Poe, Miss Molly and friends

When you inherit a feline grandchild and live in a country with a rampant crime rate, leaving home to go out for a couple of hours becomes a real rigmarole.

As we have to activate our house alarm, which picks up any movement, Poe is thrown outside during the time we're out on our jaunt.
He's very clever and knows exactly when we're on our way out, and sometimes hides away on a windowsill behind the curtains, so it becomes a big search party before we leave.

Windows naturally have to be closed or the alarm could be triggered by a slight breeze blowing the curtains.
Food and water bowls are moved outside, and Poe is not happy at all.

This Mr. Poe has been spoiled rotten from the time our son and his girlfriend took him under their wings; or rather, he chose them to be his new parents when they went to their local SPCA.
All the other abandoned kittens were hiding in the corner, but Poe bravely walked up to them. It was love at first sight!

As I told you before, I'm a bird lover, so when the son informed us that we would become grandparents of their feline baby when they emigrate, I was not too excited, but capitulated, determined to reform this cat who will NOT kill my garden birds.

Bells on his collar, feeding him with the best food, giving him treats so he never gets hungry and needs to hunt, did not work.
Yep, @fionasfavourites, you were right, getting a bigger bell did not work either!

Birds, Geckos, even a small snake, have been brought into the house, much to my distress. Hubby tries to spare me the anguish and shock by removing Poe's 'kill', but I sometimes find them before he sees it, almost tripping over those 'gifts'!

He is a hunter after all, and I'll have to just accept that.

He was named after the Star Wars character - Poe Dameron, who I learned served as the tritagonist of the Sequel Trilogy of the Skywalker Saga.

Tritagonist?

Sounds like Greek to me...

In ancient Greek drama, the tritagonist was the third member of the acting troupe. As a character, a tritagonist may act as the instigator or cause of the sufferings of the protagonist.
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Poe has caused some suffering indeed, like when he bit into my tender calves - think I told you about that before - cost me a visit to the doc, tetanus injection, antibiotics, and ointment, as those razor-sharp teeth went deep!

He no longer was my favourite grandchild!

Our new feline family member is a real enigma, one minute he's sweet, innocent, and playful, and a real scaredy cat needing protection!

The next minute he becomes a fearless hunter, his paws become claws as he pounces at lightning speed, and those razor-sharp teeth come out to kill his prey!

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Back to the family visit up in the hills of KZN.

My sister-in-law spoiled us with delicious Tacos, after a walk through their garden. Most of their plants have been propagated from friends' and neighbour's gardens, all indigenous.

Crusoe, their little sausage dog, got so excited when other furry visitors arrived.
Miss Molly, the cutest little furball, was shaking from head to toe as Crusoe got a tad too boisterous. Her brother wasn't fazed at all, and Crusoe became calm when my sister-in-law's little blond nephew held him gently in his arms.

When we got back home, Poe was very aloof, pretending he didn't miss us at all, but very soon showed his cuddly side, lying spreadeagled on his back, like a baby waiting to have a nappy change on his special couch, and then fell asleep, likely exhausted after spending the afternoon hunting birds and other prey!

What a life - sleep, eat, hunt, and sleep again!

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