...Remember this tiny kitty I posted yesterday? This is what he looked like this morning. In my kitchen. Because he's now a nearly four-year-old, 8lbs cat. Still proving everyday my point that cuteness is a Darwinian evolutionary characteristic in kittens, OTHERWISE THEY WOULD BE STRANGLED before reaching 6 months of age.


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So I was shooting the feline breeze with another LJ cat-lover (hellooo, desperance!) and unearthed some of my very first pics of baby!Metrobius, barely arrived home in the summer of 2008, as he started forcefully making a point he hasn't FINISHED trying to establish to his complete satisfaction. To wit, I AM THE ALPHA CAT HERE! (She disagrees.) Example ( Read more... )

So last week, Fausta throws up in the bathroom. I figured it was the usual hairball regurgitation, but she did it again two hours after her dinner. I called up the veterinary clinic where both cats are followed, and was advised not to feed her for 24 hours & to give her half a pipette of Phosphalugel twice a day. This, although she would disagree, ( Read more... )

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... and BOY does it produce high-quality videos! I merely have to learn HOW TO SHOOT MOVING PIKSHERS now - an entirely different ballgame.

Meanwhile, Metrobius decided it was time for a new series of portraits. There he was looking up at me from the sofa back...


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It's that time of the year again so the cats hid in various parts of the Wonderflat. This is Metrobius in full camouflage:


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Fausta & Metrobius live in an armed truce atmosphere most of the time. He will steal her food if I don't watch hawk-like over their feeding (he INHALES his kibble in half the time she needs, then acts like NOBODY HAS EVER GIVEN HIM FOOD IN HIS LIFE); and the minute I grab her favourite toy, the black string he couldn't care less about when on his ( Read more... )