Neighborhood Cats

My humans like to keep track of all the neighborhood Cats. I would like to keep track of them too, but since I'm not allowed outside, I can only do so from our windows.

You may remember this Cat -

- from a few previous posts. Mom and Dad call him "Scruffy." Of all the neighborhood Cats, he's been here the longest.

Mom used to feed him, but nowadays, a lady downstairs usually feeds him. She calls him "Theodore." We recently found out however, that his own humans call him "Patrick." He never goes home because he doesn't like their dog. They may be moving away soon and plan to take Patrick with them. So he may not be a neighborhood Cat for much longer.

Bitsey -

- has been around for awhile too, and has been seen in a couple of my blog posts. He lives in the next breezeway over and doesn't come around much anymore.

Tigger -

- lives downstairs with the lady who feeds Scruffy. Tigger is the only other Cat that Scruffy gets along with. Tigger is friendly and old.

This Cat -

- has recently started showing up outside. Mom calls her "Tinkerbell" because she has a little bell around her neck and she is playfully flighty. She amuses herself with leaves, sticks, and invisible bugs. We only see this one once in awhile and aren't certain where she lives.

This Cat however -


- Mom feels sorry for. He seems to live in the bushes and is very shy. He is always hungry and Mom fed him a couple of times. Then she noticed some wounds on the inside of his back leg and she started treating them. She's still trying to find out who he belongs too.

Life on the outside is so much more interesting.

The Scoop on the Ginger & White

Here's the scoop on the Ginger & White Cat who was making such a commotion with The White Cat over the empty food bowl.

Mom met the part of his human family while she was out walking Catzee on her harness. His name is Bittsey, and he lives down at the other end of our building. I don't know if he is ever allowed inside (or if he ever wants to go inside), but his humans keep a food bowl outside for him. He just likes to fight, and he picks on The White Cat quite a bit and usually wins. He's very friendly toward humans.

Mom thinks he is very territorial because he never had his hoohaectomy. However, I've had mine and am very territorial too. The problem with not having any hoohas, is the inability to mark one's territory. Then when an intruder comes along, he thinks the territory is available for the marking. I got into a lot of fights that way, when I used to be allowed outside. I was constantly having to defend territory which was rightfully mine, but was powerless to define in the manner of Cats.

So there you have it. That's what there is to know about the Ginger & White.

The Commotion

The other day Mom, Catzee, and I were minding our own business when we heard a loud commotion outside our front door; it was caterwauling! We immediately jumped up and ran to investigate.

When Mom opened the door, this is what we saw........

This is what they were fighting over........

Now I can see arguing over a full food bowl, but an empty one???

The Ginger and White reminded Mom that they were friends because he had let her pet him. He said that it should be his bowl.

The White Cat got indignant that Mom would consider befriending another Cat when she had already befriended him.

I wanted to go out and settle the matter myself. After all, it should be my bowl. But Mom said no.

So whose bowl is it?

This Cat's?

Or this Cat's?

Mom settled it by giving each Cat a handful of food on the decking. So nobody got the bowl and everybody got something to eat.

After that we closed the door, went back about our business, and didn't hear another thing about it.