Patricio the Jungle Cat came today

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 September 7, 2022

A cat showed up a couple of days ago at the house that we're renovating.  He's a handsome Siamese and just came in out of the jungle.  I have no idea how long he's been on the loose.  But he showed up, and walked in the back door, and thru the house and out the back door and then took off again.  He was very shy around the workers.    My supervisor did get a photo of him.

He was an answered prayer for me, because I'd been wanting to get a couple of outside cats to keep the property clear of snakes and rodents.  In case you don't know, if you feed them just a small amount of food, cats will naturally become hunters and find what else they need to survive.  And they're very good at it instinctively.  In my case, I can get some cats from the shelter in Merida, but my concern was how to get them to the ranch.   In Patricio's case, he came to us.  My guys started calling him Patricio which is a Spanish name equivalent to Patron.  They say he walks in like he owns the place.   Looks around, and leaves to go back to the jungle.

I bought a bag of feed for him at the feed store and told the foreman to start putting out a handful of food for him when he came around and try and put it in the middle of the cat's normal pathway of inspection.  Sure enough, the first day, the cat could smell it, I guess, and took advantage of it.   Now he comes by every morning for a bite to eat, and every night just before dark for a drink and then he's back off to the jungle and tall trees.  

The video here shows him the first morning spying out the food and trying to decide to take a bite or not.  He was not open to the idea of four men standing by watching him.















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