Ms. Sceptic

Mr. Sceptic
Mr. Sceptic staring back at the camera
Other name(s)	Mr. Skeptic
Breed	Domestic Shorthair
Coat	Red (orange) Tabby with Medium White Spotting
Sex	Male
Rarity	Common
Appearance	Orange cat with fairly distinct white patterns on their face and body, orange spots on face
First known sighting	March 11th, 2024

Mr. Sceptic is a cat who appears on 海峡爱心小屋 (House of Compassion by the Strait), also known as Mr. Shock's feeder. His name comes from his moderately suspicious looks at the food or at the feeder cameras on occasion.

Behavior

Mr. Sceptic appears to be somewhat untrusting of the feeder's interior, sometimes looking into the feeder with his two front paws inside but usually deciding to pass on it. While he does go inside of it at times, he can put on a look which shows he's still not fully sure. He also sits at the feeder and observes, watching through the fence next to the feeder. He doesn't eat much from the bowl, but whenever he does, he tends to make silly faces. He is seemingly friendly with the other cats that hang around the feeder.

Appearance

His coat is all orange and white, with white taking up most of his face and underside, orange dominating his back and the top of his head, while orange and white sharing the sides. On his right side towards his rear, he has a white patch with a thin line that continues down to his belly area. He has a fairly distinct face, having a white diagonal line across his right side and an almost white left side under his eyes with orange blobs surrounding his mouth and nose. He has a pink nose, a TNR mark on his right ear that he gained in June 2024 and partially red eyelids.

Sightings

March 2024

March 11, 2024: At around 09:00 PM (LFT), one of the earliest pictured sightings of Mr. Sceptic occurred.
March 12, 2024: At around 01:00 AM (LFT), Mr. Sceptic was seen making a silly face.
March 14, 2024: At an unknown time, Mr. Sceptic was once again observed. He later came back to the feeder the same day to sit and ponder.

April 2024

April 04, 2024: At around 03:36 PM (LFT), Mr. Sceptic arrived and ate food out of the second tub that was placed earlier that day by the caretaker. When he had enough, he once again sat and looked around, then eventually left.
April 05, 2024: At around 03:24 PM (LFT), Mr. Sceptic went into the feeder, gazed for a bit and left. He came back at 04:51PM (LFT) to peer inside, having his two front paws in the feeder, but left. He shown up a third time at 07:04 PM (LFT) to this time eat from the bowl, briefly mimicking Mr. Shock when kibble was donated.
April 06, 2024: At around 06:28 PM (LFT), Mr. Sceptic had walked past the feeder. He came back at 07:41 PM (LFT), eating from the second tub. After a minute, he proceeded to look straight into the front camera of the feeder as if he knew people were watching him. He then left.
April 08, 2024: At around 03:33 AM (LFT), Mr. Sceptic popped into the feeder for a quick snack from the bowl for a minute or two. He later reappeared at 11:23 AM (LFT) to eat for three minutes, peering over the fence and outside the feeder on occasion. He reappeared a third time at 07:30 PM (LFT), outside of the feeder, then noticing something behind him and going after it in the dark.
April 09, 2024: At 02:27 PM (LFT), Mr. Sceptic was seen outside of the feeder staring at something. He then came into the feeder to eat up for two minutes and left. He reappeared for the day at 07:12 PM (LFT) to eat some of the new food, but he didn't seem to like it and quickly moved on.
April 10, 2024: At 06:07 PM (LFT), Mr. Sceptic entered the feeder just as the caretaker had dropped off the tubs of food. He ate for roughly four minutes until he went back outside. He was then seen running back and forth, presumably playing with another cat, and came back again to the feeder in an attempt to chase down a fly.
April 15, 2024: At 03:38 AM (LFT), Mr. Sceptic came into the feeder for a quick pit stop of food before heading back out. He was later spotted at 04:27 when other cats were around, seemingly in a quite investigative mood while getting a few more bites of food.
April 16, 2024: At 03:18 AM (LFT), Mr. Sceptic arrived for a few minutes of munching, watching through the fence at times. He left by jumping onto the wall with the fence and squeezing past the feeder.
April 17, 2024: At 04:59 AM (LFT), Mr. Sceptic shown up for his usual early morning meal, having a bunch of bites of kibble, then the food in the plastic tub inside of the feeder, and back to the kibble briefly.
April 23, 2024: During the early morning, Mr. Sceptic came by to eat and do his usual habit of peering through the fence beside the feeder.
April 28, 2024: At 04:55 AM (LFT), Mr. Sceptic came by to munch on the kibble in the bowl, at one point pawing at it for whatever reason.

May 2024

May 05, 2024: At 01:30 AM (LFT), Mr. Sceptic came to eat some kibble. Another cat who looks a lot like Mr. Sceptic came by a few minutes later and the two of them left soon after.
May 12, 2024: At an unknown time, Mr. Sceptic came by for his usual pit stop at the feeder. He was later seen again at roughly 07:30 PM, eating from the recently placed food tub.
May 18, 2024: At around 09:20 AM (LFT), Mr. Sceptic was spotted munching on the kibble in the bowl. He was seen again at 10:09 PM to munch on more kibble for two minutes before setting off.

June 2024

June 8, 2024: At 11:36 PM (LFT), Mr. Sceptic, bearing a new TNR mark on his right ear, climbed down from the wall and into the feeder to munch on the food. After a few minutes, he turned around to eat what was left in the tub, then back to the feeder's bowl before hopping back onto the wall to leave.
June 16, 2024: At around 07:14 PM (LFT), Mr. Sceptic appeared outside the feeder waiting for a currently unnamed white/orange cat with no tail to finish their turn. Mr. Sceptic looped around to the wall side, prompting some small growls from the no-tail cat. At 7:20 PM, Mr. Sceptic finally climbed into the feeder to eat up after the no-tail cat left. He also quickly left a minute later.
June 19, 2024: At 01:32 AM (LFT), Mr. Sceptic went into the feeder to grab some kibble all to himself, eventually leaving three minutes later by hopping the wall.
June 23, 2024: At 10:08 AM (LFT), Mr. Sceptic walked along the wall past the feeder and climbed down in front of it, then disappearing into the nearby foliage.
June 30, 2024: At 02:59 AM (LFT), Mr. Sceptic walked into the feeder and munched at the available kibble for a minute, before mysteriously vanishing as the feeder's lights flickered on and off.

(Not every cat sighting is documented.)
(LFT = "Local Feeder Time")