A few weeks ago, a cat dropped by while we were gardening.  She is still hanging around and we are beginning to think that maybe she has the intention to stay.

It began one evening when we were doing some gardening and suddenly we heard meowing from the other end of the garden.  Then…she appeared.  We wondered and are still wondering where did she come from because there were no signs of her before and that was the first time we saw her.

She was not afraid of us, being the strangers around her.  Instead, she came very close to us and kept meowing.  We thought she wanted some food so I quickly brought the feeding container over.  However, she did not seem to be quite interested in it.  Then, we noticed something funny…

She went around the garden looking for a… “potty”!  She jumped into big pots or dug into soil and squatted to poo.  We did not feel good about her idea so I quickly poured some cat litter for her.  She sniffed the cat litter and went into her proper potty to poo.  But, that was not the end, you see.

She stayed in the cat litter box for quite some time but nothing came out.  I thought that she got tired of squatting so she stepped out of the box but…she repeated jumping into big pots and digging into soil to poo again.  After that, she went back into the box again.  On and off, I think she did it for several times but still nothing came out.  She meowed like she was having a terrible stomachache or maybe a constipation!  Poor thing!

Fortunately, she got better and she is not doing that anymore now.  She is very particular with cleanliness.  When we work in the garden, she usually lies down somewhere near us and licks herself for a long time.  No wonder every time we see her, she always seems so clean and her fur always looks nice.

We don’t know how long she wants to stay but we do enjoy her company.