Officer Ginkgo Keeping the Peace

[FrostRanger]

For background, the area I live in has a small population of stray and feral cats. I feed them regularly to encourage them to hang around and keep the rodents away. Naturally, cats being cats they don't always get along so I occasionally have to break up fights

One evening I was free ranging the ladies and several cats were hanging around including 2 of my own, a pair of ginger Manx mix brother named Phoenix and Edgeworth. Them being brothers and still kittens, they often like to play fight and that evening they decided to wrestle. One of my hens Ginkgo wasn't having it, so she charged the boys and proceeded to chase Edgeworth. Edgeworth obviously wasn't happy about it but he was unharmed (funnily enough it was actually Phoenix who started it, Edgeworth just went along with it). This isn't the first time Ginkgo has done something like this. A few weeks ago, 2 of the ferals were actually about to start fighting and she and my head hen Basil approached them to break it up. Nothing like the threat of being chased by angry hens to keep the peace I suppose lol

As much as I wish I had a picture or something to share, I prioritize preventing fights over getting it on camera so have some other pictures of the animals in question

Ginkgo

Basil

Phoenix (right) and Edgeworth (left)

 

[TwoCrows]

For background, the area I live in has a small population of stray and feral cats. I feed them regularly to encourage them to hang around and keep the rodents away. Naturally, cats being cats they don't always get along so I occasionally have to break up fights

One evening I was free ranging the ladies and several cats were hanging around including 2 of my own, a pair of ginger Manx mix brother named Phoenix and Edgeworth. Them being brothers and still kittens, they often like to play fight and that evening they decided to wrestle. One of my hens Ginkgo wasn't having it, so she charged the boys and proceeded to chase Edgeworth. Edgeworth obviously wasn't happy about it but he was unharmed (funnily enough it was actually Phoenix who started it, Edgeworth just went along with it). This isn't the first time Ginkgo has done something like this. A few weeks ago, 2 of the ferals were actually about to start fighting and she and my head hen Basil approached them to break it up. Nothing like the threat of being chased by angry hens to keep the peace I suppose lol

As much as I wish I had a picture or something to share, I prioritize preventing fights over getting it on camera so have some other pictures of the animals in question

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Basil
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Phoenix (right) and Edgeworth (left)
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Ginko obviously isn't going to tolerate any kitty nonsense! Ginko is adorable by the way.