Category — Cat Blogging

Something wicked this way comes?

The kid with the scar would never suspect a cute kitten of being a horcrux.

[Editor: Excise’s eyes are definitely weird in this camera mode.]

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This week Mustang Bobby at Bark Bark Woof Woof reported the passing of his brother’s chocolate Lab, Reese, and Cat Daddy & Dr. Squeeky reported the passing of his black shorthair tom, Sebastian.

A Group Shot

You haven’t heard the end of this, flash boy.

[Editor: A rare moment of peace with the entire crew together. Income is not exactly sweetness and light. He is also responsible for several bedtime “surprises.”]

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Being Annoying

Go Away!

[Editor: I was using Sox as a model for different camera modes and he was not happy because the flash kept going off, even when I thought it wouldn’t.]

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Rude Awakening

Why do you do that?

[Editor: Property is not pleased that her nap was disturbed by that light thingee.]

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Jams has a picture and short post on the research, and here is a more scientific write-up on Felis sylvestris lybica, the ur-cat.

Via the San Diego Union the Washington Post article that got the ball roll of yarn unraveling: Scientists believe cats ‘sort of domesticated themselves’

WASHINGTON – Your hunch is correct. Your cat decided to live with you, not the other way around. The sad truth is, it may not be a final decision.

But don’t take this feline diffidence personally. It runs in the family. And it goes back a long way – about 12,000 years, actually.

Those are among the inescapable conclusions of a genetic study of the origins of the domestic cat, being published today in the journal Science.

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Hellspawn

What you looking at?

[Editor: You will note the red glow from the flash that betrays Excise’s blue eyes. There’s a blue point Siamese in his family tree.]

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Dot In No Action

mumble, mumble, kittens, mumble

[Editor: Dot is not exactly a gracious hostess when it comes to the kittens. She doesn’t cuff them, but she certainly has not had any latent maternal instincts aroused by their presence.]

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Sox In Action

Snf, Snf, Snf…..

[Editor: We all really need a break from the kittens and this is a rare picture of Sox actually doing something. It’s not that Sox doesn’t do anything, but I normally am too busy cleaning up the mess to think of a camera.]

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Sock Gnome Discovered

Who me? I’m just a cute little sleeping kitten.

[Editor: You always wondered what happened to the other sock, now you know – filched by the Sock Gnome.]

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Nap Time

Zzz…Slrp…Zzz?

[Editor: While weaning has started, Income is a backslider, preferring Mom to kibble.]

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New Digs

Who let him in?

[Editor: Finally, they are in the bathroom, where litter box training isn’t such a problem.]

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Busted!

But it always worked before?

[Editor: This time I saw the little miscreant trying to turn off the power. Fortunately my custom power switch protector prevented his nefarious scheme from working.]

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Two For Lunch

Quick before Income gets here

[Editor: Income is being a laggard at lunch time. They are spending time under the computer desk [that is a wheel from my office chair at the bottom].]

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Tomorrow, Saturday, May 12^th is the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive of the letter carriers.

And a reminder that Baton Rouge’s Cat Haven could use some help [as could every other TNR program in the country].