@andy_the_frazzled@lgbtqia.space
2026-10-07 05:25 UTC
I took the trash to the road, then stood frowning at the front of my house and wishing I'd turned on the under-deck lighting as I was certain there was a package there. That's when a movement caught my eye. I turned towards it, prompting another movement. Was the light making me see things or was there something in the dark?
"Meow!"
Meow? Crap. That didn't sound like Talvi, but had he slipped out when I did?
I rushed back to the house to find the door securely shut. But only Novi met me when I came in.
With Talvi not coming when called, I turned on the front lights and went back out, meowing.
"Meow!" came the response.
I followed the meow to the top of the driveway, trying to figure out how to route the cat back to the house rather than scaring him into running off.
I lowered into a couch, "Meow?"
As the cat before me replied with their own meow, I realized this cat was not shaped like my cat.
This cat was larger, one of the largest house cats I've seen. But unlike the other unusually large house cats I've met, they had short hair. Hair that was some shade of light brown...
My husband is convinced I had a conversation with a bobcat. All I know is the feline is probably sad I found the delivery and brought it inside. The box was full of cat food.
#cats #MountainLife
Replies (5)
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@StarkRG@myside-yourside.net 2026-10-07 06:47
@andy_the_frazzled@lgbtqia.space I've heard bobcats growl, but not meow...
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@androcat@toot.cat 2026-10-07 07:34
@andy_the_frazzled@lgbtqia.space You know the saying: If you're confused, they're confused : take them inside! I am pretty sure that is how it goes.
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@TallSimon@mstdn.ca 2026-10-07 11:03
@andy_the_frazzled@lgbtqia.space Max Cat was a farm cat, 11 kg lean, on his hind legs he was shoulder height to the dinner table, and short haired. We think he was a Maine Coons cross.
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@digipooch@lgbtqia.space 2026-10-07 11:50
@andy_the_frazzled@lgbtqia.space cliffhanger! did you ever find Talvi?
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@Clinton@mstdn.party 2026-10-08 01:35
@andy_the_frazzled@lgbtqia.space There are two kinds of bobcat stories. The cute like this and the kind that end with stitches.