Hello, I’m Christopher! Learn my introduction to study extra about me and my foolish Russian Blue cat, Olga.
Out of doors cats get pleasure from their freedom and aren’t as weak to weight problems as indoor felines. Though they need to dodge rushing automobiles, keep away from predators, and deny their urges to devour antifreeze and different poisonous chemical compounds, they not often get bored. The rodents and songbirds maintain them entertained till they’re able to nap on the roof of a automobile or a neighbor’s garden chair.
Olga’s Origin
After Olga and her siblings had been born, their proprietor dumped them in a ditch. I’m uncertain if she was born open air or how lengthy she stayed within the ditch earlier than the Humane Society rescued her, however the expertise might have affected her love of the pure world. She’s an indoor feline who has by no means tried to run exterior.
She runs to the entrance door when she hears the doorbell, naps on the windowsill, and stays glued to the home windows close to the fowl feeder, however she doesn’t appear eager about venturing out. When the birds in my yard get too near the backdoor, Olga assaults the blinds and rubs her paws on the glass, which feels like somebody cleansing a windshield with a squeegee.
Avoiding the Yard
If I open the door, she runs away. I’m glad I don’t have to fret about her sneaking out, but it surely’s unusual that she’s afraid of the yard, even when it’s filled with squawking birds. I like birds and wouldn’t encourage her to hunt them, however I’m extra involved in regards to the anoles and skinks in my yard. They’re simpler to hunt, and if Olga developed a style for them, there can be fewer round to eat houseflies, gnats, mosquitos, and roaches.
Olga may hesitate to step open air due to the massive canine inhabitants in my neighborhood. Nonetheless, she’s extra alarmed by the sound of helicopters, sizzling air balloons, and rubbish vehicles than barking canine. She doesn’t have a lot expertise with canines and didn’t appear too involved when a big stray one way or the other squeezed by way of a niche in my fence and fortunately defecated close to her favourite fowl feeder.
The Snow Day
A number of years in the past, I walked exterior with Olga to see what she thought in regards to the snow overlaying my yard. We had been exterior for lower than a minute, however she couldn’t wait to get again inside. She jumped off my shoulder, walked cautiously towards the again door, and screamed at me to point out her disapproval. I’m certain that didn’t enhance her view of the skin world, however she’s simply as reluctant to go open air when the grass is inexperienced and the wildlife is plentiful.
I don’t really feel as responsible about depriving her of the recent air when she appears content material to play with instruments and destroy the furnishings. She stays in form by working laps round the home and taking part in fetch, and whereas she lights up when she sees a fowl within the yard, she doesn’t get anxious or depressed by her confinement. Home cats might have predator DNA and the instincts to chase and pounce, however Olga is joyful in her indoor world.
This text is part of Christopher and Olga’s sequence.
