Musical Feeding

15July17 Sat am

As is typical, I overslept on Sat, meaning I was kind of late clomping down the stairs. I peeked out the window to find Bag, Fluffy, and Black Tail lying in the backyard. Bag and Fluffy greeted me in their usual positions. I guess they’re back together. Not sure if they were fighting or if they just needed some space. I feed Fluffy and Bag, and Black Tail was like feed me too. She doesn’t have a dish so I put her a little food on the ground. 

I turned around to see Mask wanting some food and Patch was soon to appear. Fed them in their usual spot only to turn and see another cat. At first I thought it was aptly named Loudmouth, but realized it was Bag. Apparently Black Tail didn’t like eating off the ground and was eating out of Bag’s bowl. What’s more, Orange with its shaved tail except for the tuft at the end was outside. Orange does not seem like a happy cat, but if people shaved my tail, I wouldn’t be too happy either. Orange snarled at Bag, and Bag considered the option of fighting for territory or eating breakfast. He chose breakfast but over on the other side of the yard.

Later in the afternoon.

My thoughts are, I don’t want to be feeding these cats twice a day. They have already established a morning dependency from my feedings, but they still need to be independent scavengers/beggars/hunters since they live in the Haifa outdoors. Nevertheless, I had a bulk a trash that needed to go outside before it started to smell and took my chances.

As I suspected no one was about. But then I heard this loud “Meow, Meow.” Loudmouth. The one thing about Loudmouth is I can pet him, so I pet him a bit and told him I’d bring down some food. The sounds of “Meow, Meow,” followed me up the stairs and all the way back down. I set him down some food and saw black tail.

Black tail has similar markings to Mask and Patch who are obviously the same age and probably siblings, so it’s possible Black Tail is their mother. David thinks Black Tail and Fluffy look similar so maybe they are sisters. Bag and Loudmouth look alike but they don’t seem to be related. Loudmouth is bigger boned, friendly, and – well – loud. Bag is the type to stare you down and not won’t let himself or Fluffy succumb to the joys of being petted.