We have some new neighbours and they also have a cat. It's already investigating our garden and it won't be much longer before it's joining our cat, our adopted stray - Railway - and our other neighbour's two cats that have made our house their home. It's the underfloor heating that attracts them.
However, the new cat has a problem - its tail is permanently curled under its body. It must have had an accident to its tail at some stage - but that means that, as far as other cats in the neighbourhood are concerned, it's wandering around with the equivalent of two fingers permanently stuck up at the them.
Railway and Kitty are still not getting on too well, but Railway only gets as far as our porch, where he occasionally sprays.
Come summer, I think Railway might be tempted to come into the house through the open French doors, but I honestly hope he doesn't. He must be riddled with fleas and spraying in the house won't be appreciated.
The only cat Kitty doesn't mind too much is the neighbour's ginger tom, but he's probably the most unthreatening cat in the world and, since his road accident, wanders around as if he's in a permanent daze, showing not the slightest hint of aggression to anything or anyone. I think all the other cats realise he's not quite the full shilling.
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