A new friend?

@TheHorse (205259)
Walnut Creek, California
July 10, 2020 11:59am CST
Two evenings ago, as I was sitting at my desk, a face appeared just inside my door. At first I thought raccoon. Then I saw it was a kitty. I got up and it ran outside, but stopped to look at me. I meowed at it and brought it a tiny bit of the sushi I was eating. The kitty gobbled it up. Its tummy looked small, and I could tell it was hungry. I opened up a can of tuna, and gave the kitty maybe 1/4 of the can. The kitty ate it pretty quickly. It then came up to me, let me pet it, and rolled over on its back for a tummy rub. So this kitty HAS been around humans, I thought. I went back inside to do more writing, and the kitty wandered off to do cat things across the parking lot. After about 10 minutes, I meowed at it again, and it ran across the parking lot and up the stairs. I gave it another 1/4 can of tuna and then another back and tummy rub. By then I was suckered in. I brought it (I think it was a her) more tuna and made a bed for her out of an old blanket I had in my closet. I rubbed her back and my armpit and then rubbed the blanket with our aromas so the bed would smell familiar. When I went to bed, she was sitting atop the stairs, where she had access to the parking lot or me. The next morning I saw some fur on the blanket bed, but kitty was gone. I didn't see her last night, so maybe she's an apartment complex trollop kitty. I do hope she visits again.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
10 Jul 20
Oh how nice. She looks beautiful. If you are feeding it, then you need to go ahead and name her. She is yours. She will return.
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@TheHorse (205259)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Jul 20
Hmm. I will call her..Kitty!
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• United States
10 Jul 20
@TheHorse That name works out well. If you go out and call "Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty" every cat in the neighborhood will come running and you'll have your choice. If her belly is thin then she isn't getting enough to eat and she will be back to someone who is a good feeder. I'm a sucker for feeding cats well. I tend to buy human tuna for the cats along with giving them samples of my salmon, shrimp and other fish treats I get for myself. Oh and I also will cut up pieces of my chicken for them too. They don't leave their samples behind and they also wash their dishes clean too, they think they're saving me work.
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@TheHorse (205259)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Jul 20
@BearArtistLady Oh, my, I hadn't thought of that! I talked to a cat friend (actually a human) who said that cat food is just as expensive as tuna!
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@much2say (53916)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Jul 20
Well I hope she comes back . . . and if she keeps coming back, you should start the kitty chronicles!
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@much2say (53916)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Jul 20
@TheHorse But you are the tuna guy . . . she may come back for that .
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@TheHorse (205259)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Jul 20
@much2say You mean it's not...true love?
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@TheHorse (205259)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Jul 20
Heh. I'll let the MyLot world know if I see her again. I think she may already have some human friends around here.
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
10 Jul 20
How precious! I hope she returns. If not, you should get yourself a sweet little kitty.
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@TheHorse (205259)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Jul 20
We shall see! I had the same horse for 23 years. I'm wondering what pet to get next.
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
10 Jul 20
@TheHorse That's a tough decision. I would get a kitty if I had it in me. I just can't. I'm still crying over Doodles.
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@TheHorse (205259)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Jul 20
@DianneN That's kind of the way I feel. Two of my best friends ever have been horses. No way I can replace my best gal.
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@LindaOHio (155562)
• United States
10 Jul 20
She will probably return if she gets hungry. You may end up with her as a pet.
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@TheHorse (205259)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Jul 20
I wonder if she's been neutered, has her shots, etc. She didn't have a collar on.
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@TheHorse (205259)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Jul 20
@LindaOHio Tramp! But that's actually pretty likely. She sure did seem hungry, though.
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@LindaOHio (155562)
• United States
10 Jul 20
@TheHorse Maybe she just wanders from house to house and gets fed once and a while?
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@Janet357 (75656)
11 Jul 20
Look at that sideway glance she is gorgeous in fairness.
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@TheHorse (205259)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Jul 20
I've talked to a couple of neighbors. She visits them too. Why do I always fall for trollops?
@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
10 Jul 20
cats are interesting creatures there is no doubt.
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@TheHorse (205259)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Jul 20
As you know, I think they run the human world.
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
11 Jul 20
@TheHorse i know my dog thinks he runs my world!
@snowy22315 (169638)
• United States
10 Jul 20
Sounds like a match made in heaven. I hope she comes back.
@yugocean (9965)
• India
10 Jul 20
She had her food and bed from you, she may come back when she needs again.
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@TheHorse (205259)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Jul 20
That's the cat way of thinking. Heh.
@FourWalls (61951)
• United States
10 Jul 20
Watch out. This is how JJ got suckered in!
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@TheHorse (205259)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Jul 20
Did Scar and his minions take JJ in?
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@wolfgirl569 (94778)
• Marion, Ohio
11 Jul 20
Pretty cat.
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@TheHorse (205259)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Jul 20
We will see if she comes to visit this evening. I will be working on my book and eating pasta after I go swimming.
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@moffittjc (118365)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 Jul 20
Well, if nothing else, you made a friend. She'll be back when she wants some more delicious tuna!
@Hannihar (129379)
• Israel
13 Jul 20
By The Horse @TheHorse The kitty knew you were a friend and you fed him or her so she or he decided to say thank you for coming up to you and letting you pet her or him. Also she did not want to get too attached to you because she was not sure of you yet. I hope she visits you again. She is quite pretty in the picture and very well taken care of. Did she have a collar on her? She be an outdoor cat.
@dgobucks226 (34300)
10 Jul 20
Nice looking cat looks similar to one I owned growing up. One thing about cats, they know how to find a meal and an easy mark to feed them
@sarik1 (6746)
11 Jul 20
So lovely looking cat. i hope will come back to you.