Hiss

[rejectomorph]

The sound of cats yowling at one another has been going on for about ten minutes. It's somewhere across the street now, but it started down the block to the south. I went out to see what I could see, but my flashlight revealed nothing. The striped kitty is in my back yard, so I think one of the yowlers must be the big gray cat, and the other most likely is the white faced gray cat. So far, there's been nothing but the yowling that comes before a cat fight. Apparently, neither one of them wants the confrontation to turn into a full-on fight. Maybe they remember how annoyed I get when they fight. Last time these two got into a contretemps in my back yard, I went out and broke it up. Both kitties are afraid of me, despite the fact that I feed them, so it wasn't difficult to scatter them. They later fought beyond my back fence, where I couldn't go, but I haven't heard any bickering between them since, unless that's them right now. Bad kitties.

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It's continued to get cooler for the last few days, but the fun's over. The temperature will start rising again tomorrow and days will be back into the 90s by the weekend. At least the nights won't get much warmer than they've been this week. I'm still not feeling very energetic, though. It's the summer doldrums. Need to drink more freezy stuff.

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[sonicsonia.livejournal.com]

i am following your notes on the cats in your back yard and i hope the white face (that is a bit older, right?) wont be to tough on the gray one . . .

on our yard we have a street cat that is suffering really bad, and is very aggressive. i dont know what to do with it since he (i think) most certainly wont survive the winter :(

[rejectomorph]

White faced kitty is older, but both are full grown and I think gray kitty may even be a bit larger. White faced kitty probably gets the worst of any fights the two of them get into.

Street cats have a difficult life. Feral cats in this town are pretty lucky. Not only is the weather fairly mild most of the winter, but the woods and fields are full of things to catch and eat, and lots of local yards have sheds that provide some shelter from rain and cold.