Flower cats

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Taking these was inspired by "Frida" (see here), posting them was inspired by bunn's cat in the hat.

This is Veverita (which means "Squirrel" in Romanian and is pronounced "veh-veh-ree-tsah"). She is always the first to appear at the slightest hint of food.



This is her again:



See more of her here.

This is Chacha (Chah-chah):



And this is the "Frida" guy who was the inspiration behind us dropping flowers on the poor village cats' heads for five minutes. He was the trickiest to get because unlike the girls, the boys here do not let humans touch them almost at all.



More village cats here.

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That sucks. Nobody poisons them here, they are essential to keeping the population of mice under control. They do what they want and most of them never come into the house, they usually have a separate heated place to winter. The boys are not castrated and they somewhat regulate the population by fighting off other boys we were told. The girls are let to become mothers once and then they are fixed but in such a way that they do not lose the desire to have fun with the boys. They told us here that there are two ways to fix the girls, one where they lose interest in boys and the second one where they don't and they use the second one here. I am still not sure how true this is. These guys probably do live shorter lives than the castrated never-leave-the-house lot but I think their lives are much more exciting, I would certainly choose it over the safety of being locked up inside.

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Yeah, that's what I told my husband when our Tyke disappeared. I'm sure he was happy for getting to go outside and be with all the other cats. Even if it meant he only lived 5 years instead of 20. :(