Had a couple of predators move in ...

[voyager]

We decided that we needed some new rat traps.
While searching for some traps, these two followed us home from the "dog pond".

I really like black cats!
So, we took a pair of 'em.


This is Hunter.
M'lady has high expectations of him hence, his name.
Because he was the first to figure out the cat door on the lanai, I call him Einstein, or because he is the larger I also call him Stretch, or because he is the more timid I also call him 'Fraidy Cat, and because he is putting on weight I also call him Fat Cat. I also call him the Lover. Of the two of them, he is the lap cat.


Then there is Dexter. M'Lady named him that because he would climb the screened wall of the back lanai to escape through a crack between the wall and the roof.
I wanted to call him Capt. Virgil Hilts, or Cooler King [S. McQueen's character in The Great Escape]. All I got was a blank stare.
So, I also call him Dummy [He would not use the cat door], or Shorty [he is the smaller], or Slim [he is skinnier]. He craves attention, but can't be held for more than a few seconds before he very insistently wants down. He is also the bane of my orchids. Neither one of us understands why, but he is the favorite for both of us.


They're sudden death for geckos, anoles and coqui frogs, with a very high interest in the local avians.
Haven't yet run into any rats that I know of so far.

Their greatest benefit for us so far is comic relief.