I've got a squatter.

[flvegan]

Yep. With all the dogs and all the craziness here, an orange tabby has become a resident. I've seen him come and go, raiding the catfood bowl every day. Tonight, I realized that he's moved in. In our carport, there's a shelf that I had put a dog bed up on. The dogs had taken to trying to tear it apart, so I took it away from them and put it up on this shelf. I went out to put some recycles out, and there he is, up on that shelf, nestled into that bed.

He's doesn't seem to care for people, thought he's stopped running away from me. He's got a perfect little warm spot.

Welcome, new kitty!

[KitchenWitch]

1. You have been assimilated.

[LeftyMom]

2. Word gets out that there's a sucker in the neighborhood.

Talk later, I have to go tend my mother.

[Shakespeare]

3. aaawwwwwwwww

"so, yeah, dude, I heard you're, like, cool with couch surfers and stuff..."

Congratulations on your new resident.

[bicentennial_baby]

4. Yay!

It's so funny...at my parents' house, a few ferals got the basement window open, and so the crew of 5-6 sleeps in there in the winter. So I go out there around 8 am to do the outdoor feeding, and within 2 minutes, there's a little procession of cats in their path through the snow straight to the garage for teh food.

:D

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. Did you see XemaSab's recent post on Oak trees and their

insect-friendly extrusions? Certain types of insect, actually rather quite a few types, sting the bark and it extrudes "boils" in which the insects may thrive.

Trees are ecosystems. They happily support many other types of life, and are one of my favorite things ever. You appear to be rather tree-like, yourself. :thumbsup:

[lizziegrace]

6. As I was reading your post

I had no earthly idea where you were going. But you ended up in the right place. :D

[Fire Walk With Me]

8. I realized that as I was typing it...not the finest start to a metaphor..insects stinging and such..

My heart is in the right place, but that place is rather clunky :blush:

[lizziegrace]

10. Point made

however clunkily. ;)

:hug:

[flvegan]

12. Wow, thank you.

That was very kind of you to say.

[Shakespeare]

13. It appears you may be an Ent.

High praise, indeed. :thumbsup:

[Fire Walk With Me]

16. An Ent with pitbulls and a tabby.

Mordor is FUCKED.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. sounds like an analogy for The Fountain

weird movie, that one.

[Raven]

7. Goddamnit! I've got a code!!!! You've got more posts. Heartless DU'ers!

[lizziegrace]

17. I'm sorry you've got a cold

:(

[Runcible Spoon]

9. smart, lucky cat to have picked your car port!

Thanks for being awesome to the less fortunate creatures :hug:

New kitty Leeloo approves:

[CreekDog]

11. I love orange kitties

:loveya:

Never met one I didn't love.

[mentalsolstice]

14. You've got "Sucka" written across your forehead.

Not to worry, we do too. One cat, two dogs, and a parrot. Go figure who we weren't adopted by.

[Jamastiene]

18. Awwwwwwwwww,

Yer a daddy again. :hug:

[LeftyMom]

19. And it may be too late to tell you this, but orange kitties are invariably crazy.

Except Piglet, but she's really more pink than orange.

[Bertha Venation]

20. This made me smile.

:thumbsup:

[Blue Diadem]

21. Ohhhh, you have officially been chosen to be owned

by an orange tabby. :)

[TZ]

22. Congratulations on being adopted!

You have been found worthy to be a cat's human...:)

[spinbaby]

23. We have one, too!

Orange tom. Had an affair with our kitten when she went into heat for the first time at four months old. Stayed around for the meals. Wound up in our bed. I think he has a home somewhere, though--he's only around part time. Makes it hard to try to schedule the vet for him.

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. If you find a big (I mean big) old black kitty...send him to me.

It's Merlin and he's lost.

[ThomCat]

25. Are the dogs all cool with the cat?

Congratulations on acquiring the new member of your extended family. :)

[flvegan]

26. He's only met the two youngest puppies.

And by met, I mean they have no idea he's there. He just watches them from his perch, full of smugness.