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Victoria Brown's avatar

It's going on 3pm here and all the mountain cats are starting to come

out and line up for me to come feed

feed them. All, except Smokey, who is the oldest cat here and a fine lad,

let me pet them. Luna, the bobtail

has adopted me, my porch, my property and follows my dog Sadie

around. They have reached an live

and let live agreement, as long as

Luna stays outside. The smallest

new member of my porch group is

Tippy, one of the 3 abandoned

kittens. Silver kitten is camping

out with Cheryl and Little Bit I

fear fell prey to a coyote or fox.

Thanks again TC for another

wonderful chapter in Friday's

Felines.

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TCinLA's avatar

Kittens can also fall prey to owls and if small enough, hawks.

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Victoria Brown's avatar

You're right of course and we have a horned owl here flying

the friendly night forest sky.

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TCinLA's avatar

A good reason to get kittens inside at night. Cats are nocturnal, which makes them natural prey for an owl.

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Victoria Brown's avatar

All of up here have covered decks, front and

back, with room underneath for the cats to hunker down. All the

adult cats seem to be wise to the fact of night

predators and my Sadie

raises hell if any come

close. Tippy kitten is

residing under the wheelchair ramp up to

my porch/deck, which

is open underneath for

him/her to come all the

way up under the deck.

Tippy's still too afraid to

let me too close. I'm

working on it. 😉

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Victoria Brown's avatar

All the adult cats here,

TC range in age from

3 to 8 years. Bruiser,

who was the king at

15 yrs passed on last

year. None of these cats, except maybe

Luna, have ever been

inside a home. None,

until me, allowed a

human to touch them.

I'm not a threat, even

though in my chair,

I'm very different from

all the others here.😊

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