out of the house because they don’t ‘get on’ with her baby. Is she still feeding them? I have not the slightest clue (She is not the sort of person you approach with such a question.)
Nor do I have any idea what these two feline assassins are called - but I have dubbed them:
Burke (a long haired cat, so hard to tell how thin he is, but shedding hair in big bald spotswhere his hair is falling out). and Hare (long, skinny and moth-eaten - with matchstick legs and even more bald patches than his brother) So why Burke and Hare, you ask?
For the swathe they are cutting through the local wildlife. Nothing is safe. Nothing! Rodents, birds, amphibians. They will catch and eat pretty much anything!
Last weekend Burke was even on the pub roof after the jackdaws nesting in the chimneys – and being mobbed for his pains. That has to be one hungry cat attempting to storm a jackdaw colony three storeys up for his next meal!
And now B & H are desperately trying to move in with us. Sneaking in doors and windows every chance they get – to steal food in the main. But also, I suspect, for some warmth.
Of course our pampered trio never turn a hair. Only this morning Dill was sitting on the window sill and did not even look up when Burke flew past her head like a hairy torpedo. He had been sitting on the landing just three feet away from her - having polished off the remains of the cat breakfast.
I think he would have been quite happy to stay there all day – and was only legging it because he saw me in the kitchen.
(I have that affect on some humans as well.)
But what to do? The RSPCA’s answer is that unless there is obvious cruelty they can/will do nothing – but that I can catch them and take then to a vet if I like.
Oh yeah. Like that’s going to happen…
I feel so sorry for them - yet what can I do?
At this rate I can see us ending up with five cats...
Anyone know where I can buy a purple hat?
Hey! I'd love to see some pics of your three plus two. Thanks for making me laugh. liZZie x
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