Loose House Cats

[NeuroTypical]

My violently disrespectful elderly cat being violent and disrespectful.  Sometimes we have to annoy her for a few minutes before she'll wake up enough to fight back.

[zil2]

Klaw loves using my arm as a kick toy.   He has learned the differences between bare arm, arm with shirt sleeve, arm in two sleeves, and that he is allowed to use different amounts of violence for each.  I have learned not to let him use my arm as a kick toy when he's suffering from the zoomies.

[zil2]

My little boy lost his first tooth today (at least, it's the first tooth I've found).  It was his top, left fang.  If you're squeamish, stop now!!  Since I have a microscope, I stuck tooth under microscope.  The only part that was interesting was the part that was close to the gums, which had blood on it.  The color in the images is too dark - in real life, it looks more the color of fresh blood...

U HAS BEEN WARND

 

 

LOOK AWAY NAO

 

 

BLOODY KITTEH FANG

 

 

10x, inside surface:

100 x, same surface:

100x, outside surface:

 

Should we change the thread title to "Loose House Cat Teeth"?

[Carborendum]

[Traveler]

A little side note:  Growing up in Provo, Utah at one point our little town, for a while, did not budget for an animal control officer.  Instead, the city put a bounty on stray dogs and cats.  My friends and I thought we were great hunters and so would have sleep overs and go hunting cats with our bow and arrows for a couple of hours at night.  The bounty on stray cats was 10 cents per cat.  It was not uncommon for me to make $3 for my efforts.

Cat pelts are very similar to rabbit pelts and can be used for many things – dogs not so much.  I am somewhat surprised that history did not have a time when cats were prized for their pelts.

 

The Traveler

[NeuroTypical]

13 hours ago, zil2 said:

Should we change the thread title to "Loose House Cat Teeth"?

Dunno.  But have you considered changing the kitty name to Fangenstein?

[zil2]

11 minutes ago, NeuroTypical said:

Dunno.  But have you considered changing the kitty name to Fangenstein?

  No, but I have considered adding a second "Native American" name - 'til now, it's just been "Thunderfeet" (for when he races through the house), but I thought "One Fang" would also be a good temporary nickname.

[NeuroTypical]

Oh - also: 

[Vort]

15 hours ago, Carborendum said:

Funny thing to name your cat.

[zil2]

49 minutes ago, Vort said:

Funny thing to name your cat.

One of our dogs was named "Koshka" - Russian for female cat.

[Vort]

22 minutes ago, zil2 said:

One of our dogs was named "Koshka" - Russian for female cat.

Better, I suppose, than a cat being named for a female dog.

[Carborendum]

3 hours ago, Vort said:

Funny thing to name your cat.

What did you expect?  AHorseWithNoName?

[zil2]

A few days ago we saw a beautiful sunset (looking east rather than toward the sunset):

And a hummingbird hovered about a meter from Klaw, only a few feet off the ground.  They stared at each other for several seconds before the hummingbird flitted away.  Unfortunately, I was distracted at the beginning of this and didn't have time to get a picture.  It was a fascinating moment though.  The little hummingbird seemed curious about what Klaw was.

And this evening, Klaw went to the front door, waited for me to open it, and walked in all on his own.  On all our previous walks, I had to carry him back to and into the house, protesting the whole time.   Perhaps my little boy is learning.

In other news: Klaw Pounces! Shockwaves Flatten Nearby Vegetation!

[zil2]

In continued hijacking of this thread, here's my boy practicing his goalie skills:

 

[NeuroTypical]

Dawww

[zil2]

13 minutes ago, NeuroTypical said:

Dawww

That's my boy - blur and void, all in one!