Record temps

[fuse]

Just went in to set table for tea
Obviously got too hot and tried to cool on the slate placements.
Not our cat.

 

[Mike G]

Not your cat! So some strange cat wanders into your house and plonks itself down on your table! The cheek. The nerve.

 

[fuse]

We know which ones belong to which neighbours but cannot account for this one.
Its been hanging around for a while.
A bit skinny but overall in good condition
It was grateful for the leftovers after sleeping halfway through the meal.

 

[AJB Temple]

We get this as well. We have two cats, presumably pedigree as one has tiger stripes and the other leopard spots, patrol our garden twice a day in a set routine / route. As if they own the place (which in their minds no doubt they do). Every now and again if we leave a door open, one sneaks in for a look round. Occasionally has a nap on the cold stone laundry room floor. I'm actually allergic to cats but they are so bold and beautiful that I put up with the visits. We don't feed them and have no idea which humans they own.

 

[RogerS]

Cats. Spawn of Satan.. No more to be said.

 

[Pete Maddex]

We know which ones belong to which neighbours but cannot account for this one.
Its been hanging around for a while.
A bit skinny but overall in good condition
It was grateful for the leftovers after sleeping halfway through the meal.

You have been chosen to look after this cat, I am deeply jealous.

Pete

 

[PAC1]

For over a year a ginger cat has tried to adopt us. We do not feed it and eventually it goes somewhere else to be fed. A few weeks later it will return hang around for a while and try to convince us to change our minds then off again. I share Roger's conclusion.

 

[Accipiter]

Possibly so Roger... but:

"During the siege of Leningrad (as St. Petersburg was known then), citizens suffered from severe hunger. They ate all the cats in the city, which resulted in an infestation of rats. Hordes of rodents broke into houses and storages, devouring the last scarce food supplies.

The city authorities hunted the rats down, shot them, even squashed them with tanks, but nothing helped. That is why when the blockade was broken in 1943, wagons full of cats were the first to enter the city.

The “meowing division,” as it was called, quickly dealt with the problem and rescued the city from the army of disease peddlers. Monuments to these cats from grateful citizens can be seen today in St. Petersburg."

https://www.rbth.com/history/329614-cats-and-camels-helped-wwii"

 

[shafiq]

Thats amazing thanks for sharing @Accipiter

Our cat (a beautiful Russian blue) only gets the very best food but not lots of it. She has to come enter the house (through an upstairs window) using leaps; jumps with maybe a somersault thrown in. Our street is full of cats of which we appreciate though sometimes the poop outside can get a bit annoying.

2 doors down a fat cat lives called Jesse. That house has 4 cats and a cathouse for each. Jesse is a greedy fat thing and eats everyone else's food. Every so often we see her having been indoors at ours and eating Mittens food. We don't condone it or encourage it, but we don't shout at her either.

Other cats that are often hungry (or just greedy... but some horrible owners probably live in the vicinity) often come to our door with puppy dog eyes at my wife. She always feeds them and we see it as a badge of honour just how you described...

Just my 2 pence as I love cats. I always leave a bowl of water at the front and the back. Not just for the cats but also the hedgehogs

 

[duke]

Just went in to set table for tea
Obviously got too hot and tried to cool on the slate placements.
Not our cat.
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This is Lucy our tuxedo cat

 

[duke]

Cats. Spawn of Satan.. No more to be said.

Certain ones of ours are.