Frankie and Frankie


Two weeks after we moved into our new home, a woman moved in next door. She saw me walking Frankie, and when I told her his name, she said, “Oh, my cat’s name is Frankie, too.” What are the odds?

Her Frankie is a female tuxedo cat. She is allowed outside without a leash, although I think she spends much of her time inside. We soon learned that her Frankie is timid and retreats when humans were around.

One day, while the cats were in our screened room, I heard cats howling at each other. I walked out to see what was happening and saw girl Frankie near the screen talking to boy Frankie. She quickly retreated and watched us from a distance.

I know this is not a great photo, but I don’t have a close-up picture of her.

32 thoughts on “Frankie and Frankie

  1. onespoiledcat's avataronespoiledcat

    Hi there…….Wordpress wanted me to sign in on your blog to comment and wouldn’t take my password for some reason SO – sending a return comment this way just to say I think it’s nice Frankie has a friend to “howl” with now that he’s met Francine.    Neighborly behavior perhaps?! Hugs, Pam and Teddy

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  2. kittiesblue's avatarkittiesblue

    What a coincidence. Let us know if they become friends. A cat that lives across the street from us stays outside. She spends a good deal of her time here, which is fine except for when she comes up the stairs to the catio door. There is always lots of caterwauling between her and whichever of the Kitties Blue spot her. XOCK, angels Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta & Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy, Sawyer, Kizmet, Audrey & Raleigh

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    1. Charles Huss's avatarCharles Huss Post author

      I think that is common. We have several stray cats near our home in West Virginia. I’m sure when we are up there we will encounter a lot of that again.

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  3. Zoolatry's avatarZoolatry

    And if’n it ever came to be … (NOT, we know) … just wondering … what would they name their little family?

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    1. Charles Huss's avatarCharles Huss Post author

      Yes. There is another unsupervised cat that lives a few houses down on the water side of the alley. A week or so ago that cat, a black cat, got into a shouting match with girl Frankie. When I went out to see what was happening he ran away towards home.

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  4. Dalton,Benji aka Meezer’s Mews & Terrieristical Woofs's avatarDalton,Benji aka Meezer’s Mews & Terrieristical Woofs

    Frankie-B and Frankie-G, what fun! Hopefully one day they might just have catversations at inside voice level instead of the yowling level, LOL!!

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