Close Encounter of the Squirrel Kind

Our cat Pinay was traumatized the last time she was out "unsupervised" on our deck. She slipped out of the kitchen door and was out for 2 hours; it was late at night and raining. Only when we were about to go to sleep when we realized she was not on her usual spot in our bed. Well, she learned her lesson well and would not even put a single paw on the transition strip of our kitchen storm door.

But the call of her predatory instinct finally made Pinay venture again on our deck. I guess she was just plain tired of watching the avian and rodent community having all the fun on our backyard that she wants some piece of the action.

The thing is, she had been confined and modified to be a domesticated animal for the last 5 years that she does not know that she is supposed to chase the sparrows and grackles and anything that moves on that deck. I think its the greatest indignity that a pet owner like me can inflict on Pinay.

Prior to this photo, when the gangs of squirrels saw her, they climbed on three corners top of the deck taunting my poor and miserable cat with her Bambi eyes as big as saucers, not blinking, probably telling herself, " What the heck I should do?"

Note the birds and other squirrels feeding, oblivious to the drama happening !

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