A Change of Pace

Because Mouth gives Fluffy a hard time when eating, and Fluffy gives the brats a hard time, I've changed the order of things.

First I go around the corner and feed Mouth, then I feed Patch and Mask. The whole time Fluffy is following and sniffing in everyone's bowl and making me pet her. This from the cat that wouldn't let me touch her three months ago. I return to the back yard and by this time Loper has greeted me, but not in a nice way, in a way that says, "You need to feed me too. But don't come near me or I'll scratch."

I feed Loper and her kitten by the tree. Except yesterday her kitten wanted to be a big boy and eat out of his own bowl and started eating out of Bag's bowl. That was okay since Bag wasn't around. In trying to fill Fluffy's bowl, she put her head up and knocked the food on the ground. I took Fluffy over by the entrance and petted her a bit and gave her some food. Stayed around while she ate as it seemed to make her feel more secure.

In the meantime two crows are looking down and watching the kitten who seems oblivious to what's going on above. I thought the crows were maybe thinking they could take that youngster and have a nice meal. Instead they took turns eating the cat food on the ground.

The same procedure today, except in order to make Fluffy leave the brats' food alone, I had to pick her up and carry her. To my shock she didn't struggle, in fact, she seemed to like it. I fed Loper, but never saw her kitten. Bag still hasn't shown. So I fed Fluffy by the entrance and sat and guarded her until she had her fill. She just seems nervous eating around all these cats. I almost think I could entice her upstairs and she would be absolutely content to be an indoor lap cat. There's a regal air about her that she feels she's too good to be around all these other feral cats.