It was very weird at the weekend. Next doors cat was sitting just outside our back door on a black plastic rubbish box, where she was rubbing herself under and around a small drain pipe running diagonally down the back wall and into the drain. It seemed that there was something under the pipe as she was scratching, pawing and putting her nose right up underneath. All I could see was old spider webbing.
What was really strange was when she moved down the garden and Tom & Jerry both came out the back door and went straight for the pipe. Although they both started rubbing themselves around it, it was Jerry who spent nearly 3 minutes rubbing, clawing and sniffing at the same point of the pipe. There is a bit of vid footage at the top of the 'Cat Vids' page for you to look at, so you can make your own minds up as to exactly what is going on.
I think it's scent marking for territory.
What was really strange was when she moved down the garden and Tom & Jerry both came out the back door and went straight for the pipe. Although they both started rubbing themselves around it, it was Jerry who spent nearly 3 minutes rubbing, clawing and sniffing at the same point of the pipe. There is a bit of vid footage at the top of the 'Cat Vids' page for you to look at, so you can make your own minds up as to exactly what is going on.
I think it's scent marking for territory.