Kampfkatze alias The Fight Cat

So yesterday at noon I was walking Ben home from preschool, when we saw a cute little kitty on the street. It was still small so I would say not yet fully grown, a male. Benny was so excited and went over to pet kitty and it let him pet and cuddle a bit.

Then we kept walking home and kitty followed us, which Ben found hilarious.

We reached our house, and as soon as I opened the front door, swooooosh and kitty was inside! We never saw this cat before so I was surprised he would come right in. Maybe male cats are not that afraid of strangers?

So we took our shoes off while Mr Kitty surveyed our hall, then the kitchen, and eventually went into the living room, where Kimmy was having a nap. Of course, the moment Kimmy saw the intruder, she jumped up on all four and started barking. Mr Kitty looked at Kimmy with this "oh puhleeeze, you don't expect me to be afraid of you, do you" expression and leisurely strolled through the living room.

Kimmy started getting closer to Mr Kitty who started getting his fur a bit in the toilet brush position, and when Kimmy tried to sniff him, he hit her with his paw on the nose! Kimmy jumped right back, turned to look at me with this puzzled look.

Meanwhile, Mr Kitty started running and Benny ran after him, and I ran after Benny, and Kimmy ran after me. Fun!

We all followed Mr Kitty upstairs, where he hid under the bed in the guest room. Kimmy barked and tried to get to the cat, then Ben tried to get to the cat from the other side, and I took a few photos with my camera.

Mr Kitty under the bed

Kimmy sitting beside the bed, waiting for the cat to come out

Then all of a sudden, Mr Kitty made a beeline out of the bedroom straight into the bathroom, closely followed by Ben and Kimmy.

Kimmy barked at Mr Kitty, and he jumped up on the edge of the bath tub, to gain height advantage.

Benny then took Mr Kitty in his arms and carried him downstairs, while I took Kimmy and led her down as well, and put her in the kitchen. Then Benny and I let Mr Kitty out the front door outside, thinking he will be relieved to be away from that big bad dog.

To our surprise, Mr Kitty went straight back inside the house!

Benny said that we should keep him then, but I am sure he is not a stray, so we can't do that, so we put him outside again and closed the door.

Benny cried!

In the evening, suddenly I hear scratching at the window right beside my computer - it was Mr Kitty trying to get in! I don't know what exactly he likes here. Must be Kimmy ;)

I opened the window and let Mr Kitty inside, because Benny wanted to pet him. Kimmy came over to look what was going on and when she saw the cat, she wanted to play, she bowed down and wagged her tail excitedly. Mr Kitty came closer, and again, hissed loudly and hit her with his paw (and claws!) right in the face. Ouch! Kimmy was so perplexed! Clearly, Mr Kitty doesn't know how to play with dogs ;)

So we had to put Mr Kitty outside again and he spent another half an hour scratching at the door and meowing loudly.