GTAngler posted:Tola posted:It might be challenging praying for the cat and the pastor.
But prayer works.
A neighbour's cat been hanging around our house, so we got him some cat food. Now this demanding cat stretches across our doorway outside and wait for us to either open the door or to return home. Should I get him up a tree, for a swing to a new neighbourhood ?
You're doing a good thing feeding a hungry animal. The cat we have now I found when she was a few days old. She was bottle fed, is now 15lbs, will be 5 years old in November and thinks she owns the house. I also have a few strays outside that I feed. We have always had stray cats around that we feed. One has 3 feet so I call him or her 3 foot. Baby heard and the other day when we came home he looked around and asked where "3 little foots" was. I want him to grow up to be kind to animals.
GT, before we had kids, we had two cats that have since passed on. They were Tank and Muffet. We adopted the brother and sister from a house we looked after at Surrey BC in 1972. We called him Tank, because he would sit in the middle of our Vancouver condo living room, wiggle his rear end, sprint for the curtains and swing. When we come home from work, all the books will be knocked off the shelves, because they would chase each other behind the books on the shelves. They would skid across us in bed, as they chase each other. Muffet took travelling in style, but tank hated it. We would sneak them thru the back doors in hotels and spread a towel in the bathtub to sleep, but most times they are in bed with us. I love those cats and miss them tremendously.
Fortunately, our kids were old enough to know them. I am now scanning slides when we first got them and its emotional looking at the pictures.
As I was told some cats do, one day Tank left and never came back. I wish we knew where he died, so we could bury him properly. Muffet died at home. Its hard writing this with teary eyes.
We later got an adult cat name Licorish from friends, who were seldom at home. He too passed on.
I get very upset when I see people leave cats outside in winter. They could be charged with animal cruelty, but we don't want to make bad neighbours and most times we bring them inside.