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Guru is standing on a Post-it pad rested on top of an antique bottle (with a slightly curved surface).

Also known as kidney tea dan Java tea ..

Jimmy had been pawing at the closed bedroom door all morning, while I let Puddy have the room to herself. I (finally) opened the door, and Jimmy ran in & jumped on the bed. He threw his head down long enough for this one click, then got busy with a long, enthusiastic grooming session.

Texture: skeletalmess

"I speak for all of us when I say we would like to have lunch now."

(series of four)

That's Cricket in the sunroom.

muo prčanj obala

For the Catphabet theme, we're representing "F"...

I chose this one for Cricket's face.

CMYK Anya :)

Charlie is standing on a scissors and some glitter tissue and ribbon--from a hurried wrapping session.

Happy New Year to all.

Life continues to revolve around cats and lizards, with an occasional rat, roach, ant, and termite. Sigh.

(#2 of 3)

Another day, another fight series between Guru and Muse.

It tickles me how they smile the whole time.

(series of 8)

Eyes are now fully open and they are walking awkwardly. Mama cat makes a constant disapproving rumbling sound while they explore outside the nest.

Waffle was the 2nd to be born, and is smaller than Luna, but more demanding to come out of the nest to play, so I suspect he'll be the first to escape independently.

I've been watching these boys bond since they met a week ago, but this is another "first"--finding them snuggling together. This series of 4 shots was shot in this sequence. Muse and Guru acknowledged my presence with a few stretches, without waking up as far as I could tell. Then they settled right back to what they were doing. Power napping.

(4 of 4)

Gracie Jo looks at me as if to say "Do I really have to learn to get along with all of them?"

We hope by the time the weather gets cold that Gracie Jo will be comfortable enough to try coming into our house. She's going to have to contend with 9 other cats, though, so I want for there to me meetings like this ahead of time. Otis is the only one of our 8 indoor-only cats who likes the leash, though.

Google says that kittens should open their eyes after one week. Either my kittens are broken, or google lies. My money is on the latter.

But the important part of this story is Waffle's adorable stubby tail with a possum-like hook on the end! So far Luna's tail looks normal in that kitten exclamation point kind of way.

As its name implies, the fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) predominantly preys on fish. Largely active at night, fishing cats are good swimmers and have been observed diving for fish, as well as scooping them out of the water with their paws. These cats will also prey on small mammals, snakes, snails and birds.

This is a heavily built, medium-sized cat with an elongated head, rather short legs and a short tail. Head-body length ranges from 60 to 85 cm, tail length from 20 to 33 cm, height at shoulder about 40 cm. Body weight varies from 5 to 15 kg. Females are smaller than males. Males are about twice the size of a domestic cat.

Their olive-gray fur has black or dark brown stripes and rows of spots in horizontal streaks running along the length of the body.

When swimming, the fishing cat may use its short, flattened tail like a rudder, helping control its direction in the water.

Fishing cats live an average of 12 years, but have been known to live more than 15 years in captivity.

The fishing cat is distributed throughout southern and southeast Asia, found in northeastern India, the foot of the Himalayas in Nepal and India, and a few scattered areas in Bangladesh, Indus Valley Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand, Burma and in the Indonesian Islands of Sumatra and Java. However, these cats are not found all throughout this broad area because of their habitat preferences. They are strongly tied to densely vegetated areas near water, in marshes, mangroves, rivers, and streams.

This picture was taken in Zoo Duisburg, Germany.

Zoals de naam al aangeeft, is vis de belangrijkste prooi voor de vissende kat of viskat (Prionailurus viverrinus). De vissende kat is een wilde middelgrote katachtige uit Zuid- en Zuidoost-Azië.

De vissende kat heeft een korte, lichtbruine tot groenig grijze vacht met donkerbruine tot zwarte vlekken, die op de nek en het voorhoofd overgaan in donkere strepen. De flanken en de buik zijn lichter gekleurd. De poten zijn vrij kort. De klauwen hebben kleine, slecht ontwikkelde zwemvliezen. De vissende kat kan zijn tenen spreiden, waardoor hij zich makkelijker kan voortbewegen over drassige grond. De vissende kat is een stevige katachtige met een lang lichaam en een korte staart. Het dier wordt 60 à 85 centimeter lang en 5 à 15 kg zwaar. De staart is ongeveer 40 cm. Mannetjes worden groter dan vrouwtjes: vrouwtjes worden gemiddeld 5 à 8 kg zwaar, mannetjes 11 à 15 kg.

De vissende kat is afhankelijk van water, en komt voornamelijk voor in waterrijke gebieden met dichtbegroeide oevers, als moerassen, meren, rivieren, traagstromende beken en rivierdelta's grenzend aan bossen, rietvelden en mangrovebossen. De vissende kat is een solitaire jager, die 's avonds en 's nachts op jacht gaat.

Deze kat eet vooral waterdieren als vissen, kikkers, schelpdieren, kreeftachtigen, waterinsecten, watervogels, en op het land, slangen, vogels en kleine zoogdieren.

Overdag verblijft hij in dicht struikgewas of in een holle boomstam.

Deze foto is gemaakt in Zoo Duisburg, Duitsland.

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Waffle and Luna in a rare still moment. But this is an appreciation post for this scraggly fern growing through a crack in the concrete. The way these kittens use this tiny jungle to hone their sneaking skills it won't survive much longer.

I have tons of images of my past travels and sight seeing that I thought it's time to break the monotony with some unpublished pictures of cats other than my own.

Well here's Jazz, one of my holistic veterinarian's resident felines. He's definitely not a jet plane or a mountain top. 🐱

Luna is shaped a bit like a gila monster. She seems to be the boss of the nest, which may or may not be directly linked to her superior bulk. She looks intimidating right?

Houston, the kittens have left the tile!

Cat city continues to expand.