cats will be cats
May. 30th, 2012 12:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
boxofdelightsThe house was cold when I got home last night. Eventually I noticed that the back door was open. I thought Nixie must have left it open to air things out, and then forgotten; I had noticed that the house smelled worse than usual.
After going to bed I noticed that my eyes were itchy. Am I allergic to dogs now? I wondered. Aiko spent the weekend at my husband's house, but he left plenty of hair here. Eventually I realized that what I was smelling was feral cat. It was so very feral cat that I had to get up and search the house. I didn't find one, but I think one of them must have been inside.
My neighbor feeds them, but they spend more time at my house. My garden has more safe spaces. And birds. And mice. And my foundation has flow-through ventilation, so it's cozier on the outside.
My neighbor and I agree that cats shouldn't live outside. We agree that we don't want them to suffer. She was really pleased when I got them trapped, neutered and returned, and the kittens to people who would tame them and put them up for adoption; pleased enough that she seems to forgive all my other neighborly flaws. That's important. But... I admit, if it were up to me... I'd have them euthanized.
After going to bed I noticed that my eyes were itchy. Am I allergic to dogs now? I wondered. Aiko spent the weekend at my husband's house, but he left plenty of hair here. Eventually I realized that what I was smelling was feral cat. It was so very feral cat that I had to get up and search the house. I didn't find one, but I think one of them must have been inside.
My neighbor feeds them, but they spend more time at my house. My garden has more safe spaces. And birds. And mice. And my foundation has flow-through ventilation, so it's cozier on the outside.
My neighbor and I agree that cats shouldn't live outside. We agree that we don't want them to suffer. She was really pleased when I got them trapped, neutered and returned, and the kittens to people who would tame them and put them up for adoption; pleased enough that she seems to forgive all my other neighborly flaws. That's important. But... I admit, if it were up to me... I'd have them euthanized.
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Date: 2012-05-30 01:04 pm (UTC)