Can't Escape!

@Genipher (5405)
United States
October 27, 2017 5:18pm CST
When we moved two months ago we thought we had left the feral cats behind. We thought we were safe. We thought we were free. We were wrong. There's a fluffy, gray critter that's discovered our RV. More importantly, he's discovered that when I sweep, little bits of food will come flying out of our rig. So he sticks around for the scraps, even going so far as to yowl at us in the wee hours of the morn for some "crumbs". I'd be tempted to take him with us when we leave except...he's not friendly. We can't get close to him without him darting away. He truly is a feral. Poor little freeloader...I wonder why he isn't out catching rats?
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (57231)
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27 Oct 17
Getting crumbs from your table is less work I suppose.
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Genipher
@Genipher (5405)
• United States
27 Oct 17
This cat knows a good thing when he sees it!
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Jennifer
@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
28 Oct 17
We adopted the stray cat at our old home. He came up to me first (I'm terrified of cats) but he was so sweet! He kissed/licked me and purred on me. I realized he was not a scary cat and our kids fell in love with him too so we took him in. =) He would meow outside our door for food and water too.
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Jennifer
@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
28 Oct 17
@Genipher Yes we have Pebbles. I could not keep any cat that scratches my kids-that is why I have never liked cats before, they are usually tempermental. Pebbles isn't though. When Julian (18 months) pulls his tail or pulls on his paw he literally just meows! I know Julian is probably messing with him so I get him away from Pebbles but he never ever hurts him-which definitely surprises me... I tell Julian all the time if I was that cat I probably would bite or scratch you! Lol.
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Genipher
@Genipher (5405)
• United States
28 Oct 17
@LovingMyBabies What a good cat! Yeah, I was starting to cave and consider the idea of buying some cat food but now that it has scratched.... Oh, and a few minutes ago the kids left the door open and the cat came into the RV. Cheeky fella!
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Genipher
@Genipher (5405)
• United States
28 Oct 17
We just discovered this cat isn't a feral. I called it and it came running to be loved on! However, my daughter didn't let it go when it wanted loose and she got scratched. sigh. Do you still have the cat that adopted you?
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KrauseHome
@KrauseHome (36445)
• United States
28 Oct 17
Interesting... Wanting you to continue to feed him, but not wanting you to get close. Maybe he has had bad experiences trying to catch Rats?
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Genipher
@Genipher (5405)
• United States
28 Oct 17
Last night we found out he's not feral...he's just a scardey-cat. My daughter coaxed him out from under the RV and he let her love on him...and then took our attention as permission to dart inside the RV!
Jabo
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
28 Oct 17
I suppose feral cats have to get what they can, where they can. We don't have any around us.
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Genipher
@Genipher (5405)
• United States
28 Oct 17
You're lucky, then. They tend to villify everything by spraying and can get really loud when they decide to fight over a female. We used to have a cat "colony" on our street. On the plus side, I never saw a mouse or rat!
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
28 Oct 17
@Genipher Ha - silver lining!
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Genipher
@Genipher (5405)
• United States
28 Oct 17
@jaboUK I try to find those as often as I can.
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s sivasubrahmanyam
@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
28 Oct 17
Better you use some flat metal surfaces to pick up such things after the sweep is over.
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Genipher
@Genipher (5405)
• United States
28 Oct 17
Like a dustpan? Yup, that's what we use for big jobs. But crumbs and dirt get swept outside.
Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20254)
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28 Oct 17
The feral cats can't get the feral rats! (I saw city rats fought with city cats/dogs and won big time! My guess is feral rats are worse, more aggressive!)
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Genipher
@Genipher (5405)
• United States
28 Oct 17
That sounds scary! I've actually never seen a rat There has been plenty of mice, though. Our hosts told us that there are rats out here so I just assumed the cat would feast on them. Or maybe he HAS eaten them and now he's run out of game to hunt...?
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Genipher
@Genipher (5405)
• United States
28 Oct 17
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20254)
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28 Oct 17
@Genipher The city rat I saw was big almost like my adult cat minus the soft fur. If you ever watched Charlotte's web, you will understand my description, Templeton the rat in there is real big,
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