We bought a cheap little camera in town yesterday, a Pentax M50, to keep downstairs - this is the first video, which didn’t come out too bad at all.
Henry likes to chase the shadow of his tail - he does this a lot, for a very long time usually. Except, it seems, when there’s a [...]
a snoozing Mustrum
Originally uploaded by ramtops
Sitting on my desk this afternoon, with a nice rolling web log on the monitor behind him.
Mustrum is absolute essence of cat, and we love him to bits.
Mustrum used to have an unfortunate tendency to, er, press his affections on our late and much lamented Moo. Although she wasn’t keen, she never stopped him, and he has never really come to understand that he’s been neutered.
He appears to have transferred his affections to Henry now, who seems equally submissive, if a tad [...]
… than to get involved in a full and frank exchange of views between the spotty boys.
Got a nice gash across the knuckle of my right thumb for my pains. Both boys now banished outside until they learn how to behave (well, I can dream …)
Mustrum came in through the study window this evening with a blackbird in his jaws. It was, sadly, deceased.
It’s very unusual for him to catch anything, or at least to bring it home - he’s quite indolent, really. Although he has been a little bit out of sorts for a week or so, to the [...]
They don’t get on really, the big spotty cats and the kittens …
On the left, Henry lying on top of Iggy, and on the right Ron lying on top of Mustrum. The kittens just turn up and occupy a space, no matter what else is in it, and expect to be made welcome. And by [...]
The spotty boys, Iggy and Mustrum, have had a turbulent relationship since they arrived. We got them ten days apart, on 4th and 14th December respectively, in 1998. Which means we are almost at our 10th anniversary, the three of us!
Two male Bengals in a house, even though they are neutered, is always going to [...]
The kittens have been here 12 days. That doesn’t seem right* … it feels as though they either arrived yesterday, or have been here for months.
Anyway, this is the first time that we’ve seen one of them (this is Henry) curled up with one of the senior cats (this is Mustrum). You can barely make [...]
a couple of videos:
Henry the Sock Monster, and
Mustrum tries to eat his supper
Bought from the same breeder, within two weeks of each other, they’ve never really got on. Sometimes this “not getting on” has been all out warfare, with appalling displays of violence and aggression. Certainly I haven’t seen them this physically close together in literally years.
We are seeing a lot of change in the remaining members [...]