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Reverb’s having some banana time.
If you missed it on social media yesterday, Rum and Reverb have (finally!) figured out the cat door to the screened in back porch and they LOVE being out there. Look at Reverb, getting his dangle on!
So many things to see and smell out there!
Rum with a leaf hanging from his whiskers. Obviously he’s been sticking his nose in places he shouldn’t!
So yes, after a couple of weeks of being utterly BAFFLED about how Charlie and Khal were going through the cat door, all of a sudden Reverb figured it out. A day or two later, he taught Rum. Rum is still a little iffy on the whole cat door thing (I think he doesn’t like pushing the flap open with his nose), but if he really wants in or out, he’ll do it. They spend a LOT of time out there, snoozing in the sun, watching the bugs and birds through the screen, and just generally enjoying life. We did close the cat flaps to the back yard so they can’t go out there, and have to let Charlie and Khal in and out several times a day, but it’s not a big deal.
(The cat fence around the back yard is still there and works great, but we have never let fosters outside.)
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Rum’s on the landing, watching Charlie keep a very close eye on Rocco, who’s hanging out on the front porch.
A few people asked in various places if Charlie and Khal get along with Rocco. When Rocco is in the house, they mostly ignore him. When they see him outside, they ABSOLUTELY LOATHE THE VERY AIR HE BREATHES. If Charlie is in the back yard and Rocco goes strolling past on the other side of the fence, Charlie has a big ol’ hissy fit with a lot of hissing, growling and yowling. The one time Rocco came into the back yard during the day*, Khal full-on attacked him – which is still shocking to me because in MY experience Khal is an extremely sweet and mild-mannered little baby who wouldn’t hurt a fly. I expected Charlie (given the hissy fits) to attack another cat, but I’d never imagined that Khal would.
* The cat fence keeps our cats in, but doesn’t keep other cats out, and despite his many beds in the garage, Rocco sometimes has the urge to come into the back yard. Since that attack from Khal, Rocco limits his trips into the back yard to night time, and every now and then Fred has to let him out of the back yard first thing in the morning. A handful of times other neighborhood (or passing) cats have come into the back yard, requiring Fred to let them out when he gets up in the morning.
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Posted on social media (Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr/ Bluesky/Threads) yesterday.
Reverb would like you to know that Monday mornings are for sleeping in, and he highly recommends it.
Rum figured out the cat door to the screened-in back porch (Reverb figured it out several days ago), and he’s not sorry (neither of them are.) We’ve closed the cat doors to the back yard and are letting (permanent residents) Khal and Charlie out at various points during the day. (We have a cat fence around our back yard and let Charlie and Khal go out there during the day, but I don’t want Reverb and Rum out there.)
We’ve got a tandem dangle out on the screened porch. (Rumdangle on the left, Reverbdangle on the right.)
Reverb in the sun, on a self-heating blanket thinking “I need to be WARMER.”
Good night innernets. (Rum)
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Previously
2025: A crowded runway, but he stuck the landing!
2024: No entry.
2023: This sisters’ meeting looks like it’s about to get contentious.
2022: Bramble gives his foot the ol’ snifferoo.
2021: The entire family.
2020: They love to cram themselves into the top of the cat tree.
2019: Uh oh. Unexpected visit from the Laundry Inspector and he does NOT look impressed. (Charles)
2018: No entry.
2017: “Mama, Mama, Mama, ::smack!:: Mama, I looove youuuu.”
2016: This looks like some kind of clothing ad for disaffected youths.
2015: “What you doin’, weird lady?”
2014: Orlando was all “I NEEDS CLEANIN’, PLEASE,” and Tricki gave him a lick or two.
2013: No entry.
2012: “Hmmm…. Nah. If I drink that much coffee, I’ll be up ALL night.”
2011: Rooster stomping over to see WHAT in TARNATION is going on.
2010: Jake sniffs Bolitar.
2009: “THIS ARE MY KITTY CONDO YOU STAY AWAY!”
2008: Note that Momma Kitty is kneading the air, and in the background, the little gray tabby’s got her paws in the air like she just don’t care.
2007: No entry.
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.
Robyn what about other animals getting into the back yard? I picture an opposum is about the size of a cat and I know you have them around down there. If they were to get into the back yard, I imagine Fred would have to let them out too, or are they smart enough to get out on their own (or not get in in the first place)?