The feral I've been feeding and trying to catch since June (named Magic) has recently starting bringing around another cat at night. I'm not positive it's a male, but he has the big jowls and head of a tom cat. We call him Rusty.
So Magic and Rusty will rub against each other and eat together. Magic seems to guide him around with her head and often annoys him. He will hiss and swat at her and she always backs down but doesn't run away. It reminds me of an old married couple where the wife nags at the husband. I've not seen any other ferals around and Magic spends most of her days on my porch without Rusty.
I assume Rusty is the father of Magics kittens. magic is all black, Rusty is mostly white with a few patches of red tabby and the kittens were a mostly white calico and a cream with brown points.
Could they really be a "couple" in that they hang out together and mate? Do feral cats do that?
PS I've been trying to catch and spay Magic, but if I caught Rusty, I'd fix him too.
So Magic and Rusty will rub against each other and eat together. Magic seems to guide him around with her head and often annoys him. He will hiss and swat at her and she always backs down but doesn't run away. It reminds me of an old married couple where the wife nags at the husband. I've not seen any other ferals around and Magic spends most of her days on my porch without Rusty.
I assume Rusty is the father of Magics kittens. magic is all black, Rusty is mostly white with a few patches of red tabby and the kittens were a mostly white calico and a cream with brown points.
Could they really be a "couple" in that they hang out together and mate? Do feral cats do that?
PS I've been trying to catch and spay Magic, but if I caught Rusty, I'd fix him too.