Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Back to the Wild

Starting from last week, I took my cat Jay over to my new house in Klang. In PJ, he's allowed to roam the streets and occasionally come into the house when my parents are not around. But in Klang, what with packs of stray dogs and unfamiliar territories, we thought keeping him at the enclosed backyard would be sufficient (I've heard of other people keeping their cats in the cage the whole day long until they return from work!).

It started out okay, he actually got cleaner and fatter and became a bit smarter by escaping into the living and dining area. Since he didn't wreck anything, we relaxed our rules and allowed him to stay in the whole house. Until last Sunday when he cracked a vase by shoving everything off a chest of drawers, left poo-soiled paw prints on the white blinds and generally got the idea he wasn't too happy being cooped up.

So despite a meeting in the morning on Monday, I rushed him back to PJ (with him protesting loudly all the way from his cage) and deposited him at his natural habitat. It was like releasing a wild animal back to his "forest". And you know what the first thing he did? Went right to the back and started mating. Just like a young male.

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