Our youngest cat Matcha is a big success story in our family. Adopted from Operation Catnip in March of 2022, rehabilitated from a traumatic early life-- he loves his life with us and we love him. The only time he has to eat on the porch is at breakfast, when my attention is divided by fixing our own food after I put down the plates for the cats. Daisy eats so slowly that Matcha and Mack will push her off her plate if we don't monitor them closely.
Matcha gets two or three hours of outdoor time on most mornings, along with the other cats. He loves napping on the cat towers. He snuggles with us during TV time in the evening and sleeps with us at night. He plays with toys and gets treats. He is rarely aggressive and gets along with the other two cats.
Matcha is protective when it comes to the two neighbor cats that come into our yard. One of them is aggressive and has fought Matcha several times, and Mack too. The other cat, a grey cat with a clipped ear like Matcha, is just curious and looking to connect with other cats, since he was rescued from a cat colony. He doesn't fight but Matcha has cornered him around the outside of the house a couple of times. Maybe some day Matcha will tolerate the grey cat. The other one is not welcome in our yard because he comes over here to kill birds.
I am so proud of Matcha and we feel rewarded for improving the life of a cat who is in every way deserving of a second chance at happiness.
