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| While settling in a week or so ago |
On Sunday I was off and I spent it sorting through my yarn, doing the laundry and calling for Miss Oswin.
Early in the morning I had let her out for the first time. The previous two times she had moved to a new place, I had followed her every step of her way around the property, before scooping her up and bringing her inside again. This time I didn't.
I guess she went outside at around 11 in the morning and I started calling for her from about 2 in the afternoon. Nothing. Not a peep, a miaow or anything! I figured she was busy chasing swallows and such, and gave her another hour.
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| The silly puss! |
And another and another and yet another. By the time I went to bed at 9.30, she still wasn't home. She could be lost: not able to find her way to the new house again. She could be dead, hit by a car. She could be drowning in the marshes that surround us. I fell into an anxious sleep.
At around 2.30 I woke of the noise of fighting cats. The neighbours have several outside cats and they all know each other and don't fight. Which meant: a strange cat, ie Miss O! I didn't fall asleep again, but about an hour later, another fight broke out.
When my alarm sounded at 4.15, the first thing I did was open the front door and there she was: hiding under the car, feeling sorry for herself! She had tufts of hair sticking out everywhere, those awful round sticky weed things all over her fur and there was a slight whiff of something.
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| Still feeling a bit on the down side... |
After giving her some extra food, I left for work and when I came back, she was still feeling a bit sorry for herself. It will be a while before she goes out again!!
Miss Oswin....darlin...I know you are in NI where things are greener but dear one the grass is NOT GREENER outside...please stay in....Hugs madi your bfff
ReplyDeleteOh you poor sweetheart! Sending you luffs and hugs Miss O...you take care of yourself.
ReplyDeleteLoves and licky kisses
Princess Leah xxx
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteOMC - Miss Oswin, you MBC in the WWW, it is heart-rending to see you looking so down in the furs - not to mention to read of Mara's sleepless night from worry over you. Know that she loves you and wants you to be comfy in your new country - take a few more days in the flat and let those locals settle down a bit. No night time sojourns. 'Kay? Hugs and whiskeries, YAM-aunty xxx
She really was down. It took her a couple of days to get back to her normal self. She must have had quite a shock outside!
DeleteWe agree with Miss Madi. With the neighbor cats being outdoor ones it might be time for Miss O to become an indoor only cat.
ReplyDeleteYou must have been worried to death ! I think I would have stayed up the whole night ! Next time she will be more careful and the other cats too ! They will get used to each other ! Unless she really prefers to become an inside cat !
ReplyDeleteI think Miss O is asking the question, Why did you bring me here?
ReplyDeleteShe's not the only one!
DeleteMaybe those bad neighbour cats will mean that she stays close to home when she does go back out.
ReplyDeleteDitto all of the above, but I think Yam has a good idea. Keep her in for a few days, and then when you have a non-working day, go out with her.
ReplyDeleteKay
I would have been a frantic, I could not have gone to bed.
ReplyDeleteOH, kittys and new homes. Always a new challenge.
ReplyDeleteIt was definitely a challenge and it took her a couple of days to get back to normal!
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