Pushy is BACK!!!!!
We were outside last evening working in the garden when our friend Caroleen drove up. As she got out of her car she started to babble excitedly in french and she and Peggy went nuts, scrambling around. When they finally told me what they were talking about, I joined the hunt.
Caroleen had seen Puskin, and the two were in hot pursuit. I asked Caroleen where she saw Pushy and told them to stop chasing. I asked them to go back to the garden and stated that I would try to get behind Pushy in a wide arc and see if I could get her to run to them. This trick did not work.
Peggy and Caroleen went into the house to work on some project (THE LETS GET PEGGY OUT OF WORKING IN THE GARDEN PROJECT) and I remained at the garden. After a while, just when I was about to water, Puskin came slowly up towards me. I sat down and grabbed a long thin leaf and started to twirl it and rub it against the ground. Pushy was putty in my hands for this game. She slowly stalked the reed and soon pounced. As she was now within reach I simply grabbed her and took her into the house; without too much scratching and clawing.
After securing Pushy into the house I returned to finish in the garden. I worked for another half hour of so and when I was cleaning up I heard the worst cat noise, and assumed it came from outside. When I got into the house Caroleen and Peggy were monitoring a vicious stand-off between Pushy and Munchkin, with poor Neko suffering as collateral damage.
My assumption was that the new 'wild Pushkin' was being the tough guy and giving her helpless, spastic sister trouble but nothing could be further from the truth. Poor Pushkin was trying to be nice to her sister and Munckin wanted NOTHING to do with her. It is so wierd. Yesterday Munchkin moped around looking and meowing for her sister. Now her sister was home and she was attacking her. Was it jealousy?
We think that it must be smell. And we think that Muchkin does not see well (explains more things). After running around outside with probably every male cat in site Pushy must smell different. We have contemplated a bath (get real!) but are now thinking of just wiping her down with diaper wipes and waiting for the smell to go away.
Also tomorrows trip to the vet (spading time) might help cure that tomcat odor.
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FOP, it's like you were there! In fact, Caroline and I were talking about your weight!
As for Pushy, she is being "spaid" tomorrow, not "spaded". Just sayin.'
Update: Things continue to improve, although Munchkin still hisses whenever Pushkin comes too close. Except at feeding time. Then their two plates are side by side and Munchkin just has to deal with it or starve.
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