For the last few weeks I have had a trio of cats show up every evening, usually between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm and gone for the day at dawn. I suspect they are pets let out for the night since each is on the quite well fed side, but I am feeding them none the less and giving them a warm place to sleep on my semi enclosed porch. I am trying to understand their behavior and thought you all might help. Two are black and white, one with short hair and the other with long, I am guessing they are males and a smaller tabby that I am guessing might be a female. I can only watch them on video as they tear off if they see me in a window.
The two males are not friends but not enemies either. They each want to be near the female and I even caught one of them sleeping with her. All three will sleep on the porch at the same time, with the males almost seeming like they are keeping watch over the female but never getting close to one another . If she leaves, they follow. They also defer to her at the food bowl, waiting for her to finish before they eat. I have not seen any mating behavior.
So, what do you all think. Household pets with an established pecking order, two males courting a female or ?
The two males are not friends but not enemies either. They each want to be near the female and I even caught one of them sleeping with her. All three will sleep on the porch at the same time, with the males almost seeming like they are keeping watch over the female but never getting close to one another . If she leaves, they follow. They also defer to her at the food bowl, waiting for her to finish before they eat. I have not seen any mating behavior.
So, what do you all think. Household pets with an established pecking order, two males courting a female or ?
