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Lisa Cuddy, Abbey Cat 3651, originally uploaded by monado.
The mother of the adorable kittens has retired from kitten-rearing. She is quiet, well-behaved, and good-tempered–and you can adopt her from Abbey Cats cat rescue society in Toronto.
The kittens have all been adopted to good homes.
Last night one of the cats caught a mouse or a small rat and brought it in. I heard the cat shuffling and jumping in the kitchen as he darted around, batting, “surrounding,” “losing,” and pouncing. His brother was attracted by the noise but he wasn’t inclined to share. So I opened the back door and he left with his prey.
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A few minutes later he was back, thumping around. This time, when I looked, he had a large, dead rat. It was not only dead, but cold. So either he killed it earlier or something else did. I took this one away before he could lose interest and leave it on the kitchen floor for someone to step on in the morning. The cat was disappointed until I gave him some cat treats as reward and compensation. Before I dropped the rat into the garbage, I weighed it. It massed 132 grams, or just over 4 ounces. I would have said it was at least six.
I decanted some photos from my camera, including many images of Pepper the cat, taken at her owner’s request.
The Scottish government has written a guide to cat care for the clueless. That’s a good idea, because when we are ignorant of something, we don’t know how ignorant we are.
When I was growing up, we “knew” that “cats drink milk,” so we never put out fresh water for our cat—and then were amused when it drank out of the aquarium. There are more books on cat care now, as well as the Internet, but I suppose it doesn’t hurt to have an official source telling people the basics.
Remember Kliban with his Tomcats and Momcats? Here’s another kind of Mom.
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If you live near Toronto and you can adopt or foster a cat, look at Abbey Cat cat rescue.
You can also volunteer to drive or to help out in other ways. And, of course, you can donate.
Spring is here, time to get rid of things we don’t want, don’t need, and don’t use. And tidy.
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Most cats don’t react to pictures of cats. Usually. The image isn’t real enough for them, lacking three dimensions, smell, movement, or something else. But the cat in this video reacts to its portrait with caution and curiosity.
This might not be unique to animals. If people aren’t raised with pictures, they might not recognize them. I once read that some forest people in Africa did not recognize pictures of elephants because they don’t smell like elephants. But I don’t know if that is true.
Well, global warming promises us more unstable weather, and I guess this is it.
It looks like winter out. We’ve had rain, snow, freezing rain, ice pellets, wind, and thunder.
The cats are all disgusted and restless because they can’t go out.
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This is cute – and colorful!
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