Blood and Feathers

[bellinghman]

... are not what I want to have to cope with at stupid o'clock of a morning.

Damn cat. In the 36 hours since we reclaimed him from the cattery, that was the fourth time he'd brought in a pigeon. Having to wake up, grab cat, grab pigeon, keep cat from pigeon and pigeon from flying off round bedroom (though it was pretty stunned, and probably about dead anyway), etc., etc., is not conducive to a good night's sleep.

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[the-warwick.livejournal.com]

Same pigeon or different ones?

[caerleon.livejournal.com]

There's good eating on one of those you know..

[glinda-w.livejournal.com]

ah, yes, they *do* know how to let us know they're displeased that their slaves left them, don't they?

Annie (the 10-year-old long-haired/Siamese mix - looks very like a Himalayan - that I acquired, not entirely intentionally, three days before I left for Iceland) *seems* quite affectionate, but it's all just a plot to power-shed that lovely long fur.

--g, drowning in cat hair

[bellinghwoman.livejournal.com]

...and there was yet another one that I caught Talia in the middle of eating in the conservatory when I got back from town this afternoon :-(

[kelvix.livejournal.com]

I have always wanted Whisky to bring home a pigeon - I think it is her duty to kill fluffy /furry things: I don't want to hamper her feline development. Somehow encouraging noises have not resulted in her winning the Order of the Pigeon or Squirrel - she seems to prefer to play with the fluffy/furry/scaly things she finds. Like the slowworm, frogs or other small things.

Recently, however, she has failed to bring home anything of interest: I have not had a Present bought for over a year, which means she is getting lazy. Middle age-spread is setting in, too.

So congratulations on your pigeon (sorry about the maggots, ew)!

[sparrowsion]

It's this sort of thing that makes me not feel too bad at being woken up an stupid o'clock by Parsley sticking his face into mine and purring loudly. That's a civilized annoyance. And since I frequently wake up for no apparent reason at stupid o'clock anyway, it's kind of nice to have a reason. He's still not brought anything in, despite the warnings that he would—although gywnipeghas.