I've been trying to catch Kai all week, he needs to go to the vet, partly for his annual checkup, but also so his vaccinations can be kept up to date.
After having the cat flap on incoming only mode (aka Vet Mode) since Monday evening, it has failed to catch him. I've had to let Zev out manually, so there was no risk of him escaping, should he come in.
The cat flap didn't work, but this evening, when I was walking back to the house, I spotted a familiar cat a few houses up from mine, sat on the pavement. He was happy enough to be scratched, and rolled over to have his tummy tickled, and wasn't too annoyed about being picked up, until I had to hang onto him with one hand whilst I got the keys out and unlocked the front door.
He got about as aggressive as I've ever seen him then, but didn't manage to quite escape or squirm into a position to claw or bite me, but it was close. If that had been Zev, I definitely would have lost blood, and I doubt I could have held her.
He's sat by the blocked cat flap at the moment. As well as having it set to Vet Mode, just in case he could force his way through (possibly damaging it in the process!) I've got a piece of wood across it, and an old car battery holding that in place. He has managed to move the wood a bit, so I've put a large cardboard box across it all as well, which should stop him being able to fiddle with it. In the past, he has managed to get his paw behind the wood, and use the leverage to move whatever weight I've put in front out of the way.
Food doesn't particularly interest him, he's ignored the bowl of cat food I've left near him (Zev will have it if he doesn't!), so he's obviously not hungry.
The vets do open on Saturday morning, I'll see if there's any chance of them looking at him then. Failing that, he'll have to wait in all weekend!
Zev's disappeared upstairs, well out of the way. I don't think she was overly impressed by the growling and insistent meowing.