In a pub on Gloucester Road, Bristol and a man has just bought his drinks at the bar with a very good tabby cat, wearing a leash and hi-vis collar, on his shoulder. More of this sort of thing!
@howfar more cats should be portable like that.
@Talyaa It was brilliant! It made the children in the pub very happy.
My parents are retired now, and doing a lot of sailing. So our cat Meriadoc is spending his own retirement (being 18 and having given up the wild rabbit extermination partnership he used to run with his late brother) sailing the Spanish coast. He's probably a bit old to learn the parrot perch technique employed by the cat in the pub, though. https://octodon.social/media/oZgAVLtCVUTRex4SfMI
@howfar aww, he's a sweetheart! Reminds me of my husband's kitty, who made it to 22 and spent her retirement as a Lap Warmth Absorber. He doesn't mind the proximity to water?
@howfar what a cool and obviously chill cat! I had a cat once that was obviously splitting his time between me and some other home, and eventually he chose them. I felt so rejected! Glad your kitty enjoys sailing. That seems quite remarkable to me, but I imagine he's not the first.
@Talyaa Not at all. To be honest he doesn't really mind anything, as long as he has company. He's always been an exceptionally sanguine cat, if a bit odd. He used to disappear for weeks (one time months!) then come home as if nothing had happened. Was never clear if he was staying with other people or living wild, but his temperament is remarkably reliable and relaxed for a cat. On the boat he just sleeps in the cabin when they're sailing, and hangs out in the cockpit in port.