Cats were making a strange noise this evening as someone else’s cat tried to get in through our catflap.

This is the first time I’ve been able to record the cats making a noise. They are normally very quiet, well-behaved cats who give us no trouble at all. Whenever I’m cooking, and particularly if it’s meat, Smudge goes frantic and tries to bite my fingers off. And whenever there’s another cat around, Fudge’s defensive noise is the one you hear here. Smudge is there working backup on the defence, but mostly just stands two paces back and eggs him on.

The videos are here and here. I’m working on trying to get them to display right here.

NB, standoff through the catflap is sung to the tune of Tiptoe through the Tulips