Cats are much more entertaining than I ever realized. Buddy sounds like a great cat. Teddy ate food that we put out for him and the other small animals for about 6 months before he befriended us. We have a “wyzecam” that we now call the “coonie cam” because they are the most frequent visitors these days.
When Teddy was still an outside kitty and the coons would show up he would back away from the bowl of food and wait for them to leave. I had always heard that Racoons could be dangerous to cats, but he didn’t fight with them.
As I said in my last post when he sees them now, he slams himself into the sliding glass door and makes a complete spectacle out of himself until we pick him up and take him upstairs.
Teddy is extremely finicky at this point. We give him both kibble and two little cans of premium cat food per day. Microwaved to a lukewarm temperature and stirred. Doesn’t this sound a little like James Bond but ordering his drink “shaken and not stirred”? His vet seems happy with his weight and health. She said if we got another cat that we would probably have to restrict his diet to keep him from gaining weight from the competition.
I think that people should have two dogs if they are going to be left alone. But at least in Teddy’s case it seems like he does not care that much about feline companionship.
We live in an outlying area where people dump a lot of cats. Teddy was only about a year old when he finally befriended us. But he had obviously had some house training previously because he immediately began using the litter box and has never had an “accident” that we are aware of.
I was afraid that he would stink up the house, but sifting through his litter every day and changing it when it starts to get old seems to keep this under control.
Thanks for telling me about Buddy!
Now almost entirely an indoor cat, Buddy nevertheless likes to stand guard outside at night near the front door. He howls if another cat shows up. He then waits until I come outside to run the intruder off.