Louis Catorze’s friend Donnie now visits on a daily basis, often stopping by multiple times a day.
Cat Daddy and I are ok with this as long as Catorze remains happy to see his friend. We hope it won’t turn into something oppressive or threatening, and that Donnie won’t become that pleasant-but-too-needy friend who pops round unannounced and who doesn’t seem to know when to leave. (If you’ve ever had that friend, you will know how difficult it is to tell someone to get lost when they’re just being friendly and their only crime is no awareness of boundaries.)
It’s always the same routine when Donnie comes over: he sits outside the cat flap and screams, Catorze goes out to join him, then they either sit and stare at each other in our garden or they pitter-patter off into the Zone Libre. If Catorze isn’t available when he arrives, Donnie will sit outside and wait.
The route from Donnie’s place to ours takes him through many gardens, over many fences and through the Zone Libre, which is Foxy Loxy’s domain. For the moment Catorze is always the one to host Donnie at Le Château but, should Donnie ever decide to return the gesture, I don’t like the thought of Catorze crossing the Zone Libre to get there. The foxes are becoming braver and more aggressive; Dog Mamma caught one cornering Blue the Smoke Bengal in her garden recently, and she had to intervene. I wouldn’t want Catorze or Donnie squaring up to a whole foxy gang in the inaccessible Zone Libre.
Sa Maj is an old boy and we imagined he would be taking it easy in his twilight years, not gallivanting around town with young whippersnappers like Donnie. But we’re glad he’s enjoying himself.
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They are like two peas in a pod. Without the tooth or the collar showing, I can’t tell them apart. I think it’s adorable especially since Louis is…well…Louis!
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Yes, we also struggle to tell them apart from afar!
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I knew foxes were a nuisance to hen breeders. I didn’t know they could be dangerous to cats.
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Neither did we until Dog Mamma’s story! 😱
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It’s nice he has a friend. If he was a child, I would probably be more comfortable with the friend coming to my house. Since cats are a bit like children, I think it is the same.
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Yes, so far they don’t seem to have had the idea of meeting at Donnie’s house (to my knowledge), and I hope it stays that way!
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Let’s hope Donnie continues to be happy commuting!!! xx
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I hope so! He does it about 9,983 times a day so he can’t mind that much!
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Purrayers that both the boys stay safe. In fact that all the cats stay safe from Reynard.
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Thank you! It’s a bit of a worry, isn’t it, especially having believed that foxes don’t attack cats and then having the contrary proven?
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It’s good to have nice friends
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They really are good buddies!
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