kathylove
Pragmatic & Logical
I had an "interesting" night last night. I woke up at 3:30 a.m. to a loud cat scream! Sometimes my older cat ("Monster") will pounce on the 2 younger ones when they play too roughly, and one of them will scream and run away. But he doesn't really hurt them - just scares them.
So I got up to investigate and make sure they were all ok. Imagine my shock when Monster was growling loudly and an unknown cat suddenly raced out from under the desk, making a break for the cat door! But he didn't remember exactly where it was, so crashed into the window and the blinds instead. He ran back under the desk until Monster again chased him, crashing into the window again. As you might guess, I was quite awake by then!
So I went to the nearby back door, propped it open, and chased him towards it. He seemed happy to use the exit to the screen porch! Next I opened the screen door and chased him out the door. He moved so fast that he wasn't much more than a blur! Our cats are allowed on the screen porch, but not outside. Obviously there was a place to gain entrance to the screen porch, and thus the cat door into the house. But I sure didn't see where it was. (Hubby found it and patched it this morning).
The whole time, Monster put on a great show of spitting and hissing, with the intruder screaming a few times. But I don't think they actually touched each other. The 2 younger cats stayed as far away as possible, with the youngest hiding for the next couple of hours before creeping into bed with me.
Needless to say, I didn't get to sleep right away - took until 5:30 a.m. Glad I didn't have to wake up early! But I finally fell asleep and had a dream that cats were coming into the house from broken a/c / heating vent. And a really cute Himalayan kitten appeared. So it wasn't too bad, lol!
BTW - hubby slept through the whole thing. In the morning, he said he did hear some cats fighting, but figured I was taking care of them, so just slept peacefully.
As I said, an interesting night!
So I got up to investigate and make sure they were all ok. Imagine my shock when Monster was growling loudly and an unknown cat suddenly raced out from under the desk, making a break for the cat door! But he didn't remember exactly where it was, so crashed into the window and the blinds instead. He ran back under the desk until Monster again chased him, crashing into the window again. As you might guess, I was quite awake by then!
So I went to the nearby back door, propped it open, and chased him towards it. He seemed happy to use the exit to the screen porch! Next I opened the screen door and chased him out the door. He moved so fast that he wasn't much more than a blur! Our cats are allowed on the screen porch, but not outside. Obviously there was a place to gain entrance to the screen porch, and thus the cat door into the house. But I sure didn't see where it was. (Hubby found it and patched it this morning).
The whole time, Monster put on a great show of spitting and hissing, with the intruder screaming a few times. But I don't think they actually touched each other. The 2 younger cats stayed as far away as possible, with the youngest hiding for the next couple of hours before creeping into bed with me.
Needless to say, I didn't get to sleep right away - took until 5:30 a.m. Glad I didn't have to wake up early! But I finally fell asleep and had a dream that cats were coming into the house from broken a/c / heating vent. And a really cute Himalayan kitten appeared. So it wasn't too bad, lol!
BTW - hubby slept through the whole thing. In the morning, he said he did hear some cats fighting, but figured I was taking care of them, so just slept peacefully.
As I said, an interesting night!
