Friday Cat Blogging

by Bryan

7 comments

1 JuanitaM { 11.15.14 at 1:18 pm }

Poor kitty, I know just how he feels. (Tadpole is a “he’, right?)

2 ellroon { 11.15.14 at 6:39 pm }

Beautiful markings and beautiful green eyes. Poor cold little kitty.

I think we’re having our fall/ winter right now… It’s about 60 degrees and cloudy, but sadly no rain has shown up yet. There are little kids right now who have never seen it rain in Southern California, (an exaggeration I know), and lots of kittens who wouldn’t know how to fluff out their fur to keep warm.

3 Bryan { 11.15.14 at 8:31 pm }

Yes, Juanita, we finally got a good look to confirm what we suspected, and Tad is a tomcat. He is getting friendlier, but he has not liked the temperatures.

He definitely has show class markings of a brown mackerel tabbie. Fortunately he has two coats to help him stay warm. I don’t understand why he isn’t on the heated cat pad under my house, but the wind may be the problem.

There are areas of SoCal that haven’t had any rain in at least a year, but the NoCal has picked up a little that might slow the decline in the reservoirs. Deep snow packs is what is really needed.

4 Badtux { 11.16.14 at 1:49 pm }

Amazing how cats have these wonderful fur coats yet act like they’re freezing to death if the temperature drops below 70F, eh? My heated cat beds are decidedly plugged in. Now if only that kept the cats from sleeping on the furnace grates! (To be fair, TMF only stands on the grate to warm his toes and get a good blow-dry of his freshly licked belly fur, Mencken is the one who colonizes it).

5 Bryan { 11.16.14 at 11:29 pm }

Yeah, they act annoyed when I turn on the heat, then the jump on tables to block the air flow. I brush off enough undercoat in a week for a sweater, but they act like they’re naked.

6 Kryten42 { 11.18.14 at 5:52 am }

LOL

The little grey/gray tabby from next door (I discovered her name is Maggie) has taken to coming to my door and giving her soft ‘meow’ when it’s cold. She discovered that my little apartment is nice and warm when it’s cold out, and she settles on a chair near my workstation that I’ve covered with an thick old bath towel that’s directly in the path of the warm air from my heater. 🙂 She ambles over for a good scratch and then goes back when she’s had enough. Curiously, her purr is a little louder than her meow! She likes to be picked up now and cradled while I scratch behind the ears, she just relaxes with closed eyes and purrs. 😀

She actually looks quite similar to your Tadpole, maybe a little smaller and her stripes are lighter shades of grey/gray. 😉

I definitely think I’ve been adopted. 😉 😀

7 Bryan { 11.18.14 at 12:58 pm }

Congratulations, you are now officially cat staff 😉