Cat
The gray feral cat has a serious injury. He wasn't around for a couple of days, and when I saw him in the back yard today he was missing a bunch of fur around his neck and left shoulder, and there was a nasty looking red sore at least two inches long and an inch wide inside the fur-less patch. A couple of nights ago (I think it was Wednesday) I heard a bunch of coyotes yelping and howling with excitement in a field a few hundred feet from my back yard, and I thought they were having a fight among themselves. I now think they might have caught the gray cat and bitten him before he could escape.
He ate just a little bit this evening and then vanished. He probably doesn't want to stay around a place where another, tougher feral cat shows up frequently. It's going to be cold tonight, so I hope he finds a warm place to sleep. His injury looks bad enough that I have doubts about his survival. It's the sort of thing that's apt to get infected. I'm really going to miss that kitty if he dies. I like the other (less skittish, if not exactly friendly) feral cat, but the gray one has always been my favorite, even though he won't get within ten feet of me.
He ate just a little bit this evening and then vanished. He probably doesn't want to stay around a place where another, tougher feral cat shows up frequently. It's going to be cold tonight, so I hope he finds a warm place to sleep. His injury looks bad enough that I have doubts about his survival. It's the sort of thing that's apt to get infected. I'm really going to miss that kitty if he dies. I like the other (less skittish, if not exactly friendly) feral cat, but the gray one has always been my favorite, even though he won't get within ten feet of me.