Happy Caturday: Meerkat edition

He’s not ALWAYS clumsy.  Just often.

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(This is the cat that I have watched walking across a counter, only to abruptly slip his footing and fall off.  He’s very most definitely an indoor cat!)

Happy Caturday: String edition

A Caturday Haiku

Cat with teeth and claws

String that clearly deserves both

Poor knee in the way!

Happy Caturday!

Happy Caturday: Halloween Edition

“M-I-C

K-E-Y

Guess-my-mom-hates-me!”

And okay, yeah, he doesn’t really fit into the costume, but the size was “Small” . . . for a DOG.  I didn’t think he was bigger than a small dog!

Happy Halloween, everyone!!

Weird stuff my cat eats

In addition to the completely expected items — such as tuna, chicken, cat food, etc. — Rajah has several un-feline food-likings.  Examples being:

- Beans (baked or canned black)

- Corn (canned; Mike, did we ever try him on fresh corn?)

- Goldfish crackers (the fish shape makes it extra cute)

- Triscuit crackers (I assume just for the salt?)

And a new addition:  Canned pumpkin!

I was trying out a delicious-sounding pumpkin oatmeal recipe from Lyn, while also packing and prepping for my NYC trip.  Turned my back for FIVE SECONDS and the little bugger took full advantage.

Hmph.  Luckily for me, we’ve used canned pumpkin a time or two at the Lissaville (Home of the Evil Conservatives) Animal Shelter –  to tempt kitties’ appetites — so I knew it wasn’t bad for him.

Still — naughty kitty!!

UPDATE:  Mike recommends that I mention the can opener — it’s a high-faultin’ fancy kind that bends the edges of the can up, rather than cutting through them, so no sharp edges for kitty tongues!  (Or human fingers, which is the reason we bought it.)

A preview

plus . . .

Some assembly required!!

(Find last year’s preview here and the result here.  Is it a step up, or down, going from being a chicken to being a mouse?)

Happy Caturday: “Enrichment” edition

Breda said it’s called “enrichment” when they do it in zoos.  Not “teasing,” not “baiting,” not “you-awful-cruel-Lissa-you-ing” — ENRICHMENT.

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Happy Caturday: Fur-brushing edition

Rajah’s always super-excited to see me when I get home.  He’s also very fond of my hairbrush.  He LOVES to jump up on the bathroom counter when I brush my hair and — well, see for yourself!

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And for any folks who are grossed out by my using my own hairbrush on the kitty . . . um, hello, y’all, he licks his ass with the same tongue that he uses to lick me.  The hairbrush is the LEAST of my worries.

Happy Caturday – Treat-eating Edition

Rajah is not exactly SHY when it comes to getting treats into his mouth . . .

Happy Caturday: Deer-watching edition

Lissa:  “That’s funny, Mike.  I looked out the window and for a second I thought I saw a deer.  See that patch of brush, looks like a head attached to a body?”

Mike (looking out window):  “Um, Lissa, there’s a real deer out there!”

No, it wasn’t the patch I was looking at.  That was definitely inanimate plant life.  But Bambi was out there, invisible from my view from the couch, nomming on some greenery.

His apartment is in Charlotte, by the way.  It really is.  It’s just that his (tiny little) balcony is at the tail-end of the complex and overlooks a big ol’ forest.  (That, y’know, is the real sound of a Southerner.  It’s not the y’all’s, it’s the big ol’s.  Mike is already making fun of me; as soon as I cross the Mason-Dixon my drawl comes back.)

Rajah says:

Happy Caturday!

UPDATE:  Rajah would make this sound while nomming his Bambi Stew:

Thanks Mike!

Happy Caturday: Furry friend edition