It’s a weird title for a topic but I couldn't think of any better at the time of writing this post. We recently bought an Air Conditioner but some how we couldn’t put away its carton immediately, so we left it in the balcony. It’s Saturday and I have an off, so my mum told me to put the carton in the garage. When I moved the carton to my surprise I found a little cat nursing her new born kitten. I believe she had baby some time early morning because she was looking tired when I had her first glimpse. Now that’s sound very cute… but not for me I was furious seeing this animal and the first thought that cross my mind was damn it! Now I can’t displace this carton nor will this animal allow me to fetch my morning news paper. Because nursing animals especially from the feline family becomes very protective and aggressive for their offspring. So the cat (from now onwards will be called billo rani) has encroached my balcony. And like all territorial animals it infuriates me seeing someone taking over my territory. So I took a long rod to provide me safe distance from the billo rani and started moving the carton towards my self. Suddenly, I heard a hissing noise and saw billo rani showing me her teeth as if threatening me to leave her alone. Now did I get scared?? Well yes... Because that reminds me one incident that happened long back with my cousin when she was attacked and scarred by a nursing cat. She had a very painful recovery. So finally I had to retrieve and all this commotion made my mum and my younger brother aware that something is happening in the balcony and they rushed to my help.
They were excited to see the billo rani but they were scared too because as I have told you that nursing cats are very dangerous animals. We couldn’t decide what to do in such a situation. Finally, we left the cat alone and hoped that it will leave soon. After this I went for a nap. But I was still furious about the cat. By the time I wake up I was calm and my temper was down. I was feeling sad and ashamed of my actions after all it was just a nursing cat and like all nursing mother it need some shelter and rest and probably some food too. With this guilt feeling I went to the balcony to see the cat. What I saw made me feel guiltier about my actions; all that commotion in the afternoon had left the cat very stressed up and weak. She was now looking even more fatigued but vigilant. I called up my mum and asked her what do with the cat and we came to the conclusion that we will keep this cat till it moves to some other place or its offspring grow up to become independent. We also provided some milk to the cat, to reinvigorate it. This somehow lessened my burden of guilt. But I still feel sorry and ashamed for my actions that I acted like a selfish person. After all we are not the only creation of the almighty, he has created many others and allowed them all to flourish on this earth then who are we to harm them.
13 comments:
hahahaha.... so now you have more company at your home... you should be celebrating for the new borns... please do keep everyone updated about their progress.. :) I am surely glued... :)
Congratulations....I see U have members added to your house.....I can safely say that after this "cat" management test...you are sure to be rated as a star animal lover. Hope my very own Hyd Amala alias “savior of the animal world in HYD” of the blue cross finds you....she might help you out. And don’t you dare feed the kittens…once they get used to your food standards, its hard to live out there in Delhi. Heheehehehehe
Thanks for ur generous comments but somehow i m not able to make friends with the billo rani.. she is still wary of me..
lets see whether i can adopt her and her kittens...
because usually cats never stay at one place.. and loyalty is not one their traits..
but i m keeping my fingers crossed.. will keep u guys posted with the updates.. :)
hmm i enjoyed this post, mojito :p
want to see 'u and the kittens in ur hand' pic once u win over billo rani
and lol@ rahul's comment
meow!
If a dog can piss, and bark at you for entering its piss-marked zone, then so can you get angry when the cat enters your zone. Its quite natural. The point is, are you willing to fight the cat and cover yourself with glory at having maintained the integrity of your territorial holdings?
But anyway, you should stop feeling guilty about having harbored thoughts about kicking out doodh-peete-billi-ke-pille out of your house. It probably wouldn't have made any difference to them. Sure, the cat would have spent two days looking for a place to nest again; but chances are it would find one before the kittens got killed.
You shouldn't feel sorry for nature. Not because it doesn't deserve it, but because it doesn't need it.
yeah yeah enough of gyan siddharth baba... tere ko to animal planet pe anchor hona chahiye tha to kahe phd karne us chala gya he :P
I don't know how come you are not able to catch this 'CAT' thing..
Try harder buddy ;)
Are you taking good care of the cat and her kittens?:-)if not,better do now.. tabhi tumhare paap dhulenge;-)
kuch photo shoto bhi le lo billo rani aur uski family ke aur post karo....
the cat left us after few days of stay..
so there is no way i could take the snaps.
Is billo rani still accompanying you :-p ?? Fact is we at times fail to realize that we too have encroached places of so many animals and birds. Once a natural habitat for them has now turned into exuberant living space only for humans..
@Shweta- Nopes .. as i have mentioned that felines never stay put on a place for long time.. they keep changing their location.. in order to keep their offsprings safe..
It is sad but the bitter truth is that being the intelligent species of this planet we take things for granted..
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