ray

i have a new little buddy. his name is ray. he's a little black cat that lives a couple houses down from us. we always see him when we come home late at night and he usually comes down to the footpath or sometimes he's waiting around our yard for some attention. last weekend we noticed him eyeing the front door while we were petting him in the driveway so we decided to open the door and see what he'd do. he just walked right in and made himself at home. he went through each room and rubbed himself against all the furniture claiming it as his own and then settled in the lounge room for a pet. it was kinda cold and windy that night so we felt bad that he was outside but we decided we had to put him back out. i went for a shower and zac said he kept hearing ray pawing at the front screen door and crying to come in so he let him back in and we let him hang around for a while before pushing him back out the door. the day i got doored we didn't get home from the e.r. until late and i took a look for ray and called him but he didn't come so we went to bed. i was laying there having a lot of trouble getting comfortable enough to sleep when i heard a jungle of ray's bell outside. i went to the door and called him and he came in like it was his house. that was just what i needed then was some cuddles from ray-- and he was very happy to sit on my lap and have his ears scratched. it was good too cuz i think he understands that he's just visiting and when i took him to the front door to put him out again i just opened the door and he left and i didn't hear any cries or his bell the rest of the nite. last night again i heard ray's bells outside and called him in (i think this is going to be a routine for the next month or so since i can wait up late for him cuz i'm not working). this time i decided to try a vegan cat food sample on him. we've had the samples a while (hoping we'd get a cat and hoping it would like the food so it could be vegan). zac was very doubtful about any cat liking vegan food. i found the plastic package and waved it infront of ray's face. his eyes lit up and he eagerly followed me through the house to the kitchen where i cut open the package and put some on the floor for him. he went nuts over it. so that proves it-- cats can like vegan food. we're giving the rest of the sample to a friend to try on his cat. hopefully gunther will like it too (but unlike ray, gunther thinks he's better than everyone else so he may take one look at the food and then look up at gary to ask him why he's being fed crap).