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Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 048

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Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 047

Chartreux in him. He’s the wrong color but everything else he has.

cobby body
short limbs
water-resistant short hair double coats w/ thick texture
smiling face
exceptional hunter w/ fast reflexes
very smart (can open doors, understands how plumbing works, understands 1, 2, and ma...

Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 046

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Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 045

Riley & Malley were in a foster family before we got them, only it was one of those foster families with way too many animals. We’re talking 25+ cats and dogs, not to mention birds and rabbits.

Riley grew up food anxious. Always. He’s not necessarily possessive of the food dish but he will eat any and every scrap of food, including his brother’s if Malley looks away for a moment. Malley, always wanting to look out for his brother, will allow Riley to steal his food. He will also attack DiNozzo o...

Cat-tain’s Vacation

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Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 044

Scritches, Scratches, & Silly Snatches

The other morning, Erik (my partner) was eating some toasted pop-tarts. He walked away from them for a moment to get his coffee. In that moment, Riley went from the curled up, sleeping kitty who’d been receiving scitches and scratches moments earlier to a fully awake and hungry kitty. As I blinked, he leapt from his spot on the couch to the pop-tarts, grabbed one corner with his teeth, and attempted to drag off his “kill.”

Since the pop-tarts were heavy, th...

Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 043

Dirty Little Secrets

DiNozzo always thinks everyone’s keeping secrets from him. If he ever sees Riley and Malley together in a position that implies they are talking, he’s running toward them at break-neck speed to find out what’s being said. If he doesn’t like it, the claws come out.

Sometimes Riley and Malley attack him because of his epilepsy. He smells different (medication side effect) and he twitches funny (e.g. has seizures), so he unnerves them. But sometimes the three cats get into it b...

Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 042

Smarter Than a 1st Grader

I swear Malley is.

That is, smarter than a first grader. He understands plumbing. He plays fetch, soccer, basketball, and volleyball is various cat forms. He can count 0, 1, 2, and many. He knows his name and can answer to it…if he chooses to do so. He knows that the cats on TV aren’t him, but are cats. He understands what windows are and what mirrors are as well.

I suspect he would’ve been a great show cat if he weren’t so shy around people.

Perhaps he even knows the m...

Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 041

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Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 040!

Tests

If there’s anything children do, it’s test their parents, and cats are no exception to this rule. At 3 AM this morning, there was a crash in the living room that woke both of us up from sleep. Apparently, the kitties were huuuuuungry and decided it was treat time. Since the treats are in a large, plastic jar with a screw on cap (curse the lack of opposable thumbs!), they couldn’t open it the normal way.

Instead, they decided to knock the container on the floor in hopes that it would magica...