laura_seabrook | Tabby (Reply)

Guess who turned up today?

I was feeding Gabby and Xena out the back. Gabby goes on of the garden shed (or old duck pen) to eat, and in the afternoons Xena either usually goes on top of a platform (perch) I built on top of the fence, or while Hallie's about, just next door. For that I put her food on a plastic plate and lower it to the ground on the other side of the fence using a child's gardening hoe (hey, this works!).

Did so today, and when I went back to retrieve it shortly afterwards, I saw a grey cat looking at me.

I called out "Tabby" and it immediately meowed at me and came closer, so it's a good guess that this is Tabby that I mentioned yesterday. I probably made a big mistake, but I took pity on him and fed him a sachet of wet cat food. Xena was less than impressed as the next photo shows.

Thing is, I think that Tabby and Xena have been "sharing" next door's back yard for some time. Someone is living there again as well, though I'm not sure if it's Alex or not. In any case, it seems that Tabby hasn't been "knocked on the head" just yet. Perhaps they've already moved and left him behind.

If I don't see Tabby again I'll know that they probably did put him down, though it'd be odd if he adopted me now. I'd assumed he wouldn't get through the cordon of Xena/Gabby/Ebony, but Xena seemed only mildly annoyed at me feeding him.

Perhaps I'll be known as the "mad cat woman" of Charlton Street"!