A Bit Of Cattiness About The House.

Jealousy gets you nowhere.

For some odd reason which now in retrospect we regret rather a lot, we started to take the princess out for walks on a leash. Walks is a bit of an overstatement as she sniffs about within a two meter radius from the front door. If she hears a footfall of an approaching pedestrian she high tails it inside.

Twice a day either one of us can be seen taking Mausi out and about the garden. Odd indeed and I wouldn't blame anyone for keeling over in a fit of laughter. I would have. Well, now that we've started her walkies, there is no stopping her. Literally. At odd times she will put on a soap opera in front of the door until Bob gets up to take her outside. Oh yes, a spoiled cat.

Since she has joined our family she has been having nose kisses through the mosquito netting with Tigger the feral queen. Oh, her eyes light up as they alight on the princess so one could safely assume that should they meet without a netting, that a lot of hugging would occur. Not so, the minute Tigger spots Mausi, she throws a great big hissy fit and at times gives her a bit of a swipe with her paw. Cat behaviour, at times easy to read and at others a quagmire of problems.

Our two tomcats have yet to realize that a young maven is parading under their noses. Makes me ponder at their age if they don't give any attention to a young beauty like our cat.

What the future holds or if the future will hold Mausi inside is not yet determined because Bob and I tend to forget that the reason we got her in the first place was to counteract the mice who felt at home in our house. Since she's been part of our family, the mice have beaten a hasty retreat and possibly tried their luck with our next door neighbour. One mice season ( after harvest and through winter ) we managed to evict 16 of them, so you can see our need for an inside cat.

Biggi