I went out a little while ago and saw a greyish shape hiding under my car. Assuming it was Cassie (one of my ferals), I went in and got her dinner. When I went back out, who should I see but the cat I called “Hat”!
“Hat” is easy to identify – a medium large gray cat with faint tabby markings and ears which are scarred and disfigured – bent over on his/her head … hence the name “Hat”. “Hat” is at least 5 years old and may be a half (or possibly full) sibling to my ‘Bika – a kitten from her mother’s prior litter. Like ‘Bika, Hat has a very, VERY long tail.
I hadn’t seen “Hat” in over 18 mos!
Hat doesn’t “know” me, so (s)he left without dinner, slinking off into the woods. I felt bad. Immediately afterwards, the “real” Cassie came along – she was hungry and even approached a few steps when I tossed treats to her.
So the colony, as sighted within the last month currently consists of:
- Cassie
- Kit (Hasn’t been around much, but I caught him asleep in my chair one time)
- Hat!
- MomCat (hangs out here, may belong to someone)
- O.C. (Orange cat – Almost always with MomCat, also may belong to someone. No actual sighting, but found some clumps of orange fur on my chair)
