Never Too Old To Play !

This is Stevie, our neigbours' incredibly ancient cat. He comes over to see us (and scrounge food) every day, and is a great family friend.

When we adopted Duncan a few months ago, one of our concerns was that Stevie might feel a bit put out by it, but they have turned into close friends. Especially by cat standards ! Stevie is teaching Duncan how to be a cat (he was a rescue, and was never properly socialised), and when we were chatting to our neighbours a few days ago, they commented that Stevie had really perked up recently but they didn't know why.

Although Stevie is really old (we don't know exactly how old, but we think late teens or early twenties), he still manages to get over the fence to see us, but apart from that just kind of totters around with barely functioning back legs and a stiff back.

Then he spotted Duncan's new toy, a thing called "Undercover Mouse". It's basically a battery driven arm with a feather on that rotates under a cloth cover. This short video is what he did when he saw it. We were amazed ! He was definitely having a lot of fun, and now when he comes over he finds where we've put it and sits down staring pointedly until we turn it on for him.

The thumbnail is Duncan and Stevie hanging out just watching the Undercover Mouse. It's like cat TV :D

Photos and video by me; sorry if they are a bit murky, it was night time !