Glory Growing to Adulthood

Glory became a constant companion one of the picnic tables were I frequently graded papers. She was kept in a cage over night and while I taught my evening classes. When I would pickup her cage in the morning to take her outside she would hover in anticipation inside the cage while I walked with the cage. Once the cage was on the table and the door was open she immediately hopped out of the cage and on to the table where I would spread some wild bird seed and grits for her enjoyment.

My fifteen year old cat, Skeeter, quickly accepted Glory as part of the family. It would take longer for my two tomcats to accept Glory, but they finally came to realize that Glory was off limits. In the above picture Glory demonstrates her trust for Skeeter. Glory was able to discriminate between the cats. When any of the other cats came near she would be on red alert.

Glory in the background checks out my soldering station while Skeeter seeks some favored attention from me while I am preparing an electronics laboratory experiment for one of my classes. Glory was almost continually on the move checking everything for food or grits. Once she walked up Skeeter's side while Skeeter was sleeping. Skeeter raised her head and looked Glory without moving her main body. Glory paused, realized what she was walking on, did an about face and retreated. Skeeter went back to sleep as if nothing had happened.

A mutual respect developed between the two pets.

They seemed happy to share the table top, and frequently moved past each other on the table without incident. Skeeter would move back whenever Glory exercised her wings or when she would take a bath in Skeeter's water bowl.

 

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