Tag: outdoors

The Call of the Wild

Posted on February 13, 2023 by nachonova

I had to do a comic about this because it happens so regularly it feels like a real life recurring comic strip bit. The cats want to go outside, & I get it! Lot of cool stuff out there. So clearly I’m the bad guy in this scenario.

But because of my long list of cool human reasons to keep them inside, I have to be the enforcer. It’s not my favorite position to be in, I like to let the cats do their thing as long as they’re not treating each other like assholes or destroying something. There are too many variables outside my control once the cats get out though, it sucks to have to hunt them down a few minutes after we notice one of them slips out unnoticed. Plus I don’t want to crawl around underneath the porch.

Outside Cats

Posted on July 20, 2022 by nachonova

What choice do I have? I have a stash of cat food & they don’t.

These two don’t seem to have owners, & they’re the only cats I see around the house with the exception of a little white kitten I saw eating a lizard in the backyard. 

Beary & Outsidey are both kind of territorial & seem to have worked out a schedule where they come by at different times. Very respectful stuff.  Beary will hiss at me nearly every day, but it’s all bluster. She’s small & seems to be a little older, so she has to be like this to protect herself. We can all relate!

Of course I think about taking them in sometimes, but it would be too unpredictable of a situation & I have a suspicion I would bungle adding two feral cats to this household. It seems like a situation fraught with disaster & maybe even a little slapstick comedy. It would be good for cat comic material, but is that any way to live, folks? Tune in next time to see if I decide to go through with this!

House Arrest

Posted on May 27, 2022 by nachonova

In today’s comic I lay down the law.

As a cat owner, one of the first things you have to decide is if your cat is gonna be an indoor cat or a cat you allow to go outside. I’ve always been an indoor cat guy ever since my childhood when my cat got out & jumped the wall to the neighbor’s yard, where she was attacked by their rottweiler. She was lucky enough to survive but I’ve been jumpy about cats going outside ever since then. Plus outside cats attack birds & create havoc, it’s too much to deal with.

So you bet your ass these cats are indoor cats. I respect Noodle’s time as an outdoor cat, but I insist she leave those days behind. I used to let Bologna out into the backyard so she could run around, but one day she chased a squirrel beyond the fence & I got all stressed out about it.

There is hope for these cats, though. Once I’m able to find some cat harnesses that fit these two, I’m going to see if they’re up for some walks around the neighborhood. I don’t mind being the guy who walks his cats. Let the neighbors think I’m a nut. Who cares? What’s the big transgression, anyway?