There’s another cat in the neighborhood here in Greeley. It’s like Cat City here. When I first saw her I thought she was Kitty because she’s a greyish calico (Kitty’s solid grey).  She looks to be just out of kittenhood (if that’s a word). She seems to be comfortable around humans (and dogs, other cats such as Kitty and the chickens thankfully), so I think she must have come from another family, maybe another neighborhood family cat that had kittens? But, she really likes our house a lot even though we’ve tried to ignore her. She sits at the back door and the front door and just stares at us -or sometimes mews.

Mirror Cats -Kitty inside and the other one outside

“Please, please just acknowledge my presence,” she seems to plead with those eyes.

Britton put some food out even after we had some discussion about whether we wanted to encourage the behavior or have another cat to feed. We just hate to see an animal starve! But she didn’t seem too interested in the food. No, she just wanted some lovin’.

So, I finally gave in and picked her up and held her. She purred and purred as she rested in my lap.

With Christmas Cat

Maybe she just wanted out of the cold for a few minutes. I’m not sure. Callie showed up in the same sort of way, except she was a Halloween cat. She showed up in October a few years back and she had black and orange fur. This one, I think we’ll have to name Christmas Cat.

I don’t want another batch of kittens to show up in the window well of our basement again as happened with Callie, so I’m going to call a few veterinary clinics and see if any of them do free or reduced spaying for stray cats. At least we know Kitty couldn’t be the father as he’s been neutered for a long time. With Callie we waited too long thinking, well, she’s not really our cat. This little girl looks to be just entering her fertile maturity so it would be good to do that sooner than later. I’m going to ask around the neighborhood to see if she belongs to anyone first though. But take it from Bob Barker, people. Spay and neuter your animals! Please!