A few weeks ago, my husband was talking about buying collars for our Persian kittens — the kind with tags that contain the pet’s name as well as the name of its owner and his address.
We didn’t think it was something urgent though. The kittens seemed quite content to stay and play in the house and garden. But things happened during the past week that makes buying those pet collars urgent.
An ironing woman, Michelle, comes in three times a week. When I opened the gate for her last Tuesday, the male Persian kitten, Salt, snuck under the gate. He was coming in, not going out. Michelle said she found him outside the gate.
Yesterday was even worse. When I opened the gate, Michelle was holding Salt. She said she saw a little boy a few meters from out gate holding Salt. She called to the boy to tell him that the kitten belonged to us.
I panicked.
For some reason, it is just Salt, the male Persian kitten, who seems to have a penchant for roving. His partner, Pepper, does not even show any interest in the outdoors save for our rear garden. But Salt is different. When someone opens the front door, he would sneak out and run to the garage. Most times, we had to catch him before the car could enter the garage so that he wouldn’t get run over.
I’m wondering… is roving a male cat characteristic or a generic male characteristic?
Of course, we know now that we have to get those pet collars very, very soon.
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I think it might be. Remember I told you we had a cat named Midnight before? He’s a tomcat, and we had him for more than 10 years. He did like going out, but our female cat, Kimmy, stayed at home.
He more or less left the house to take a dump on our neighbor’s roof, but most often, he just liked going out to hang out with other cats or find a mate. I read somewhere that castrated male cats tend to stay at home more like female cats, but my mom didn’t want to castrate Midnight and devoid him of his “hobby.” hehehehe
Hindi ba delikado if you put a collar on him? He might accidentally get hanged or something when he’s fighting with another cat. We didn’t put a collar on Midnight for that reason—baka masakal sya pag nakipag-away.
Nakakatakot kasi mawala sya. Magwawala si Alex. Saka, ang mahal mahal nya para mawala waaaahhhh.
I hope you find your little Salt soon.
Just came across your blog now, I’m a cat lover too but unfortunately I migrated to the states and had to leave my cat w/ my family in Manila – although he is just a tomcat and was a stray when we got him, i love him dearly. He is turning 7 in december and I had him fixed when he was barely a year old to avoid making lakwatsa – it didnt stop him. He does have a collar though that allows him to free himself in case he gets stuck or (god forbid, a fight). As per my family’s update though he has mellowed and no longer goes out as often as before.